Music
Piano
Two hands doing different things: that is the whole difficulty
The hard part is not reading music but hand independence: the left keeping time while the right carries the melody, each fine alone and a mess together, and only slow practice fixes it. A digital piano solves two practical problems, being far cheaper and playable in headphones. Eighty-eight weighted keys is enough.
First stepOn an 88-key weighted digital piano, learn each hand of a simple piece separately, then put them together at half speed.
Barriers
Cost to start
$300–2k
Going deep → $10k–50k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
Sitting
Without a teacher?
Best with a class
One session takes
Under 30 min
Where
At home
Why people take it up
Related guides
Try a hobby before you buy the gearStarting costs $300–2kSkills
BuildsReading music and basic theory