Im a beginer at the Flute and my sister is very good at the Trumpet, Is the Flute harder to learn then the Trumpet, as my sister denys it.

no cuz i can barley play my big sis trumpet plus trumpet players (most) are BRAG-A-BUTTS! AMEN!!!

I`ve heard that flute and trumpet are the two hardest instruments to play. I`m a flute player and i can`t play trumpet too well. My cousin is a trumpet player and he can`t make a sound out of a flute. Haha!
JT

I cant make much of a sound out of the Trumpet, My Flute I can.
Thanks Sar

It took me a few seconds to get my first sound out of a trumpet.

It took me a month to get a sound out of a flute (yes, I was determined).

But really, that doesn`t tell you anything. Everyone is different, and some people are better suited for certain instruments.

The trumpet takes less air than the flute. Yes, everyone struggles with breathing, but flute players the most. In fact, the flute takes more air than the tuba, since only about 50% of it actually makes it inside the instrument.

But the trumpet depends on the embouchure for pitch more than the flute. There`s only three valves... meaning you have to adjust your embouchure to change the note MUCH more than you would for flute.

That`s the part that drove me crazy. And that would be why I`m not a brass player either.

But it`s really up to you.

Yes that makes a lot of sence, Sar

"It took me a month to get a sound out of a flute..."

That really doesn`t say much for your flute teacher!

"The trumpet takes less air than the flute."

That is because for brass, the `reed` (a double reed) is the player`s lips, which the player sets vibrating very easily as air passes by. For flute, the (single) `reed` consists of a stream of air, which does not exist except when the player is creating it, using a lot of air in the process.

"But the trumpet depends on the embouchure for pitch more than the flute. There`s only three valves... meaning you have to adjust your embouchure to change the note MUCH more than you would for flute."

I think that getting control of both volume and pitch in the third octave of flute requires just as much embouchure control as trumpet. Of course many players never do this!

trumpet is actually very easy. i could play trumpet up to three octaves within the month i started it... but i quit right away, it messes with the flute embaucher too much... it requires very little air and you just need to know fingerings and how the pitch sounds...

That was my experience also, but I was reluctant to put it that directly in writing because it can always be said that it is difficult to play ANY instrumnet WELL.

Well thanks for your replies and I have learnt some new words in here thanks Sar

Meme, I taught myself to play. I didn`t start getting lessons until I`d been playing for a year. That`s why it took me so long.

When I was flute teaching I found a definite pattern that if I left kids to experiment on the flute before their first lesson, it took hours or weeks to UNDO the damage (i.e. conditioning of what NOT to do with the lips) done by even a few minutes of inappropriate beginning.

I cannot think of any instrument for which it is more important to START OFF with at least one lesson form a knowledgeable flute PLAYER/teacher.

Of course, there is the odd exception to any pattern.