Instruments

[Bulerias]

I play guitar and piano. Guitar is easier to learn but piano is easier to play...and if you get a keyboard, you don't have to tune it all the time like you do a guitar. You don't have to tune pianos as often, but you still have to tune them. Personally I like piano better.

Guitar is very easy to learn IMO...and you don't really need a teacher. It's easy to learn, but not to get good at. You have to practice endlessly and some things are very difficult to play, especially if you have small hands. You might want to take that into consideration. One advantage to guitar is that you don't have (though it's still a good idea) to know how to read music, you can read tabs, which are easy to learn. Piano is very difficult to learn.

This is completely incorrect. The guitar is one of the hardest instruments to master. Anyone can "play" guitar... but not everyone can perform on it well. If you're just interested in playing rock chords, then you don't need a teacher. But if you want to become a good musician, you better believe you're going to be reading music, studying with a teacher, and logging some serious hours into practicing.

Piano, on the other hand, is a much easier instrument. Sure, reading the bass clef can be difficult initially, but once you get that going, the rest flows naturally. I started playing Waltz for Debby (by ear) the other day, and was surprised at how easy it was. I found sheet music for the tune, and I won't be surprised if I get the piece running within a week. I have no background in piano.

 

[D.T.]

lol. Your main point was that guitar is easy to learn but very difficult to master...I said that. So if I'm completely incorrect, and you're saying the same thing...?

Piano was much harder to learn for me. Maybe it depends on the person. You're obviously much more into guitar than I am considering your entire profile is filled with guitars, so I'm going to say you're a more reliable source, I'm just saying, I basically said the same thng you said.

 

[Bulerias]

lol. Your main point was that guitar is easy to learn but very difficult to master...I said that. So if I'm completely incorrect, and you're saying the same thing...?

Piano was much harder to learn for me. Maybe it depends on the person.

Where did I say that the guitar was easy to learn? I said it's easy to play rock chords and such. That doesn't qualify as learning... getting the classical basics down is a very difficult hurdle to overcome. Arguably, playing and learning the guitar becomes easier after 5 or 6 years of intensive study. That's how it's been for me, anyway. The last few years have been anything but difficult...

 

[D.T.]

Yeah, then our disagreement is just founded on how we are defining learning. I'm not saying if you learn a few chords you've "learned" guitar. My point was that guitar is easier to get into at first, easier to get started with. And yeah, eventually she will have to learn how to read music if she wants to go pro, but I was operating under the assumption that the kid isn't going to become a professional musician. Sounds like she just wants a hobby. Her first post made it sound like she has a problem reading music, which is why I brought up the tabs thing.

You sound like you're really into playing and I've only been playing a couple years, so I'm sorry if you have some kind of problem with me as a n00b at music or something, I was just trying to give her advice.

 

[blue2kid3]

are you guys really fighting over what is harder to play i play Piano and guitar thay are both extremely hard to play i don't believe one is harder to play than the other it is just how much time and dedication you put into them why are you guys fighting over this if you are both musicians then you should respect each other =)

 

[D.T.]

Okay it's said Members Posting: Bulerias for like ten minutes now, something tells me I'm about to get hit with a wall of text XD

 

[blue2kid3]

hahahaha

 

[JJH]

Meh, I can.... Kinda.... Almost play guitar. I don't own my own guitar, but my sister has an acoustic, and I play it more than she does.

I also play trombone in the school band. Fun, fun.

 

[D.T.]

Speaking of that, if you do decide to go with guitar, it's better to start out with an electric than an acoustic. Acoustic guitar strings will hurt and callous your fingers and it's better to build up their strength on an electric before trying to play an acoustic. I started on an acoustic and it was terrible.

Unless of course Bulerias feels that I am completely incorrect.

 

[Prof Gallows]

I've always wanted to play the saxophone.
Never got the chance cause I dropped out.
Don't drop out of school kids! It's boring when you do.

 

[blue2kid3]

I've always wanted to play the saxophone.
Never got the chance cause I dropped out.
Don't drop out of school kids! It's boring when you do.

no s*** i need to go back be for a shoot my self

 

[D.T.]

lol? Have a lot of people on this forum dropped out of school?

I dropped out half way through my senior year, but I finished my last few credits and got my diploma through an e-school program.

 

[Prof Gallows]

Bulerias stopped posting!
D.T. lives another day...
oh wait nvm.

 

[D.T.]

Living is nice.

Maybe it was just a glitch.

Wait no, he's posting again...

 

[blue2kid3]

i think a lot of ppl did why els would we spend all day on this sight hahahah jk

i probably saved you D.T hahah jk but mabey

 

[Bulerias]

Speaking of that, if you do decide to go with guitar, it's better to start out with an electric than an acoustic. Acoustic guitar strings will hurt and callous your fingers and it's better to build up their strength on an electric before trying to play an acoustic. I started on an acoustic and it was terrible.

Unless of course Bulerias feels that I am completely incorrect.

I wasn't actually posting for 10 minutes, it was a glitch.

And I gotta disagree with you here too. You're probably used to playing steel acoustic guitar strings. That's why you gotta start with nylon strings... they're the best for developing strength and callouses early on. All I know is, my callouses are so well developed, I barely feel the strings anymore. Haha.

I've found that the best method is as follows:

No nails + nylon strings for a good 2 or 3 years.
Start growing nails + nylon strings for same amount of time
Experiment with stuff and see what works best for you... and no matter what you end up choosing, by that time you'll have callouses thicker than Chun-Li's thighs, so playing will be x100 easier.

Edit - Just so you know I'm not BSing all of this, I speak from experience... I've been playing classical, flamenco, and Brazilian guitar for almost 10 years, and am in the process of acquiring a jazz-electric guitar. The ones I've tried out are REALLY easy to play. So in my opinion, it's better to start out with classical guitar, get the basics down, and then do whatever you want to do. You'll have much better technique that way, I think...

 

[blue2kid3]

Speaking of that, if you do decide to go with guitar, it's better to start out with an electric than an acoustic. Acoustic guitar strings will hurt and callous your fingers and it's better to build up their strength on an electric before trying to play an acoustic. I started on an acoustic and it was terrible.

Unless of course Bulerias feels that I am completely incorrect.

I wasn't actually posting for 10 minutes, it was a glitch.

And I gotta disagree with you here too. You're probably used to playing steel acoustic guitar strings. That's why you gotta start with nylon strings... they're the best for developing strength and callouses early on. All I know is, my callouses are so well developed, I barely feel the strings anymore. Haha.

I've found that the best method is as follows:

No nails + nylon strings for a good 2 or 3 years.
Start growing nails + nylon strings for same amount of time
Experiment with stuff and see what works best for you... and no matter what you end up choosing, by that time you'll have callouses thicker than Chun-Li's thighs, so playing will be x100 easier.

oh come on that's like the same thing he said just in a different way you could word your....words different so it dosent look like you are saying "no you are stupid you do it this way''

 

[Bulerias]

Speaking of that, if you do decide to go with guitar, it's better to start out with an electric than an acoustic. Acoustic guitar strings will hurt and callous your fingers and it's better to build up their strength on an electric before trying to play an acoustic. I started on an acoustic and it was terrible.

Unless of course Bulerias feels that I am completely incorrect.

I wasn't actually posting for 10 minutes, it was a glitch.

And I gotta disagree with you here too. You're probably used to playing steel acoustic guitar strings. That's why you gotta start with nylon strings... they're the best for developing strength and callouses early on. All I know is, my callouses are so well developed, I barely feel the strings anymore. Haha.

I've found that the best method is as follows:

No nails + nylon strings for a good 2 or 3 years.
Start growing nails + nylon strings for same amount of time
Experiment with stuff and see what works best for you... and no matter what you end up choosing, by that time you'll have callouses thicker than Chun-Li's thighs, so playing will be x100 easier.

oh come on that's like the same thing he said just in a different way you could word your....words different so it dosent look like you are saying "no you are stupid you do it this way''

How so? He said it's best to start with an electric guitar, I say it's best to start with a classical nylon string guitar.

Edit - I'm sorry if my style of writing is coming off as demeaning, I don't mean it that way.

 

[D.T.]

Oh man I didn't think you'd actually disagree with me there. XD

Well I'll let that one go. Still think electric is easier to play on but I didn't know there were different types of strings. My guitar teacher never told me there were, and we tried to make my acoustic easier for me to play for weeks...but then by that time my fingers were pretty calloused so I didn't need to. I think my strings were also higher up than usual, also.

 

[blue2kid3]

yeah the fights over =) yeah love and peace =)