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The perfect instrument for you is...?

According to the BBC, a 'personality test' will identify the perfect musical instrument for you to learn... yeah, right...

Violkin
  This isn't the 4BR Editor taking his first lesson...

The BBC is currently running a 'personality quiz' on its website at the moment to try and help you find out which musical instrument you should learn to play.

Perfect instrument

According to journalist Fraser McAlpine; "We all know that playing a musical instrument is good for the mind. The act of working out how to make pleasant noises out of a box with strings stretched across it, or a stick with a hole running through it, is meditative and calming in an increasingly hectic world

But working out which instrument is the right one for you can be just as stressful as the stress you were hoping to defuse in the first place.

It says it's a "…personality quiz that will match you with your perfect instrument. Then all you have to do is get your hands on one and start learning."

Violin

The 4BR Editor took it this morning and found out that the perfect instrument for him is…………. the violin (although that really isn't him in the picture).

Perhaps that tells you something though… eh?

Try it yourself at:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/bbd3a255-1196-43ec-a374-92ce28af5712?intc_type=promo&intc_location=news&intc_campaign=whichinstrumentshouldyoulearn&intc_linkname=bbcmusic_rm_low_c3

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