Q. thankyoou!!
A. Umm.... hello?
You can play more notes at the same time with the piano than the guitar (8+ vs 6) and its a lot easier to play more complicated chords. You can also voice your chords more easily (hey guitarists... ever heard the term "piano voicings"?) and with more versatility. A piano can play its own bassline, and can play notes that are both higher and lower than the guitar.... remember, the guitar is limited to approximately three octaves!
Ever noticed bars or clubs that can play with just a piano? Again, that's because the piano can play its own rhythm and bass notes.
A guitar has to have its low-end filtered out if its in the mix with other instruments because of how boomy its lower end is.... its easy for a guitar to muddy up the mix - the 300-800 "mud zone"! That lack of tightness in the lower end means you can't get those lower notes, and that unless you're playing solo guitar, you have to be limited frequency-wise, and that means less versatility.
Learning piano means having to learn staff music, and that means becoming more of a "musician" than your average guitar player. What percentage of guitarists ever bother to learn staff music? Aside from the serious students and players, not many. On the other hand, learning staff music is a prerequisite to playing piano!
There is far more music written for piano than guitar. Additionally, you can play lines from other instruments that the guitar simply can't, in terms of frequency range.
Is the guitar more portable? Yes. Is the guitar "cooler" in many cases? Sure. Can you pick up chicks easier with a guitar? In some cases, yes, although it depends a lot on the guy and the girl! Many of the girls in the church I grew up in are more interested in guys who can play piano, because their perception is that guys who play guitar tend to be a little to "out there" and rebellious. What can I say? Conservative religious people.... *shrug*
A piano player can pick up a synthesizer or organ, and has a better foundation to learn many other instruments, as the other answerer said (again, because piano players tend to have teachers, which means proper technique, and learn more music theory and how to read music.... the fundamentals, which means a higher learning curve, but a better overall musician).
The piano is a more "serious" instrument, musically speaking. I respect a piano player, all other things being equal, more than I do a guitar player, largely because the piano is a more difficult instrument to learn... but musically speaking, you can do more with the knowledge you pick up from learning piano than you can with guitar.
If you want to be a better musician, go with being a piano player. If you want an easier instrument that is probably a little "cooler" in popular culture, sure, go with the guitar.
No disrespect to many of the serious, dedicated guitar players out there.... but if you're a serious player, then you can recognize the limits of your own instrument. Pianos can't do slides, and they don't sound as good distorted (imho).... just as neither instrument can easily emulate the breath nuances and stylings of brass instruments, or the texture of string instruments.
On the other hand, I have a friend who just got a gig at a piano bar.... what's the last time you saw a "guitar bar"?
I regret not learning piano. Maybe I'll get a teacher one of these days.... it would make me a better musician, and that would only benefit me!
Saul
Can someone explain to me what chord voicings are?
Q. Hi! I'm a little bit confused about 7th chord voicing. I understand inversions but voicing is a bit confusing for me. I want to know how many possible chord voicings are out there. I also want to know which notes I have to lower in order to correspond to the drop voicing. Thanks.
A. Chord voicings are ways in which you can arrange the notes in the chord for various effect. For a 7th (assuming you mean Dom 7) in G, you might "drop 2, drop 4" which means (for one example) on piano, you would play the root and 5th in the right hand, and play the 3rd and the 7th in the left. In this example, then, imagine the G7 chord this way: (from the bottom), LH: B, F, RH: G, D. Root position of this chord would simply be G, B, D, F. Reasons for voicing chords certain ways may be for concerted writing (voice *leading* so that each instrument has a line that is close to step-wise movement), or for supporting the melody. Capeche?
Music books for piano chords?
Q. Hi,
I'm currently teaching myself piano and I am learning chords through online lessons. However, I'd like to be able to recognize chords on sheet music as well as just know where to put my fingers on the piano. Does anyone know where I might find a book that teaches all the possible chords for piano (yes, all of them) and lists all of them on staff lines? Sort of like a chord collection book, if you will. Any help would be much appreciated!
A. Hal Leonard has such books.
Includes The Hal Leonard Student Piano Library, piano methods and supplementary materials, solo piano songbooks and sheets, Pace Piano Library, piano duets and ensembles, Lee Evans Publications and much more.
to be more specific:
CHORDS FOR KEYBOARD AND GUITAR
Series: Paperback Songs
Artist: Various
This convenient reference features a clear, concise, simple and visual approach to keyboard and guitar chords. Includes over 800 keyboard chord frames, over 1000 guitar chord frames, and a helpful explanation on how chords are formed. Multiple voicings (with explanations on when to use each) are given for each chord.
$8.95 (US)
Inventory # HL 00702009
ISBN: 0793545366
UPC: 73999020090
Width: 4
Length: 7
256 pages
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