In 7 hardest instruments to learn to play in a marching band, we ranked the most popular instruments used in marching bands for you. Some may ask “is the violin the hardest instrument to play?” or ...

I failed at the saxophone so I don’t need the 6 easiest brass instruments to play in a band. But maybe you do. Maybe you, unlike me, did not fail at saxophone. Maybe you will pass or even succeed!

PORT ANGELES — The 20 sixth-graders in Jesse Reynolds’ beginning band class at Franklin Elementary School almost didn’t get a chance to play an instrument this year. Eliminating sixth-grade band was ...