Regular Guy asked:


all those snobby rich kids in school tease me because I play guitar
they all play piano and have been doing so for years and years

anyways to me the guitar is a better instrument for many many reasons
it’s ability to bend strings…
it is much more difficult to master (especially sight reading) …not to mention different tunings
it has way more techniques to learn (picking, finger picking, hybrid, slide, bend, vibrato, sweep, use of trem, so much more)
to add its a MUCH more versatile instrument (in many many genre of music, guitar is the melody besides vocals)

Lastly i would say that guitar is ALL ABOUT TONE…sure different pianos can sound different but for guitars everything makes the sound different….
your fingers…
pick you use, the way you pick, the shape, the thickness, the material
strings ..the gauge, the material, etc
guitar..i can go on forever, but to keep it short…the wood (fretboard, neck, body) the style (solid, semi, hollow), the scales, the frets, the bridge…pickups
amp also can go on forever…look at how many brands and series…ALL have different TONE
im not gonna include stompboxes because those are effects…if i didnt it wouldnt be fair

to me …without those sophistication composers or classical music, i would say that piano is way out of guitar’s league as an instrument

how can they make fun of me …………i dont get it

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J. asked:


Do you think I could get decent enough to play piano/keyboards in the band I’m in. Right now I’m rhythm guitarist, but our drummer really wants to play guitar on some songs so I’d jut play piano on those. I had about 3 months lessons at a conservatory, can read music (not well, mostly just read to learn melodies and key signatures, can’t really sight read and forget about bass clef), and have 10 years experience on the guitar..

Our style is rock/progressive rock/funk/metal anything we feel like, so I’m not talking anything complex like jazz improv or classical recitations, just decent enough to play in a band. I know how to form some chords already and can play half of the major scales in the circle of 5ths. Do you think I could be decent enough by september, when we’re all gonna be rooming in the same house at college together? Thanks

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Allison M asked:


I am a second year classical voice major and I’ve just finished my piano requirements for my degree. I have basic keyboard skills in that I can sight read my way around a simple two to three line score ( though the alto clef still eludes me… I hate score reading..!) and feel comfortable churning out simple pieces in an afternoon (To about grade 3 in the Canadian Conservatory system.)

For the longest time, I avoided piano music, preferring to focus on my vocal endeavors but lately I feel as though my mother’s beautiful baby grand sitting alone and un-played is far too sad to bear.

Unfortunately, I know virtually nothing about the piano repertoire and don’t know where to begin. Like most neophytes, I enjoy the works of Chopin and Schuman– in particular Chopin’s nocturnes. I am also a huge fan of Schuman’s Fantasiestüke, but I am certain these works are currently above me.

Can anyone suggest some short works or etudes that would be suitable for a beginner like myself?

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Mikey asked:


I read on a 3rd grade level, but I want to play more challenging music.

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