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I play the cello and it's not that hard in my opinion. But it's big and hard to carry around.

Orchestra must be hard or something because I've never heard a good school orchestra IRL. I've heard plenty of great marching bands and concert bands though.

i wish i had join band or orchestra or something in HS

not that you shouldn't take it seriously but i suggest that you relax cause at least you're not paying for lessons. even then no one's born knowing how to play an instrument so don't freak out so much. you're going to learn how to keep up with your classmates just like everyone else who is a beginner. as for the difficulty i always think that once you know how to play one instrument well, you can learn another a lot quicker since you can read notes. personally i regret not joining orchestra or band when i was in high school cause the people who did also got to travel and perform. just enjoy yourself and have fun

[quote=ecyz]Are you sure your cello player wasn't just pretending? [/quote]

Lol could of sworn too.
But our teacher has good ears so he knew when someone wasn't playing.

In my school, we had an orchestra class and an orchestra that actually performed. The orchestra class had a beginner level (where people who were new or were at a really basic level could join) and then a more advanced class (most people from the performing orchestra were from this class). If your school has a beginner level class then I would recommend joining and trying it out first. If you're willing to practice outside of class, you should be fine.

Cello is honestly not a hard instrument to learn. I just found it hard to get motivated to actually play pieces and learn it a lot.
-5 years percussion, AMuS level piano, 2 years cello instrumentalist.

[quote=xronellx]If its a class for beginners then why not, every will be on your same shoes.

I never played the cello but it is pretty quiet, I couldn't even hear it when I was in my jazz band class. Though I don't think I have developed my that hearing yet.[/quote]
Are you sure your cello player wasn't just pretending?

Don't be discouraged about playing the Cello just because it may be difficult to learn.
Are you genuinely interested in learning how to play the Cello? I don't advise joining the school orchestra when you've never even touched the instrument before. You should talk to whoever is the head of your music department to see what they say.

If its a class for beginners then why not, every will be on your same shoes.

I never played the cello but it is pretty quiet, I couldn't even hear it when I was in my jazz band class. Though I don't think I have developed my that hearing yet.

tbh trying any instrument for the first time in a school orchestra is never a good idea. you're there to learn how to play together, not individually. the teacher won't have time to teach you one on one. i've played in school orchestras before and it always ended up that the people that wanted to play violin for the first time would fall way behind.

I don't think you'll enjoy it, if you came from the flute. Flute is very melodic. Cello virtually never gets the melody. Also, Violin is fairly compatible with Flute sheet music, if that means anything.

I'm a Violin player so I'm biased.

i think its harder to carry it back and forth from school

idk about the cello but if you really want to join i say go for it. you are there to learn to play anyway, right? i don't think anyone will care if it takes you a while to get the hang of it either, which it probably will. gl