What instrument can i play with one hand

Add a comment. Nicole Naumann Nicole Naumann 2 2 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges. PeteCon PeteCon 1, 6 6 silver badges 11 11 bronze badges. Steve Mansfield Steve Mansfield 2, 7 7 silver badges 16 16 bronze badges. I think that's the pipe I mentioned above. Do you play it btw? Yes it is, sorry for the duplication. And yes I do play, not very much but it gets a run out occasionally — Steve Mansfield. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. Featured on Meta. Not really a fun-time jam instrument, though. Also, it's pretty much impossible to find instructors if I really want to get better.

Thumb pianos. I've played with some very small, toy ones. I think they're fun, but seem limited. Works pretty well. I can hit 4 keys at a time with reasonable speed and accuracy, but obviously two-handed playing is out of the question.

This would be great, but practically I haven't been able to make it work well. I could fret with my left hand, and possibly strum with my right arm, but the angles just don't work out very well. There are a lot of great music apps for the iPad. But I sit and stare at glowing rectangles all day, and really like interacting with some kind of physical device. Thanks for your help! Bowed Psaltery? See how this guy uses a tripod as a stand. How might you be at holding a drumstick?

Consider that not all drummers use both hands. I'll confess to knowing very little of the mechanics of drumming and stick-holding, but also know my share of drummers, and know that some manage to do quite well, even with what would be considered idiosyncratic styles and techniques. Rhythm bones! Most clips on youtube show people playing two sets at a time, but they sound great one-handed as well.

It's not a melodic instrument, but they definitely rock! If you can find a way to comfortably hold it with your right arm and mash the buttons with your left hand. I have seen people with one arm play the concertina with success, so it should be quite possible for you.

Pedal steel or lap steel guitar? I should also have said, you might have to adapt the traditional grip a little bit with your right hand, but I think it would work. Made me think of this video I saw of a guy with one hand playing guitar. More by Allison Meier. Subscribe to our newsletter Get the latest news, reviews, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.

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However, a common attachment for the melodica is a tube that can be attached to the mouthpiece that allows this instrument to lay flat while you blow into it from a greater distance. The Kalimba is one of those famous instruments that everyone has heard in movies and in music but that nobody has seen much of.

The kalimba is composed of metal tines that are tuned to particular notes. Often the box has a sound hole like a guitar facing the player. The kalimba comes in hundreds of variations. You may also see this instrument as a Mbira —which comes in hundreds more variations. Some kalimbas have more or less tines, others are in different shapes and sizes. In particular, there are kalimbas that are easier to play with one hand.

My kalimba comes in a fairly common variety of 17 notes. Kalimbas such as this one on Amazon Amazon has 7 tines, which means it can play 7 notes. These types of kalimbas are easy to play with one hand since the playing field of the instrument is smaller, but you can still play all the notes of a major scale.

Kalimbas also come in 7,8, and 10 note variations, to name a few. Kalimbas with 10 tines or less are convenient for playing with one hand. A traditional zither is meant to be played with two hands, but it can be played with one hand. A simpler instrument that is similar to the zither in concept but has a smaller range and is designed more for one-handed playing is the lap harp.

This particular design is named the Music Maker. Peter had his own instrument which is a type of flute called a pan flute. A pan flute is a type of flute where tubes of ascending length are arranged side by side.

The instrument is played similar to a concert flute or a coke bottle where you blow over the pipe towards the lip on the opposite end of the pipe. To change pitches, you blow over a different pipe. The pan pipe has what some call an ethnic feel, and is often mentally associated with ancient South American cultures.

The pan flute is mechanically played similarly to the harmonica where one hand is used to hold and stabilize the flute and you move the instrument left and right to different tubes to change pitches. Pan flutes come in different sizes—some of them are more compact and are ideal for playing with one hand, while others are larger and are more convenient to play with two hands. The Tin Whistle is a fipple flute that is played by blowing into a mouthpiece and out comes the sound.

Quick plug for tin whistles—I love this instrument. This is a traditionally two-handed instrument, but it can be played, and played competently with only one hand.