Re: Learn to play multiple instruments at once?
Get one "solid" before you add the second, third, etc. First one's the hardest; it'll also educate you about different chords and how they work together, and give you experience working with strings and frets.
I started on 5-string banjo and only played that (badly) for three years. When I added guitar, mandolin, Appalachian dulcimer, bass fiddle etc., I felt I was building on my original self-education, not starting from scratch all over again on an instrument that was tuned differently and had different playing techniques.
Now nearly every gig I play involves at least three different instruments. As I once said, I've foregone virtuosity for versatility. It's a tradeoff...
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