They should just combine the two and put the keys of a piano on the body of a guitar. A 'Key-tar", if you will

If you're a strummer, guitar is good for your confidence. Most people don't notice a wrong strummed chord, but a bad note on a piano can really stand out.

Great video but everything is easy after playing the triangle

True.. except the whole "shapes" idea on guitar is a superpower of the instrument. If I want to play in something that's in E in F.. I just move every note up 1. Or use a Capo. But a pianist has to transpose every sharp and flat carefully. Their finger positions literally change. I can play in any key on the guitar because the shapes are the same. A pianist has to learn them all separately.

A piano objectively tastes better than a guitar from my personal experience

Both are top tier instrument but it is harder to master the piano than guitar while piano is much easier to start with.

I play both. Started off on guitar and then learned piano. Have to say piano taught me more in 1 year about music theory than I ever got from playing guitar. Everything made sense and actually made me a better guitar player for the new understanding too

guitar also has wonderwall

In a band context, if the singer says "hey, my voice is kind of tired. Let's do the next one in G," that's not really that hard on guitar, even if you don't know a lot about how the shapes might change. Meanwhile, there's no capo big enough to fit around a piano.

played both, cant play neither well, can confirm

As a piano player, I was always hella frustrated with finger positioning on the guitar. Like, when you play the piano, of course, you can hit a wrong key or accidentally slip and hit two keys at once, but that's fairly easy to control, even when you're playing fast. With guitars on the other hand, if you dare move your finger tip half a millimeter off the center of the fret - you get a pathetic messy fart instead of a clean note. And you're supposed to play chords, not just single notes. I can play pretty complex stuff on the piano, but when it comes to the guitar, anything that's harder than a bar chord will be a nightmare for me.

I wasn't convinced until the last point.

When I was casually learning piano, I used to just plink away on keys and feel like I was doing some cool stuff, and now that I'm casually learning guitar every other time I play something it sounds awful and I have to google something like "why does my guitar sound bad" and it'll be like "you should move closer / further from the fret" or "your other finger should have been muting this completely unrelated string" or whatever lol. That said, the portability is definitely the reason I've practiced so much more guitar!! And it's very satisfying when something finally sounds good

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dudee you were always my inspo for guitar and i picked up keyboard recently too :)) keep it going love youuu

Soooooo your music ia dope af... i'm newly obsessed... and these videos are hilariously entertaining and educational. Your personality/sense of humor is literally perfect! I literally cant!

Strummers on guitar and guitarist are not the same thing please don't confuse the two, finger style guitarists are on a different level of musicality

True. You can learn pretty much any instrument just by knowing or atleast understanding piano

I think that everything is easy it depends on what you do and how you do it that's literally all also, keep on rocking dude love your content.

Piano is definitely a better instrument for learning about music notation and music theory in general, as each symbol corresponds to one note (unlike guitar, where you can play the same note on multiple strings). This, among other reasons (such as no need for callouses) is why I think anyone interested in learning an instrument should start on piano if they can. Then again, the size of a guitar makes it feel so much more manageable, so it might be tough to convince people about this.

I play guitar. Piano is something I really want to learn but keep putting off for one reason or another. And I'm pretty sure I'll struggle harder in piano than I do on guitar simply because my brain is incapable of moving any two of my limbs independently. Guitar requires both hands to be in time always, but your two piano hands could be doing two very different things and the ability to do that seems like a superpower to me. Massive respect to piano players (and drummers)

That muscle memory thing is so true, whenever im done with learning a piece on piano and start learning a new one i forget the old one immediately, but i never forget the bass line of a song

These videos are so concise.

Bro has never played chopin etudes 💀

I think a case for guitar can be made due to the fact that scales are the same no matter what (excluding the weird B string interval difference). A major scale is a major scale with the same shape all around the neck whereas for piano you have to kinda think about it. Also the fact that you have to worry about two separate lines on piano whereas for guitar, although picking more complicated parts can be challenging, you're still playing one unified line.

Such a good video, from such a good musician keep it all up!!!

And another thing is that I feel guitar and more versatile when it comes to the feeling you want to make in your music.

Piano also has the status advantage. Person plays the guitar: hey, that's cool. Can you play song X? Person plays the piano: holy shit! They must be a musical genious!!

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The piano is relatively straitforward when it comes to getting the sound that you want out of it. The hard part is learning other peoples rythem and paterns. I was able to get a relitively good grasp on it in around three months.

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When I was learning piano I started to get interested in learning guitar too, and whenever I looked up online which was easier they always said "Guitar is much easier". I got a guitar and, for me at least, that couldn't be more wrong.

It's really the repertoire that makes piano a difficult instrument to master. As a pianist you are often a bit of a one-person orchestra and people also know to expect that from you. But of course there are some really amazing and difficult things to do that you can do as a solo guitarist too. I would say that learning and memorization of piano repertoire generally takes more time than guitar repertoire but they can both be extremely demanding technically. Guitar can be a much more expressive instrument and producing a good sound takes a lot more effort.

As a pianist, yes guitar is harder than piano. That's why im sticking with piano.

bro's like IceCreamSandwich (youtube animator), super halarious but your videos actually have some great info about guitar/music. keep it up, your videos always make my day! 😂

Meanwhile Me unable to play the piano for 5 Years and able to play the Guitar in just 8 months

Been following this dud since a fee hundred followers. Didnt check upon him since like 2020 or so. But wtf lol, you've been busy

Played guitar for 9 years. I'd say guitar is not hard for the reasons you mentioned. Finger dexsterity, especially for the left hand, gives guitar its difficulty later on. I would say piano is easier to pick up but harder to master because piano players have to control up to ten fingers and play many notes at once, while guitar players only use 8 fingers and usually stick to 1-3 notes at a time even at a high level.

damn haven't seen a vid from this channel in a while since when did you transition to ms paint animation

"I've never played a fugue on a piano" the video

I've been playing jazz piano for about 9 years but also started learning guitar/electric guitar because it seems like the closest instrument we can get to the most objectively best instrument. Harmonically you can play complex chords (compared against monophonic instruments), less steep learning curve when learning chords because of similar hand shapes, melodically you can make it sing similar to a human voice with vibrato and good phrasing and sliding, rhythm guitar can provide a pulse similar to drums, the ability to play bass/chords/melody/rhythm at the same time, it spans 4 (or 5) octaves, super extensive repertoire of many many genres even across time and countries, portable especially if you get the mini 6 string guitars, pedals allow for endless tones and effects, more affordable, lastly and least importantly most people enjoy guitar. I'm still trying to figure out which has a higher skill cap, like how long would it take to play like Steve Vai or Franz Liszt?

I play both at jazz level, more guitar, and I agree. If you're trying to match a melody piano is way easier as you just change inversion. Piano it's all easily spelled out. I just figured out why a guitar song works by playing on piano and seeing the voice leading. The same voice leading to make the melody on guitar often requires you to play chords in different places on the neck to achieve the same thing. I know a chunk of music theory and chords are more of a black box on guitar since the spread of notes is less clear. I view guitar chords as a unit in this fingering is this sound profile more than individual notes. Piano the spelling is very clear and you have 100% control over the spread of notes all the time.

ive been playing the piano since i was ten (now 35). im no pro by all means and quit piano lessons when i was 18 and played it very occasionally since then. i started guitar just for fun a few years back but got really invested like a month ago or so and my progression leaped since then. both instruments have their pro and cons but for me the biggest pros for the guitar are: i love the sound, you can manipulate the sound by choosing a pick or fingers (my preferred method) and you can play it literally anywhere you want. got a baby taylor and i just love to practice while laying in bed. such a cool instrument ❤

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As someone who has played both this video is too real. Its so much easier to learn music theory on a piano 💀

As a pianist, nope. Piano is much harder to master, the technique is ridiculously difficult when you get to very technical pieces, making you literally rethink every wrist rotation, arm movement, dynamics etc. But i do agree that for learning music theory is easier

Music theory is the exact same whether it's on a piano or a guitar... Also playing two easy chords with different rhythms using both hands on piano is way harder than playing an intricate chord on guitar. You should try it. Guitar is ez, you just learn what chord shapes are and get away with that.

If you're a guitar player, get a keyboard as well. Just a cheap Casio or Yamaha. Even if the aim isn't to master piano or to perform with it, it is still so useful just for understanding musical concepts or for song writing. I use a keyboard all the time for trying stuff out like creating a pretty bad backing for my guitar playing or trying out a bassline against chords. You don't have to play it well for it be useful and sometimes coming up with an idea on keyboard can be great when you transfer it to guitar because it can break you out of making things up based on familiar shapes.

Depends on the type of music you're playing tbh I don't think a guitar solo from a 1970s peice of music is comparable to one written for the piano a hundred or two hundred years earlier If you were to compare classical guitar to classical piano on the other hand, or contemporary piano to contemporary guitar, the argument becomes clearer

Guitar is one of the most difficult instruments if you push your playing. Cuz it's very unstable from take to take, pretty much like vocals. Piano or drums, for example, are much more stable and predictible.

I've seen way more people master guitars than piano. Plus piano music theory is terrifying.

Try to play some Liszt lol

From a mechanical perspective guitar is more difficult (about 90% of the time) muting on guitar can be tenuous. And when playing arpeggios or any sort of melody that quickly moves between high and low registers the guitar becomes a bit more efficient due to the fact that the length of a standard 88 key is 54 inches and the neck length of most guitars are around 30 inches, not to mention that even intervals like a 5th 4th or even an octave can be just a string (or two) and a few frets away However, while the piano may give more mechanical freedom for melodies and chords, the music written for piano is more numerous and sometimes more complex

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1. always keep a keyboard / piano with you as a reference, even if you are learning guitar. 2. Guitar seems harder than piano because notes are a mess, not laid out in a linear fashion. So starting is harder. But over time, as your muscles start to remember notes, guitar actually becomes easier than piano - at the end of the day you are training one hand vs both (independently) on piano, and add feet too to make it even more complex.

Different instruments different struggles

It looks cooler, no elaboration needed 😂

Wait till dis guy discoverers Liszt, I’m a classical pianist so we’re talking different genres here, and it’s very different from pop, much harder and way more fun (and torturous)

I too as a 3 year old created many catchy tunes

I play both guitar and piano well, but guitar often feels harder, because, when pressing bars, my fingers often touch other strings making them unable to produce sound and that makes my fingerstyle sound worse. Also, I am not always able to play barre chords. Both these things do not take place in playing piano: you just press a key, and a sound produces. On the other hand, I almost cannot play piano with my eyes closed, which I can easily do with guitar. Playing chord songs is easier on guitar.

Basically: Piano is easy to play but hard to master and guitar is hard to play but easy to master

It's harder to play guitar if you play easy pieces on both instruments, but just try to play the hardest guitar piece and concerto for solo piano 1st movement Op. 39 No. 8 allegro assai by Ch. V. Alkan

Hey you touched on something but I just wanted to double down on it - the piano muscle memory you refer to. It's because finger shapes and movements differ from key to key to key. On piano, it's easy enough to play a C scale - hit all the white notes. But move over just one semitone and play C# ... well now there are some white notes you can't hit and some black notes that you must. Completely different shape. Times 12. Times another 12 for each mode, if that's your poison. Some are easier and some are harder, but they are all a bit different. On guitar, the same shapes apply across all keys - learn them once and you're done.

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Day 1 of playing the guitar: "I am gonna become a great player!! 15 days into playing the guitar: "WHAT THE FU-!?!?!"

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try playing hit the road jack on piano with double bass and with all chords being 7th chords and recognise your statement.

Guitar is so fucking hard, even when I think I was doing great a video show me that the strings should leavme a scar of 180°.. wtf

i can't play piano for shit and it's confusing as hell to me then again I've spent like an hour or 2 trying to play stuff on piano and been playing guitar for 2 years

Guiano = guitar x piano

As a piano player piano is one of the easiest to learn but to master it is very very hard. Violin probs the hardest instrument to learn and master

Guitar is physically harder and Piano is mentally harder. I play both and multiple hours of classical practice for 5 seconds of the piece really makes it hard to wanna keep going 😭

Piano is easier to play... But much harder to play properly

Guitars also have effects and whammy bars

Piano is harder.. guitar is way easier

Finally somebody speaks the truth. Pianists will never agree on that, they just too afraid to admit piano is easier. Definitely not because piano make more senses on it design, trust me. Source: random guy graduated from Walmart Uniqueversity

So you’re saying there is still hope for me if I take up piano instead

i had this debate with a buddy, bro was classically trained obviously his head was up his ass

this is just so true

Disagree, guitar on standard tuning is so much easier Like, I know that major 3rd is 1 fret to the left and 1 down, minor 3rd is 3 frets to the right 5th is 2 frets to the right and 1 fret down octave is 2 frets to the right and 2 frets down and how am I supposed to translate this knowledge to the piano? is 3rd black? is it white? which one is it? should I count each note, should I do what? There's no other way around but remembering triads, like I know every note on piano, but I can't count them on the fly like I can with guitar which is much easier compared to the lines of black and white keys For example C major on guitar is the same shape as B major but on piano C major is 3 white keys and B major is 1 white and 2 black and F# major is 3 black much harder to remember compared to 1 shape for major triads on guitar guitar is 200% easier for chords and scales

That doesn't mean it's easy.

The learning curve for piano is easier but its harder than guitar if you want to reach an advance level

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as a pianist i still can't play the guitar :(

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I like them both, but for the most part, I play totally different music on each. He's right about music theory, but understanding one does help a lot with the other. Bottom line: the piano is the best all around instrument, but the guitar is the coolest and most fun.

So true

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finally someone said it

Ive played both and guitar is definitely easier. Maybe not to just hit the nites and them sound okay, but as far as madtery piano is far more difficult.

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guitar is my second favorite instrument but its hard

After going to guitar school for 10 years, I'm going for 10 years piano now. 🤗

As a semi good guitar player who tried to learn the piano- no Sir, you're wrong. If any halfwit Chad can play Wonderwall on a guitar, than this is an instrument for the masses.

I believe there is no such thing as an instrument being harder than another. Playing a note on guitar is harder then playing the same note on piano. But you can play things on the piano that are imposibble to play on guitar so there is just the same learning curve for both.

Agree

I can believe you

this is the reason why people can play crazy things on piano, cus it's easy and they push the limit to makes thing hard