Q. my aunt said Piano and guitar are easy and violin is in the harder level. But I think violin would be easier since there's only 4 strings and they are short... And piano would be on the harder level since you have to play 2 different sounds with your right and left hand.
A. Any instrument is hard if you decide you want to be good.
Guitar is easy as a beginner, because you can play chords and those aren't hard to learn. But if you want to actually get good, you have to put in a lot of practice time.
Piano is easy as a beginner because you press keys and you don't have to hear pitch at first and will still have a nice tone quality no matter what you press (unless it is a rub etc etc but that is a later conversation)
VIOLIN is hard. It is hard for beginners because it wont produce a good tone quality as you are learning; you can't fake it as you might be able to with guitar and piano. It has no frets, meaning you have to memorize where the pitch is centered. Usually, I am able to pick up instruments fast; I could not with violin.
But I would say the hardest instruments to play are horn, bassoon, and oboe. And there is no "easiest' instrument because all take time, practice, and dedication to actually create music.
You should pick the instrument that appeals most to you. How it looks, feels, sounds. I play trumpet, and I love it so much. Good Luck!
What are good songs to accompany myself with on piano?
Q. I'm looking for songs to learn on piano to accompany myself singing. I already know a few ("Boston" by Augustana, "Speechless" by Lady GaGa, and a couple others), but I'd like to expand what I know.
Suggestions are welcome but please try to include a link to chords, a YouTube tutorial, sheet music, or something like that. Thank you!
A. If you want something for an audition piece then I recomend dream a little dream of me. It's a quality audition piece to have, especially as a back up because it's so flexible you can take in to consideration they said about you first piece and change it. (I know you didn't ask about auditions)
It is also really good that's it's flexible in talent as well you can sing it plainly or you can get creative and make it really bluesy and Jazzy and get some good vocal expression in there.
here's the sheet music
http://www.easy-share.com/1910357398/mamas_and_the_papas--dream_a_little_dream_of_me.pdf
here's the youtube tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYkpueLIA4c
and here's the most popular version along with lyrics just incase you don't know the song, although I am sure you'll at least recognise it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_070zWcEuk
If you want something to perform or just to have fun with then I would say sweet child of mine, the guns and roses version, everyone knows the song and most people love it
sheet music here
http://www.abcmusic.net/download/free-sheet-music/237/guns-n-roses/sweet-child-o%27-mine.aspx
finally if you want a real challenge singing wise then I would say sweetest dream areo smith there's so many different versions on the paino from really simple to it's just the basic tune to the complicated full version but the singing side of it is hard to master but can be done by anyone with a good range
should I take piano lessons before learning guitar?
Q. I want to be musically inclined and learn how to play guitar. However, I've been told that it's best to take piano lessons first, because if you can play the piano you can play anything. I would be taking the lessons at my college. What is everyone's input on that?
A. You should play the instrument you like the most or you will become bored and quit like 90% of the people who try to learn an instrument. It's not easy and you're going to have to enjoy your progress and have a real desire to go on. You should also get the best quality instrument you can possibly afford. If it doesn't sound good or is a pain to play... you'll quit. This is the truest and most important thing to consider IMHO.
Learning to sight-read music can help you with any instrument and give you a good background. But guitar requires a completely different strength, dexterity and technique to be built up over time. Finding notes and chords on a guitar is completely different than finding them on a piano. Learning to convert written music to keys on a piano by habit can actually get in the way if you try to change instruments.
Also... If you end up with a teacher who will only teach at the speed you can learn to sight-read... find somebody else. Some famous guitar players can't even do it. It takes a long time and there are other things you could be learning and playing at the same time. Chords, scales, etc... This will keep you more interested and you'll be able to start playing actual songs much more quickly. You'll start to develop different playing techniques and hand dexterity sooner...
I would take what you heard with a grain of salt. Many people who really master an instrument start playing that instrument at an early age.
Picking parts out of music with your ears has nothing to do with playing piano. That's in your head. You learn how to do it as try to learn an instrument and try to pick out the parts for your instrument in songs... figure out how they're playing them... The more you listen to music that way... the better you get at it. When you learn more about how to play your instrument... what you hear in music makes even more sense to you and you can copy songs by ear rather easily. Some people practice and develop this skill and some people don't. But, it has nothing to do with what particular instrument you learn how to play. Any manual dexterity you build on the piano would do you little good on the guitar. That's like saying if you learn to juggle you can type. It's two totally different things... Quickly finding notes and chords on a guitar and playing them cleanly is something you're only going to develop by practicing and practicing GUITAR. I've seen very good piano players struggle through 3 chord folk songs with several second pauses between chord changes on my guitar... lol.
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