As a guitarist, my best advice would be to start small, simple and cheap. Stick with the basics and just play. Lessons are not necessary in my opinion. Although lessons may be beneficial in the long run, I think learning in a self-taught format allows you to expand your skill at a much vaster pace, and at a pace of your own liking.

Be careful with buying too cheap of an instrument. Sometimes a cheap instrument can be difficult to play and sound good. This can be very discouraging to new players. Read a good amount of reviews and try to talk to a musician who you can trust. Good luck. I've been thinking of picking up a violin myself, you know if I'm ever not completely broke again.

>>1423

I'm working fast food myself, so I'll have to save up just to afford an economy model.

My googling has brought to my attention some electric violins. Aside from the very obvious difference of being electric, can anyone tell me about how these are different?

Rent before you buy or find a teacher who will let you take a few lessons on their instrument before you decide if you want to buy one and keep going.

>>1427
A lot of music shops allow you to rent with an option to purchase, where your rent goes towards the cost of the instrument should you ever decide to keep it forever.

>>1427
I'd imagine the strings are looser and therefore easier to finger, especially as a beginner. That's how it is with guitars anyway. Acoustic needs more string-tension, which makes it harder for a newbie, though you still see people always starting with an acoustic.

I'd also imagine you'd want an amplifier, though you don't really have to plug in just to practice. And practice is like the only goddamn thing that matters with musical instruments. Well, practice and fun.

>>1458
>Acoustic needs more string-tension, which makes it harder for a newbie, though you still see people always starting with an acoustic.
Learning with the most difficult one makes sense actually.

French Horn. Easy to learn and beautiful.

Learn how to play a hardware synth!

>>1427

Electric violins are essentially the same as a regular violin except amplified electronically instead of by resonating in a hollow body.

I'm a violinist myself. I can't really tell you what kind of violin to buy, as I inherited mine and thus came at no cost.

I took lessons when I was learning to play. I was taught classical and bluegrass and folk violin by a violin tutor who was a really excellent person. I would not be where I am with the instrument today if it were not for him. He also taught me how to play the electric bass. I would suggest lessons, but only because that is what I did. I'm sure that today with sources like YouTube you could find online lessons. Everything is out there.

violin is hard and can not be done over the internet. you will need a teacher. maybe there is a music school that lets you rent out a violin while giving lesson. This would be advantages since decent violins are expensive, they start at 300-400€

>>1483
I vote for this, check out dubspot

Ukulele.

>>1483
That's the same as learning to play a piano, organ or any keyed instrument, except you could also learn about envelopes, filters, different types of synthesis (FM, additive, etc).

If you're going to learn a "hardware synth" you might as well just take piano lessons and save up for a Moog.

>>1529
Dubspot is focused on software.