Piano or guitar are probably the best instruments for fastest path to gratification i.e. you can play something vaguely nice sounding pretty quickly, on the oth

Piano or guitar are probably the best instruments for fastest path to gratification i.e. you can play something vaguely nice sounding pretty quickly, on the other of a couple months. With string instruments you sound like a crying baboon for 2 years, and with brass instruments you sound like an underwater crow for 2 years.