Piano is easier to start out on. But it can get extremely difficult if you want to play lets say classical music at a high level. Guitar is slightly harder to start out on. But just like almost any other instrument you can make it as hard as you want. Never choose an instrument by it's difficulty though. Choose one that you like the sound of and the one that has the repertoire/songs that you like and want to play. Those 2 are the most important things when choosing an instrument imo.
@franciscaampuero33785 жыл бұрын
I think this comment accurately sums it up. No matter what your opinion is, this very true Mr. Vivaldi 👀
@digitalcyclone72185 жыл бұрын
yes. guitar may be harder but at the end of the day the best instrument is the one you would play regardless if it's easier or not.
@kikelewis.75535 жыл бұрын
I love this comment's community.
@tokyohunter11195 жыл бұрын
Vivaldi, stick to your violin mate hahahaha
@Incog2k65 жыл бұрын
Wise words. As expected from you, Maestro Vivaldi.
@douglovestheinternet5 жыл бұрын
I'm learning piano right now to help with my music theory, and I now believe EVERY guitarist should. Music theory just makes sense on the piano.
@officialWWM5 жыл бұрын
Douglas O'Hearn agreed :)
@douglovestheinternet5 жыл бұрын
@louis george Well, it also is just easier to understand how chords are built, scales, and most important intervals.
@Sora-o5 жыл бұрын
@@douglovestheinternet very basic stuff that is also easily learned on the guitar lol.
@douglovestheinternet5 жыл бұрын
@@Sora-o You think it's easy to learn intervals on guitar? Have you looked at a keyboard layout?
@Jamie_kemp5 жыл бұрын
I 100% agree
@oscarpizey97025 жыл бұрын
At beginner I'd say piano is easier but by God does guitar make you look cooler
@TheSadMusician5 жыл бұрын
Piano makes anyone look emo lol
@jbaby2835 жыл бұрын
Both make you look cool. Piano makes you a bit more... expensive?? While guitar makes you more approachable. But both of them make you cool, in my opinion at least.
@Sora-o5 жыл бұрын
Who cares how you look.... guitar is literally 4 chords and you are considered a "guitarist" piano is much harder.
@jamesvancam5 жыл бұрын
Lol nice Razer logo, I am an intermediate guitar player and wanna learn Piano to help my understanding of both instruments more and just music in general overall.
@lancesvensson17035 жыл бұрын
Both look emo if you put an MCR song on it
@m.kurbah84854 жыл бұрын
Piano beginner: I managed to play any song already. Guitar beginner : i give up.
@danpower74163 жыл бұрын
*Guitar beginner: hold my powerchords.
@jacev64213 жыл бұрын
I’m starting both rn lol
@jacev64213 жыл бұрын
Guitar is definitely harder so far
@lontheferalcat12243 жыл бұрын
Me: messes up when I play piano Also me: plays guitar better than piano My point is that it depends on the person. Some people have more talent in playing the piano but some people have more talent in playing the guitar.
@theguycalledjm48083 жыл бұрын
this is my situation rn
@LeonardoHernandez-eg5dv5 жыл бұрын
I find piano a lot more "polyphonic", because you can arrange any song and still sound "complete", and if you are a guitarist and you want to arrange something you would have to be very advanced or have a base. And although guitar is "cooler", I actually find piano a lot more fun because you have access to a lot of really cool tone colors, and also, music theory is a lot clearer in piano that in guitar, at least for me. I am Mexican, in case of any writing mistakes
@eyenmaiden58853 жыл бұрын
I am a pianist. And i agree with your statement.
@suneinasingha21613 жыл бұрын
It's okay:^) I'm Indian
@YeshuaIsTheTruth2 жыл бұрын
I'm an American. Your English is better than most Americans'. Buen trabajo amigo!
@gogpoydi2 жыл бұрын
The keyboard is the superior polyphonic instrument but the guitar is no slouch either. It's entirely possible to play 3-4 voice fugue on the guitar.
@ArtemisUS2 жыл бұрын
Great spelling! Better than my Spanish spelling haha
@russellnewton66605 жыл бұрын
I never knew you did piano, it’s like I’ve just found out my wife’s had a affair and I’ve just found out lol.
@skully96075 жыл бұрын
Thats an interesting analogy.. And i like it a lot. Lmao
@jedlio72025 жыл бұрын
Hahaha cause she doesn’t love you
@TheSadMusician5 жыл бұрын
Omg Hope it’s all okay
@shuraque5 жыл бұрын
Things went from zero to a hundred really quick
@jamesvancam5 жыл бұрын
Same here lol
@PianoFromScratch5 жыл бұрын
Having the notes in order on piano is a definite advantage to understanding more about how music works. Learning a bit of piano can really help with overall musicianship for other instrumentalists
@Flat-Five5 жыл бұрын
Piano From Scratch yea I would agree with that, some of my friends who play guitar and bass still play piano a bit
@alexandros27245 жыл бұрын
On piano you can arrange every single song ever written and make It sound good thanks to the variety of possible accompaniments, while on guitar, unless you are at a god level, you will probably need a base to play on. So if you play alone maybe piano is the best choice. Furthermore guitar is less suitable for some genres, such as disco music or classical music (that also on piano is hard, but on guitar is crazy) On the other hand guitar easily wins if it's about playing in a band, especially for rock music. Guitar Is also more espressive thanks to vibrato, bending, slide, etc Learning both is the best choice
@niccolopaganini42685 жыл бұрын
Guitar is very suitable for classical music and there are countless pieces for guitar written in 19th/18th century, but they're mostly unknown compared to piano or violin repertoire from that time. Guitar can literally be called a piano of string instruments having the same ability to play for example many harmonies at the same time, even Beethoven was amazed by guitar when he first heard it(edit. He wasn't deaf at that time yet so could hear it) (ik piano is a string instrument as well, by string instrument I mean instruments of which you actually touch the strings by yourself)
@alfredanto055 жыл бұрын
🅱️ass
@metalshinobi29004 жыл бұрын
Ahaha thats my boy guitar is the best instrument
@metalshinobi29004 жыл бұрын
@@alfredanto05 u know BASS IS JUST LIKE ASS
@jem-yd6yq4 жыл бұрын
@@metalshinobi2900 boob + ass= bass
@tenlittleindians5 жыл бұрын
Piano is a far easier instrument to learn. There are so many different tunings on guitar and all require different fingerings for various chords. A younger player will struggle with getting clean sounding chords on a guitar because of the psychical strength required and the unnatural contortions needed to form various chord shapes. Music theory is easier to understand on a piano because it's laid out from left to right making scales understandable along with transposing. Where guitar shines is being portable and more affordable. Writing songs I find both instruments useful for coming up with ideas.
@avinci31165 жыл бұрын
I play both. Piano is easy to learn but fking hard to master. To be good you have to train decades. Well also a problem is pianos often are soloists and mistakes can be fatal. Guitar is relatively hard to learn because of the tunings ect. But compared, once you learned it... it’s way more easy to master.. Edit: guys chill, it was auto correction but I appreciate people are still replying 1 year after 😂
@Don-ec3vc5 жыл бұрын
@@avinci3116 A guitar is unbelievably easy to master? lol
@ohhDoyler5 жыл бұрын
@@avinci3116 did you really just say guitar is unbelievably easy to master?
@officialWWM5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely, 100 percent agree with you. Anyone can strike a clean note on a piano immediately....not so on guitar!
@joaquinanaya3165 жыл бұрын
I have been playing guitar for 1 year, 2 hours a day At the first month i could easily play any chord 3rd month, play solos 6th month, fingerstyle 8th month, fingerstyle with percusión
@edthewave4 жыл бұрын
As someone who plays both (and bass guitar) at an intermediate level, I can say that piano is easiest to start on, because the physical technique of pressing down keys is more intuitive than fretting and plucking strings on a guitar. However, guitar wins in the beginner stages because once you have the fretting and plucking technique down, and know basic chord shapes, you can play along to many popular tunes fairly easily. The relative isomorphism of guitar means you can learn shapes and move them about the neck, reducing the learning curve. The beauty of guitar is its portability, relative ease of transposition and the harmonic language it speaks. There are also a whole host of alternative techniques like two-hand tapping, percussive plucks and slaps, harmonics, etc, that can spice up your playing. But, piano has far more repertoire, going back over 600 years of keyboard music. And, the most difficult pieces on piano are MUCH HARDER than anything on guitar. Something like Ligeti's Etude 13: "The Devil's Staircase" or Schumann’s Toccata in C Major Op. 7 are way harder then even the most blistering Eddie Van Halen or Steve Vai or Dragonforce solos, in my opinion. Pianos (and keyboard music in general) allow for much greater counterpoint and richer harmonic possibilities than the guitar. For that reason, the advanced pieces tend to be very complex and contrapuntal. The easiest piano music is easier than the easiest guitar music, but the hardest piano music is way harder then anything on guitar. So basically, here's a chart explaining myself: VERY EASY|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|SUPER HARD |-----------------------------| Guitar |----------------------------------------------------------| Piano
@DoTheFlopp2 жыл бұрын
Underrated dude
@shekharbaidya99022 жыл бұрын
The Best explanation yet
@lentzdadjentlaman13485 жыл бұрын
It doesn’t matter if you like both
@metalshinobi29004 жыл бұрын
Hmmm ur right
@treetrr48934 жыл бұрын
Hahahah ur pic, noice
@yesno40654 жыл бұрын
But some people can only go for lessons on one instrument
@MoonOvIce4 жыл бұрын
You should still only learn one at a time. Learning two instruments at the same time, might lead into never mastering or even getting very advanced in any of the instruments.
@edgarduartegutierrez98603 жыл бұрын
@@MoonOvIce im learning four instruments rn. Ik i won't get far on any of them but they all are a different experience from each other. I suggest you to try it out.
@zerossilentlibrary5 жыл бұрын
as a beginner for both piano(I've been playing piano longer) and guitar, i think that piano is easier to learn. but once you get the basics it gets harder to master. guitar is harder to learn and get the hands perfect, but it's easier to get good at
@clemenaparente97735 ай бұрын
Obviously not. Try classical guitar. I've been playing guitar since 10 years old. Now shifting to classical in my 30's I found it harder than playing piano. I played both by the way.
@plast1q_cowb0y21 күн бұрын
Say it to finger style , omg
@elvisweeks77345 жыл бұрын
I’ve taught myself guitar just by looking at KZbin and at first it was difficult but now I can with ease. I got a keyboard and I’m trying to learn to play it and it is so hard for me haha
@hoze12355 жыл бұрын
with piano and keyboard , synchronizing your right and left hand is fricking hard
@levijones45125 жыл бұрын
Hoze 123 yes!! This is my biggest problem
@AbsoluteAbsurd5 жыл бұрын
Hoze 123 lmao yep
@iloveanime89675 жыл бұрын
Theo?
@WhatsMyNameAgain934 жыл бұрын
If you want to cheat your way to getting familiar with what hands and fingers should play what on a song, KZbin synthesia songs and you'll pick up loads (piano player of 10 years). It definitely won't teach you a damn thing about playing correctly or staff, or anything for that matter, but it can at least give you a hint at where to improve your dexterity
@Jamie_kemp5 жыл бұрын
Guitar, I think, is a generally hard instrument because the strings are so easily muted, whereas on piano, the keys only need pressing down, which makes things much easier imo
@ayhamshaheed77405 жыл бұрын
JayKay04 then again, things in high level piano pieces are extremely difficult on piano as you have a much larger canvas to work on whereas with guitar you can move your fingers to a lot more frets a lot quicker and a lot easier (hammer ons & pull offs exist, for example, and if U need a fret that is high up on the string, you can just slightly adjust your hand to the next string, while on piano you’d need to move your hand much further up to do the same thing)
@Jamie_kemp5 жыл бұрын
@@ayhamshaheed7740 yeah, I agree. I would probably say that guitar is harder to play at a beginner level, and then they even out as you go up in levels? I think the way you play guitar is quite hard to get down if you're a beginner, even if you're playing simple chords or just single notes, but piano is less "fiddly". As you go up in difficulty, though piano has it's own challenges, so I'd say they get pretty even in difficulty at that point.
@ayhamshaheed77405 жыл бұрын
JayKay04 yeah fair enough. Although I only found guitar difficult as a complete beginner, but after maybe a few days I felt pretty good about myself. As I’ve gone into more complex stuff though, the further you get the harder you get, but at least you get comfortably with initially difficult stuff like picking accurately and with speed. With my piano playing, I found it quite easy initially but that was mainly because I was playing really low level stuff, and I never bothered learning complete songs. If you know where to look, you’ll see how difficult it gets. And that’s how it is for most instruments, if not all.
@ravenecho24105 жыл бұрын
Guitar imo is much more about the notes you chose to play, rather than how you play them. I would say writing quality musical ideas is the hardest skill, by far. And some pianists write their own work, but guitar pushes you to do it, where as piano you can keep scaling into more difficult pieces by others indefinitely and no one will beat an eye if you cant write something of comparable quality yourself
@kowxley17935 жыл бұрын
Agreed I think guitar is harder for beginners, but when you graduate it evens out and piano becomes harder when you play some very difficult pieces
@coy29603 жыл бұрын
"Piano is easiest to begin, but hardest to master" - someone in twosetvilion comment's
@rizzler8763 жыл бұрын
It is true tho. It is easy to learn piano, but is very hard to master.
@wintermoonlight11113 жыл бұрын
This is true😭
@aquilino19843 жыл бұрын
try to become a classical guitarist. Tell me it's easier than piano lol. It's atleast as difficult as becoming a pianist.
@bp.pradhan94943 жыл бұрын
Guitar is hardest to begin and hardest to master
@sherksmith35062 жыл бұрын
@@bp.pradhan9494 no?
@rcz24395 жыл бұрын
You're exactly right! Playing the piano led me into synthesizers, (vintage) keyboards and production. Playing bass led me into self-learning guitar and a bit ukulele and I have many advantages with string instruments.
@jacklincoln77865 жыл бұрын
You can’t carry a piano around
@digitalcyclone72185 жыл бұрын
midi keyboard?
@masnitumor5 жыл бұрын
@@digitalcyclone7218 I hate when someone tells me "oh yes, we have a piano" and then I actually come there and see a keyboard... IT'S NOT THE FUCKING SAME THING PPL
@TobyMUFC5 жыл бұрын
Watch me 😏
@torrifiic5 жыл бұрын
that is literally the point of a keytar
@kikelewis.75535 жыл бұрын
Does that make piano harder to learn than guitar?
@kevindelk5 жыл бұрын
I love how just knowing the fretboard and keys makes it so easy to play piano melodies on guitar or guitar riffs on piano.
@tripleforcium80035 жыл бұрын
For sure, being comfortable on knowing the fretboard makes everything so much easier in my opinions
@ΝίκηΑθανασέλη3 жыл бұрын
I am 17, I learned how to play the piano myself and now I am thinking about grabbing the guitar that has been sitting in my living room for years. That's why I am here
@SabareshSundher3 жыл бұрын
Finally found a person like me
@gagungdari63133 жыл бұрын
Give some tips I'm 18 and playing piano is so difficult. I just bought a piano. Give tips on how to start and what to do next
@captainharloq80543 жыл бұрын
Im a guitarist and tryn to learn piano, I found out that piano is harder than guitar
@eliwagner43605 жыл бұрын
Andy is full of surprises.
@jasonbourne4885 жыл бұрын
Piano can be more easily learned with formulas. Once you know the formula for creating major and minor chords, they can be applied to any key. With guitar you have a lot more memorization.
@flux19685 жыл бұрын
Keytar! Problem solved.
@hexagonn56245 жыл бұрын
Well...
@hydronic195 жыл бұрын
Genius...
@azizikariya66555 жыл бұрын
Guitar vs piano? GIORNOO GIOVANNAAAA!!! :V
@coolcat314155 жыл бұрын
Gus
@ianbarber29374 жыл бұрын
Wow wow wow. Slow down buddy. That level of smart is not allowed here.
@eugeneflanagan14773 жыл бұрын
Mastering one before learning the other will always be an advantage. I've played guitar for 30 years (since i was a child) know all my scales , chords etc can play lead , accoustic , classical and decided about a year ago to try learn piano and it wasn't as hard as I thought as I already understand chords, root notes , scales so was a massive head start
@rishitgarg42225 жыл бұрын
I honestly think that piano is easier to self learn, since technique( picking, holding the guitar) is more complex regarding guitar. It may discourage the learner to leave the instrument.
@rishitgarg42224 жыл бұрын
@Matt Vinci Yeah what I wasn't saying that guitar is a better instrument....
@c00kedmilk4 жыл бұрын
@@rishitgarg4222 piano is way easier to start for sure, but play for a while and you get into chopin and liszt, harder than their hard guitar contemporaries.
@rishitgarg42224 жыл бұрын
@@c00kedmilk that's completely true. All I'm saying is that it's much simpler to grasp piano, but definitely not easier. You can't compare the difficulty level of 2 instruments.
@c00kedmilk4 жыл бұрын
@@rishitgarg4222 meh, true, but I still think piano is the hardest instrument to master, considering all the repetoire
@empoetable5 жыл бұрын
And now? what is the statement? or maybe triangle? It's better to play guitar, because it's not so heavy to bring it to a campfire...
@Imm237435 жыл бұрын
Here's my two cents. If you want to make your own music on any genre from Classical to EDM, definitely piano (or an instrument with a piano layout) as it's much easier to understand music theory on a piano layout. Aside from that, the "easier" intrument is really contingent on the player. If the player is interested in learning guitar and aspires to play certain guitar centric songs, then definitely guitar and vice versa. Motivation is after all what gets you to a certain level. I'm pretty good at guitar at this point and learning music theory on keybaord. If you're really passionate about composing music, regardless of which instrument you play, working on an instrument with a piano layout can do wonders for understanding how existing compositions are written and ergo you'll be able to write your own stuff.
@zmartkooky2442 жыл бұрын
You can quickly become okay at either and you can master them both to levels that may seem unachievable to most. However, piano is a broader instrument with more possibilities than maybe any other instrument, so there is additional room to grow into. That doesn't mean you top at guitar either for you can eventually start to learn to play with variations and nuances of the instrument itself, which is impossible to do with a piano. There are very difficult things to play in both. So, chose based on what you like. Unless you want to get into composing, in that case piano is your everything.
@_P_M_4 жыл бұрын
I started learning guitar at 8 yrs old. Picked up drums at 16, which became my main instrument for the next 30 years. And 40-odd years after starting guitar I finally got serious about piano. Hands down, piano is the most difficult. Any instrument can take a lifetime to master, if you really want to dig into it, but basic levels of proficiency are much harder on piano than guitar or drums. That's been my experience anyway.
@mattsoutham4 жыл бұрын
Started on Piano 16 months ago (see my chan for progress vid...) Got to Grade 4 ABRSM playing Classical, Pop and Blues... Acoustic Guitar 6 days ago Pretty sure Guitar is - PHYSICALLY - harder... Sure I know some Theory now, I "know the chords" and can make the shape, But mute one string, Make another one buzz, I genuinely think starting with Guitar has been MUCH harder! But I also know once I get the main chords down, I can mostly just whack a CAPO on and play the backing for almost all pop music quite easily. So the answer is... Guitar, and Piano, and Neither, and It Depends. Probably Descant Recorder.
@thomassletvik13535 жыл бұрын
Point two is really the decider for me. There is a reason why bands typically have two guitars. To play rhythm/bass and lead on a single guitar and make it sound warm and full on its own is something I can still only do with a few songs even after playing for several years. With the piano I could do more songs like that after only a couple of months.
@akallio90005 жыл бұрын
Frantically waiting on Andy Kazoo!
@SunshineRainbowWhitePony4 жыл бұрын
Andy spoons
@anil5095 жыл бұрын
been following the guitar channel for over a year now, had no idea you had a piano channel as well, will definitely check it out
@yudipitre57202 жыл бұрын
3 years I started learning piano with you. Now I am learning guitar with you, started 3 months ago. My opinion the guitar is harder then the piano. I am suffering getting to remember that fret board. And when they say a 2 5 1. You are an awesome teacher. Thank you 😊 You have kept me sane after my retirement. The guitar is definitely a challenge. You keep me interested in the guitar. God Bless everything you do. Piano is easier for you to learn. Guitar between pentatonic scales major minor 5 or 7 or 12 . Etc It's crazy 🤪
@adityanimje84155 жыл бұрын
For me, guitar is something fun with raw beauty and sound but piano goes for polished gorgeousness and etiquette with the touch of aesthetics.
@skintslots5 жыл бұрын
Just started taking guitar lessons but would love to play a keyboard too. I personally feel a keyboard would be easier technique wise than a guitar.
@davidhernandez92753 жыл бұрын
I play both and I love both. Some days I have tried to commit just to one of them but I just cant. They are beautiful in its unique way. Another advantage of guitar is... you can take it wherever you go. On the piano, since I recently started with music production, OMG piano is sooooo helpful. And also Harmony is easier understood on piano. The guitar has also the advantage that there are more tutorials out there. I do struggle with finding piano tutorials. There are not many piano accompaniment, most of them are for people who just play piano. And also most of them are paid
@ThePinkRebel11 ай бұрын
not to mention every single piano tutorial is a sing-along version instead of the actual piano parts. which greatly pisses me off that i have to translate guitar tabs just to figure songs out
@ravenecho24105 жыл бұрын
I think piano gives you better musical intuition on where notes are and their relationship. Piano is also much better at keys, playing in e flat or d flat in guitar without having to think about scale shape is hard. That being said guitar teaches you alot about phrasing which is something you just really cant do as expressively on piano. Its my goal to learn different keys ( playing in e minor or a minor is so easy but in jazz have to know where the keys are on the entire fretboard ). :)
@GeektoStudios5 жыл бұрын
am i still an auto-didactic (self taught) musician if i learn from youtube? I think yes. though i have been procrastinating a private lesson(s) from Andy. due to budget constraints, but i want to pay back for all the free content i've learned from here over the years
@vervetech93954 жыл бұрын
Piano is easy to start with as a beginner (you can even play single notes of songs on the first day) but it doesn't get easier afterwards, so many lessons and it's extremely difficult to master. But it's classic
@Danny_Delorean4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been playing piano for nearly 12yrs and it’s honestly one of my favourite pastimes l prefer playing very mellow and airy songs but damn it feels awesome when you play something like Queen and really smash those keys 👏🏼♥️
@kanrup51995 жыл бұрын
Surprised. As a guitar player I thought Piano was an easier instrument as you have all notes laid out in a line easy to see.
@Sora-o5 жыл бұрын
Ok now play 16th note 7ths
@lila23754 жыл бұрын
Sure, that is an advantage, but the hard part is playing music fast enough and hitting the right notes and mastering songs
@shinryanrey8553 жыл бұрын
it's easy basic chords lol while guitar u need to 1st learn proper position of hands
@hoze12355 жыл бұрын
with piano and keyboard , synchronizing your right and left hand is fricking hard
@shirsenduacharyya94435 жыл бұрын
Piano is easier at beginning but becomes harder later... Guitar is just opposite ‼️‼️‼️
@victoriawilliams85704 жыл бұрын
Shirsendu Acharyya very true
@grsk1004 жыл бұрын
Can't argue with that
@danpower74163 жыл бұрын
Not really. Guitar can be hard too, if you just keep challenging yourself. Plus I would say you can't really master any of the two.
@bp.pradhan94943 жыл бұрын
That might be for standard tuning but not others
@Allanb5712 ай бұрын
Lol! Try to sweep on a guitar, playing metal or jazz solos and playing picking or classical. Guitar is obviously harder than piano.
@erikrusso98085 жыл бұрын
I think playing the piano helps with understanding music theory. As you said, many people only see the open guitar chords as shapes and does not know how to invert them or play them on other parts of the neck
@antkeeper62765 жыл бұрын
With my own experience of self-learning both of these instruments to a level that I can do gigs etc. Piano is easy to start but extremely difficult to master. Guitar at first is super easy to start, but it's harder to get to a "good level" with a guitar than a piano. But after you get past the "good" level, it's far more easier to master the guitar than the piano. So the difficulty depends in the goal of the player. If u want to master the instrument completely, the guitar is easier, but if u want to get to a good level for showing off, then take the piano.
@juanferroso44645 жыл бұрын
Absolutly agree
@rodrigobarboza15923 жыл бұрын
Wtf? Guitar is not an easy start
@Allanb5712 ай бұрын
That is not true. Try to sweep, alternate picking, shreds, or playing guitar while doing percussion on it. Guitar is not only harder at the beginning. It's just harder.
@livetransmission19494 жыл бұрын
Pllaying guitar over 10 years, recently ended up with a casio keyboard from a friend clearing out a house.. The scales are all laid out in front of you and there's only one "string" to focus on. There's a time and a place to play piano. There's a time and place to play guitar. I was grateful for the knowledge I picked up learning to play guitar and was shocked how simple the piano scales are compared to axe
@twantheunisz92815 жыл бұрын
As a guitarist i thought it was almost hilarious to Find out how Easy piano is compared to guitar. There's so much less to think about.
@lcaros_5 жыл бұрын
Well yoi obviously haven't played Chopin or Litzs, or even simple sounding pieces from Mozart or Schumann
@humanperson22055 жыл бұрын
I think the piano is harder then the gutiar. I've played the piano all my life and just started gutiar too.
@twantheunisz92815 жыл бұрын
@@lcaros_ try to play those things on guitar dude. On a piano You press a note and sound Comes out. Everyone van just start. With guitar it Take a while to get anything sounding even acceptable.
@lcaros_5 жыл бұрын
@@twantheunisz9281 well id say guitar is a difficult instrument to start but it gets easier after you get familiar with the strings and chords. The piano, on the other hand is easy to start, but extremely difficult to master.
@kowxley17935 жыл бұрын
Hum. Less to think about? How about using both hands at the same time playing different things? I've been playing guitar for a bit longer than the piano but piano is definitely harder to me. Imagine the hardest pieces on piano (like Liszt) and some Dragonforce solos on guitar for example. Both are really hard, surely, but Im pretty sure that Piano is harder when it comes to pro level songs, but easier when it comes to more simple songs.
@Cruz4742 жыл бұрын
Do both! I started with guitar. It was hard for me, took a few months to get decent but now I'm comfortable after 2 years playing my favorite songs for everyone (green day, nirvana, gun's n roses, rock that's not too technical lol). I realized that a lot of my favorite songs include piano as well, I tried playing piano riffs on guitar and that wasn't working for me. Now I'm trying piano, I was pleasantly surprised how easily the music theory I learned translated over to the piano (now that I think about it, why wouldn't it?). I learned my first song (Alexander's Ragtime Band) In a few hours. And now I'm learning more. I do not have to take a break because of bleeding fingers either. Piano brought a new set of challenges for sure, but my previous guitar experience made it way easier to troubleshoot and work out.
@reylabiano2 жыл бұрын
I agree on this one. Im a guitar player for 5 years (practicing an average of 3 hours per day). I just started playing piano a month ago. After just one month, I can play all my favorite pop/gospel songs on piano.
@redmed104 жыл бұрын
Piano because it's easier to sound good straight away rather than guitar. A lot of things depend on the interplay of success and enthusiasm. The more successful you are at something the more enthusiasm you have for it. And the more enthusiasm you have for something the more success you will have.
@Allthingstech31085 жыл бұрын
Your analysis is so precise ,nothing vague.Its so scientific.God bless you.
@musichere21494 жыл бұрын
I bought guitar recently and tried to play simple chords but it's way more harder than I thought, so I am thinking of quitting and starting on keyboard .
@drummerschmittle5535 жыл бұрын
I’d also say that learning piano will help with playing drums just based on the fact that you are playing a different rhythm with each hand and operating pedals with your feet. Will you play like Bonham Gadd or Buddy Rich, no, not right away, but it will definitely help and vice versa, learning drums to learning piano
@KentuckyBullrat322 жыл бұрын
Let’s be honest guitar is 100000 times harder for a beginner
@superpotiron3 ай бұрын
Absolutely not.
@frostrangerofthefrozenrelmАй бұрын
Nah, for me guitar clicked far more than piano did
@KentuckyBullrat32Ай бұрын
@@frostrangerofthefrozenrelm I’m talking very beginner. Anybody could learn a basic chord progression on piano in 20 seconds but for some people it takes a month to correctly play a single chord on guitar correctly. There’s way more nuance to beginner Guitar than beginner piano, like accidentally muting strings and having to use both hands in different ways. For basic piano you just slightly separate your fingers and press, also all the notes are in a straight row.
@frostrangerofthefrozenrelmАй бұрын
@@KentuckyBullrat32 it certainly didn't take me anywhere near a month to learn a chord on guitar (more like 5-10 minutes?) nor even when I was actively learning piano could I play you a chord progression (piano chords never stuck in my brain). An edge that guitar does have over piano is tab. If you can sight read the point is somewhat moot (I can read music, not particularly fast though). Tab is easier to pick up than sheet music. Idk, personally I can find an individual note much easier on guitar whereas on piano I have to think a moment but when I started learning music theory I already gave up piano and switch to guitar. For me they keys blend together so the guitar separating things makes it a bit easier for me. Yes, guitar does require a certain amount of hand strength and conditioning, but piano requires conditioning as well. How hard it will be initially depends on how strong and flexible your hands are to begin with and the instrument you're working with (lighter strings don't require as much force to fret). Easy is subjective. Perhaps for you piano was easier for you for the reasons you mentioned, but for me guitar was easier (physical considerations wasn't much of a factor as while I did have to build callouses, I do naturally have good grip strength) and it stuck with me better
@turepedersen64815 жыл бұрын
Happy new year , I thought your piano tube was dead last time I checked there was nothing new, very glad to hear it’s active. You’re a great teacher on both instruments, keep up the good work
@Mv-Ai5 жыл бұрын
i'd say piano cuz of the biggest obvious reasons ---- "It doesnt hurts your damn fingers while playin it 😂😂".... n i'd still say piano if nt for that cuz i started with piano so 🙈🙈🍻
@avinci31165 жыл бұрын
It does. There are chords that will tear your whole body apart
@rupe825 жыл бұрын
Obviously you've never tried playing a Rachmaninoff or Liszt piece.
@deadshell23665 жыл бұрын
I said that on 31st to my piano friend and he argue me for 10 min
@Br4ndzzz5 жыл бұрын
I started on piano, and after a couple years I tried guitar and It was easier for me to learn songs and I was better then piano on it and I’m now at 7 months of playing
@tripleforcium80035 жыл бұрын
Alex Vinci I’m a guitarist and I have two words. Jazz Chords
@vagnothree3 жыл бұрын
The visual layout of a piano just makes it way more easier to learn. Beginners on guitar almost always need calculate what note they are playing.
@thebashfulturtle99875 жыл бұрын
I play piano and guitar and the truth is that they're both as difficult as you make them. Granted melody you play on guitar will probably be much easier on piano, but you can be so much more involved on piano. They're as difficult as you make them out to be.
@ytrichardsenior5 жыл бұрын
Some thoughts: guitar only has 6 notes that can be played simultaneously. However things like vibrato, bending and sliding are controlled (miscontrolled) naturally. Also you can play exactly the same note (say A3) in multiple places on a guitar, where there's only one place to play that on a piano (unless it's a synth and you split the keyboard). For me the real difference is that with guitar the actions of the right hand are closely linked to the actions of the left hand making it easier for the brain to understand. Not so with the piano. But I'm a guitarist, I find piano very difficult.
@buzzlightyear42705 жыл бұрын
Very scary how KZbin can read my mind 😂 Just bought a keyboard after a year attempting guitar. I’m wondering if the logical linear set up of a piano will suit me rather than the random ”shapes” of a guitar. I struggle with my left/shape hand on guitar - so will be interesting to see if I find piano a little easier. Probably not 😂😂🎧🎧
@officialWWM5 жыл бұрын
As someone who has been playing guitar for 30 years and was just given an electric piano...I can tell you, piano is waaaay easier! With some help from KZbin, I taught myself a few chords in 10 minutes and in an hour was playing a very simple 4 chord song (Heavens Door). I remember how long it took me to be able to play that on guitar! It was weeks of sore fingertips, muted strings, trying to understand how it works Etc...I think the biggest difference is that it's very easy to strike a piano key and get a nice clean sound. A child can do it. However, getting a clean note on a guitar can take some beginners hours of practice which can lead to frustration and slow progress. My advice, learn both. It gives you so many more options when it comes to performance and song writing. Like most instruments, they are both quite easy yo play but can be very difficult to master...discipline is freedom...
@Sora-o5 жыл бұрын
Playing 4 common chords isn't skillful though... literally anyone can learn how to play a c chord on the piano in the same amount of time it takes to learn on the guitar.
@officialWWM5 жыл бұрын
Jorge B. Playing a clean C chord on guitar is a lot harder than piano and I sure as hell wasnt playing songs on guitar in a couple of hours! The question is, is piano or guitar easier. I'm simply saying that piano is a lot easier! I'm sure, just like guitar, it takes years to totally master but you can sure get music out of it a lot faster!
@Jeirilyn5 жыл бұрын
Would it be a mistake to try to learn both at the same time?
@ak2010utube5 жыл бұрын
Good question! I'd be interested in this too..
@Royal-sp9pb5 жыл бұрын
Jeirilyn absolutely not, in fact it compliments each other quite well. getting better at one will almost make you better at the other. for instance, following music sheets for piano allowed me to have a better sense of rhythm on guitar. LEARN music theory on piano first, then apply it to guitar. will make a lot more sense
@Jeirilyn5 жыл бұрын
@@Royal-sp9pb thank you, that's encouraging!
@amandacutrer17545 жыл бұрын
Jeirilyn I’ve been learning both (guitar for two years piano for one) it’s great if you can make time to practice each one!
@praveenanookala44575 жыл бұрын
I'm doing the exact same thing! You should try it!
@hankmoody6665 жыл бұрын
As a player of both i'd definitely say sounding good is a lot easier on the piano. Also it's much easier to understand notes. If you start out on guitar with no musical experience it can take much longer to understand the concept of chords and actually see which notes you're playing.
@RetroPlus5 жыл бұрын
It took me 2 years to play piano really well, but for guitar it only took me about 5 months to play pretty well. This could be a result of learning piano for two years though. There's no real way to compare them since it differs for every individual, it just comes down to which you find easier. I mean just look at all these comments, I've been going through them and it's pretty clear that it's highly subjective and there are conflicting opinions everywhere. In conclusion, it's almost completely futile to try and work out something that is so subjective and relies on so many different variables. I've had this discussion many times only to go around in circles coming to no definitive answer.
@koulhs03554 жыл бұрын
Define really well
@raihanmahajana35793 жыл бұрын
in piano u press a key, and it rings, in guitar u have to pick it with ur right hand press the note with ur left hand, i think guitar is easier to learn, at first because u can play with only memorizing chords shape, in piano u have to have a music theory to play chord. but mastering guitar is a lot harder because basically u interact directly with the thing that actually rings whilst on the piano u are also assisted by the lever inside the piano that rings the strings. but in the end both are great and we cant deny piano and guitar is the most used instrument.
@nicholasserrano67965 жыл бұрын
learning both right now, started piano 3 months ago, and guitar about 2 weeks ago. Id say piano is at the very least easier at the beginning, but the higher level stuff seems daunting on piano, where on the guitar, memorizing where notes (chords actually have been really easy to memorize) are has been hard but i feel like there isnt anything on guitar that i cant one day play. Also, cool side note, playing guitar has helped me hit the right keys on piano way more consistently
@andycrowley5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to read Nicholas. Sounds like you have a talent for music but also out the work in too, keep it up! 🎸
@user-gd7nk4re6u3 жыл бұрын
i have a keyboard and a harmonium which i bought to practice my vocals or singing..... nothing is easy when you first ever start music.... And it was difficult for me to play the keyboard but my main focus has always been vocals but recently i bought guitar just out of curiosity.... and i want to share my personal experience that it is lot harder on guitar because it is a string instrument...in piano you press a key and the melody comes out but in string instruments you have to practice alot to even press the chords or tabs property so the melody comes out properly.... string instruments are difficult for me....but every instrument is difficult when you have to play it on professional level.... I am not a instrument guy but still i would say string instruments are difficult then piani or a keyboard...
@S34NP4THURL5 жыл бұрын
When's Andy Home Recording Channel - a Focusrite Solo with free pro tools/Ableton options
@robbiegarnz77325 жыл бұрын
I think this is a very accurate assessment of both instruments. That said I think knowing guitar has limited advantages when it comes to piano because reading music and knowing theory, while helpful, is not a vital component of playing guitar for many people.. Guys like EVH, Slash and George Lynch do not necessarily know a lot of theory compared to guys like Billy Joel and Elton John. The guitarists success rest largely on his or her dexterity and ability to master the fret board and innate ability to “hear” something and then play it. Thus, experimentation plays a key role. In my opinion pianists can be sticklers for the rules because there a finite number of patterns that make sense on the piano or are even viable in a musical composition sense. Very interesting video!
@furko11035 жыл бұрын
Well Piano is in my oppinion far easier than guitar. It is a lot easier to learn any keys and you only need to learn an key once. As with the guitar you need to learn every key again if you just change the tuning. Also with the piano you are guarenteed to get a nice note, while for guitar you need to have the right pressure with your finger on the fretboard and pick the string correct with your right hand. But as a guitar player I can just say that the guitar makes more fun and sounds better for me. You have so many different techniques like percussion, harmonics, tapping, slapping, hammering and many many picking styles. Because you are directly at the strings you need to put more effort to get a nice note but you can affect the sound of the string a lot more. For example you can play them with a cloth covering the strings, so you have a muted sound or you can even play the guitar with a bow. Also who doesn't want to play an electric guitar? In conclusion I would say guitar is harder than piano. But if you put more effort into guitar you can play (almost) any piano songs on your guitar while being able to use many other techniques. Pianos on the other hand aren't able to play a song composed for the guitar since it is hard to transfer these techniques of the guitar to the piano.
@jamesvancam5 жыл бұрын
Take into consideration Piano and Guitar both have different styles of genres to play with and piano can get really complex in nature as you play more difficult pieces. But they're both expressive instruments so it all comes down to what you enjoy hearing and playing.
@AbsoluteAbsurd5 жыл бұрын
Well.. I played a bit of piano before learning guitar, but I was more interested in guitar so.. I havent played piano much then. As of now, I can play both pretty decently.. So I could say for myself, that piano is a bit harder to play. For guitar if I just pick one up, I could immediately noodle out a simple little lick instantly and easily, piano im like.. confused about the black keys and the white keys and all that jazz.. Mostly because I cheated on piano with guitar ;] I probably have other reasons why piano is harder but I didnt think of them yet/or cant explain them.
@EstelonAgarwaen5 жыл бұрын
i am kinda bad with all keyboard/piano stuff, but guitar is fun, and the first thing i learned was from andy guitar ^^
@Emma-kz3zr5 жыл бұрын
Guitar. A. Involves initial physical pain as fingers adapt. B. How many notes on fret board Vs piano (not including mute / hammer / pull off/slide / bending/ etc.). C. As you mentioned playing rhythm and lead combination is an advanced skill set.
@samm-r3u4 жыл бұрын
Guitar is harder to get used to....like building up callouses. But once u get used to playing it gets easier.. Piano is easy getting used to but classical music is painful.
@mateus77223 жыл бұрын
You can also play classical on guitar... And it's not easy
@miles_ani5 жыл бұрын
One of my friends also plays guitar. She started before I did, but I used to play guitar in the past. Now we're at about the same skill level, and we sometimes get together to jam a bit and do some exercises. I have a compact amp, so I can just put my guitar in my gigbag and put the amp in a bag with wheels, and I can hop on the train and go to her house. If I had started playing keyboard then I wouldn't be able to do this. Guitars are so much easier to carry around. This is a huge benefit, especially if you know someone who also plays guitar.
@fatmanur25083 жыл бұрын
Azusa-chan is that you?
@HemanKwayne5 жыл бұрын
I always like to say that piano is easier to learn but harder to master, while guitar is harder to learn, but easier to master.
@kamarienedwards17575 жыл бұрын
Keiren Roberts both are hard to master, most people can’t play fingerstyle guitar, jazz guitar is pretty hard and improvisation, piano is just easier to learn in the beginning because guitar requires more technique in the beginning
@pablo93645 жыл бұрын
Keiren Roberts define master
@pyb65 жыл бұрын
Kamarien Edwards Yeah! Both are hard to master, but the the easier one would be guitar 😁
@RetroPlus5 жыл бұрын
It depends on the person, it's completely subjective really
@passoverlambjesuschristrev48754 жыл бұрын
wt I think is piano is harder to master because it's have more octaves than guitar so obviously piano can produce more music than guitar and it seems for us that piano is harder to master comparing to guitar .that's wt I think
@peterw28802 жыл бұрын
Had no clue you had a piano channel! Will definitely have to give a run through that content since I just snagged a keyboard
@leonmackenzie19975 жыл бұрын
Personally piano is easier but guitar sounds better Edit: MY OPINION
@drdre43975 жыл бұрын
I found piano helps visualise chords and melodies than you can then teansfer to guitar. For example theory is much easier for me to visualise on piano.
@pena19505 жыл бұрын
No piano is not easy once you proceed
@Tony-ld5dv5 жыл бұрын
Stradivarius Goffiler so is guitar, there is a point at intermediate where most people get stuck
@pena19505 жыл бұрын
@@Tony-ld5dv When you proceed everything tends to be the same
@BrunoNeureiter5 жыл бұрын
Piano sounds worse only if you have a $20 keyboard. A $200000 piano sounds better than any guitar, ever.
@q36spacemodulator5 жыл бұрын
My uncle played piano from the age of 10, he's now 80 gives concerts,plays as backing musician for recording sessions, teaches music. At 60 he decided to play guitar picked it up very quickly then decided to stop because the finger calluses stopped him from having sensitive finger for the piano(his words). God I wish I started playing when I was young.
@grandefrppc4 жыл бұрын
guitar - hard for beginners piano - hard to master case closed
@mateus77223 жыл бұрын
Nah
@Allanb5712 ай бұрын
No.
@vari15355 жыл бұрын
(I started on guitar 5 years ago then gravitated much towards piano about a year ago) In my opinion, piano is more basic since the notes are in consecutive order, the tone is perfect, and it's the simple pressing of a key.
@holasanja66185 жыл бұрын
IMO Piano is easier to learn but harder to master guitar is the opposite
@cream85905 жыл бұрын
This is 100% accurate
@ravenecho24105 жыл бұрын
Hmm, well I mean like maybe the mars volta has mastered the "instrument". The thing is it's not about how well you can play, but what ideas you can create on guitar. Guitar is much more about the quality of ideas you, yourself can write imho
@kowxley17935 жыл бұрын
@@ravenecho2410 they're both pretty even when it comes to writing I'd say. There's just many many possibilities on both instruments tbh
@ravenecho24105 жыл бұрын
@@kowxley1793 they're both easy to translate ideas once you have them. But generating quality ideas imo is the hardest part
@hankmoody6665 жыл бұрын
Guitar is equally hard to master as well imo. Look up Tommy Emmanuel, 99% of people can play 5 hours a day the rest of their life and still not be able to play some of his stuff.
@holdupsomethingaintright79194 жыл бұрын
piano is much more easier to start on (you literally just have to press a key and you will get your prefered sound) but as time passes by the longer you practice it turns to one of the hardest to master instruments when your advancing (thanks to these guys.... chopin,liszt,beethoven,alkan,rachmaninoff just to name a few/classical music) and in the piano also, music theory is bit more easy to understand while guitar in the beggining is hard but tends to get moderate as time goes on as you practice
@archanasrivastava9415 жыл бұрын
Incomparable. Both have a kind of their own and different field. Be patient and give time to learn both. Both of them almost teach the same things like notes, chords, scales, theories but just in a different format. Start by learning piano as it is easy and thereafter grab a guitar. It would be super easy as mentioned earlier, both teach the same.
@C-DM965 жыл бұрын
Love both your channels, ive learnt lots playing both instruments from your videos, thanks Andy !
@keithlittlebury29865 жыл бұрын
I like the shameless plug. I will definitely have a look because I like the way you teach 👍
@KawaiiCat24 жыл бұрын
I’ve been playing piano since I was a kid. Because I already know cord progression and all, the concept of how the guitar is laid out made sense to me pretty quick. However playing guitar is another thing.
@Souls_p_5 жыл бұрын
I know no-one is talking about it so... Harp is the best of both worlds.
@michaelshaw25763 жыл бұрын
And there are electric harps too, to help with the cool factor :)
@YourFellowRNRSisterFan983 жыл бұрын
I wanna learn both I’m actually about to go get a power cord for my keyboard (it was my sisters she lost the power cord when she lives in California) and that was 10 years ago. I wanna become a guitarist like my dad almost was.
@DawgChan4 жыл бұрын
2:24 look at that left had tho 👀
@Ugapiku2 жыл бұрын
It's like choosing between Class and Coolness
@rhizelkhiangte15705 жыл бұрын
It gets extremely nostalgic when you started playing imagine
@johanvanhuyssteen9217 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your opinion. I appreciate it
@instrumentboy12395 жыл бұрын
I play piano drums and guitar so personally I think drums is the easiest
@AbsoluteAbsurd5 жыл бұрын
Drums the easiest?! 0.0
@AbsoluteAbsurd5 жыл бұрын
If you say that then you might be the greatest drummer on the planet.
@bigchungus33995 жыл бұрын
Drums are so easy, I learned toxicity in two days and I'm a complete beginner.
@j.danielmoore995 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! Excellent idea. I like your analysis. I have a guitar and a keyboard, but I've spent much more time with the guitar for the very reasons you mention.
@sun45025 жыл бұрын
Time to learn each instrument comparison ?
@cristianiuga99323 жыл бұрын
Thank you! It was very helpful!
@quentinmerkel27705 жыл бұрын
Doesn’t this guy look like reht from gmm
@kijaun60635 жыл бұрын
Quentin Merkel no offense but rehts defected cousin
@TrainsAndTrees4 жыл бұрын
Isn't it the other way around?
@yorankoppes5 жыл бұрын
I have had guitar lessons for 4 years. I stopped with that 3 years ago, and I haven’t really touched it since. Now my sister plays piano, I find learning songs I like on piano so much easier. Though a part of it might be the available information I have. Cause for piano, I just searched on youtube. For guitar, I found that only when I bought the ultimate guitar app, did I really feel confident that I had the right information on my hands. And not being sure that you’re learning the right notes is really demotivating.
@TheGamers-mc7zz5 жыл бұрын
Guitar is way harder just the muscle memory and scale/chord shapes make it way harder
@TheGamers-mc7zz5 жыл бұрын
Imo
@kowxley17935 жыл бұрын
Hmm not really, chords are harder to play, but piano chords can be played extremely fast. Muscle memory? Well consider that you usually play a lot more notes on piano, but I'd say that muscle memory is pretty much the same for both instruments. Guitar is harder for beginners to learn, but a lot easier than piano at a pro level I think
@TheGamers-mc7zz5 жыл бұрын
@@kowxley1793 could be just stated my opinion
@AzuReGravity5 жыл бұрын
The way you used the term muscle memory makes no sense here
@TheGamers-mc7zz5 жыл бұрын
@@AzuReGravity it's way harder and it'll your hands more time to get used to a f chord shape and obviously all of this wired voicing and fingring than the time getting used to pressing 6 keys no matter the order now in my opinion
@alexvaness84995 жыл бұрын
Piano is easy when starting out. But gets sooo much harder the further you go. Until it takes your life away to finish one piece. And guitar is HARD when starting out. But only goes up in difficulty in spikes. As you can play hundreds of songs with a couple as cords until you learn more harmony and different styles and it gets much harder. But is almost the same or as difficult as piano at the end. If you want to play your favorite songs and stuff, then guitar is the way to go cause you can play most songs right after a couple of weeks. And you can sound super badass playing different covers at high level. If you want to get more technical and get into classical then piano is the way of you have the patience. But you can also play popular songs almost right away.