Many adults, especially those who enjoy instrumental and acoustic music, would like to learn to play a musical instrument, but are intimidated by the prospect -- where to start? Well, before you can learn a new musical instrument, you have to actually, know, pick the instrument. The good news is that in a lot of ways, it's simpler to pick an instrument as an adult -- you know your tastes by now, and you have access to a much wider range of instruments, teachers, and options... it's a far cry from the old junior high decision of picking between clarinet and trombone!