Choose Your Music Workout

Claire Cunningham, founder of Lessonface, an online service that matches students to teachers for live lessons, details the highs and lows of nine popular instruments Bongos

Primal and invigorating. Just slap and go.

Ukulele

Only four strings and inexpensive. Portable, too.

Harmonica

Fun, versatile and welcome at most campfires.

Guitar

Just three chords and you can strum all the hits.

Piano

Takes coordination, but you get to see all the notes while you play.

Bagpipes

Need strong lungs and a kilt. Like parades?

Saxophone

Same as bagpipes – swap the kilt for Ray-Bans.

Drums

A major totalbody rhythm challenge and stress buster.

Violin

Patience, posture and practice. Difficult but worth it.