i dun quite agree with the statement geminist made about guitar being easy to pick up....

sure alot ppl can play it...but can they play it right?talkin about techniques...any 1 can play the piano too...by self learing..or memorizing...but are they playin it rite?

u can self learn any instruments...excluding determination n other stuff..the question is..do u just wan to play a song...or u wan to play the song the right way.learning by books would not teach u much...compared to having a teacher ...and not to mention faster to learn if u can ask n get corrected at the same time.

but yea...it comes down to my point where do u wanna go with the piano...playing for fun n making it sound close to the composer or knowing how to play it well n making it sound really good.

hmm??some1 with a musical background?in that case...wat prob is there to pick up a new instrument..?besides the stiff fingers...or maybe more to the practical thingy...but theory wise ur already capable....confused.


n yea..the other thing..our fren stanny here has no basics in music..so assuming he doesnt know much about music.

i started with piano n shifted to guitar...wat i found out was i learn alot of new stuff...after classical guitar i tried self learning electric guitar...and found alot of stuff which are also different...like in styles of playing..fingering techniques and sound production...ive also heard alot of stuff like i didnt know like pentatonic, dorian,lydian, mixolydian...etc

also like harmonics...ive only learn natural n artificial harmonics...now i see pinch harmonics...

so yea..self learning is not impossible..but u learn slower...n u gotto learn to google well...but how to google for something u didnt know exist?

This post has been edited by tytons: Dec 26 2005, 02:08 AM

hmm actually Pix, im not too sure which is harder...

since i went thru both...i found guitar harder as my fingers were not tat flexible....assuming a song is just strumming of chords ofcourse...while for piano..."marry had a little lamb" can be played with just 1 finger? E D C D E E E

as for guitar is u were to play on the 1st and 2nd string..u would need 2 fingers.

but i think it really depends on the individual...

back to self learn on piano...yes i think its harder...as most piano books are not in numbers unlike guitar books

my point of how its hard to self learn an instrument...maybe i didnt know how to put it in words..but yea..was tryin to say tat...im not too familiar with electric guitar techniques...but for example...learning to play spanish pieces on classical guitar was hell thru reading...and even with an instructor..i still had alot of probs in fingering...sound projection, and gettin the notes to be cleanly played n strummed.
agree

anyways...i hope no party is offended by my words...its good to share wat we all feel...sometimes typing can mislead to harshness...

geminist...does ur uni hav music courses?mine has..n they got some orchestra thingy...some ppl are not bad...theres alot a place in newcastle called sage or someting i was told they got orchestra n gig goin on there..i miss the tommy emanuel 1 not too long ago...im sure london got alot of events as well rite?

i checked the schedule..hillary duff will be here this year..haha.. but it doesnt hav anything to do with the topic hhaa..

This post has been edited by tytons: Jan 4 2006, 07:00 AM

i caught stomp here in newcastle...was not too bad..enjoyed it...i had the vcd at home long time ago..n suprisingly its pretty much the same routine...so i guess 1 time is enuff...unless they have a new routine...but they do improvise a lil during each performance..so its not 100% identical.