I am a complete beginner at playing musical instruments. I've not played any instrument before, and am not familiar with musical notation either.
After hearing some of Gustavo Santaolalla's work, I was interested in learning to play the Ronroco. Though I'm not able to find any tutors for this instrument in my country (I live in a third-world country). And given my inexpertise, I'm not sure whether online correspondence will help me learn.
As an alternative, I was thinking of learning the basics of music through another similar instrument, and once I had reached an intermediate level, I'd probably buy a Ronroco and try to play that with whatever skills I've learned so far, and maybe then seek tuitions over the internet.
As for selecting the intermediate instrument: Guitar lessons are quite popular here. Apart from that, I know a very good tutor for Mandolin, and I might be able to find someone to teach the Ukelele as well. My question is, which of these instruments would be the most suitable as a precursor to learning the Ronroco? I would need something that has a relatively similar playstyle so that I can use the same skills to play the Ronroco as well.
Thank you!
TL;DR: New to music, want to learn the Ronroco, no tutor, thinking of learning one of Guitar/Mandolin/Ukelele instead and using those skills to play the Ronroco, need help with selecting best among these.
Submitted March 25, 2021 at 01:49AM by AdorableFloofyPuppy https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/mcq91v/learning_the_charango_ronroco/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Wednesday, March 24, 2021