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 Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:19 pm
Well, are you? and why do people say it's easier to learn guitar after piano?
I sort of am but it didn't really help since I only took piano for about 2 weeks and then got bored and started sneaking off when I told my parents I was at piano.
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:04 pm
I'm a guitarist turned pianist *joins in a hearty chuckle*
Learning Piano before, or in addition to, Guitar can be helpful. Main reasons being:
Develops an understanding of tonality and 'ear' for music which isn't as emphisised on guitar
Allows scales, chords and the likes of to be seen in thier 'natural' form, or straight up, so it's easier to understand the theory behind the music
Develops hand span which again, although is exersiced in guitar can become quite routine, and under pushed
An understanding of music theory
Ofcorse it's not nessercary, its just useful to some
Peace
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:41 am
No. LOL. but i imagine it would be helpful. Also I tune my guitar ny keyboard sometimes.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:55 am
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:44 am
Hey dont laugh eddie van halen is a guitarists/pianist
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:21 am
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:10 am
I wish. As much as I love the guitar, I sometimes (only sometimes ^_^) wish I'd devoted all those years to the piano instead, simply because of modern synth/sampling technology. With really good software, a skilled keyboardist can "play" drums, bass, violin, cello, etc. For composition and working with sequencers, I wish I had mad keyboard skills.
Of course, guitar is one of those instruments that's almost impossible for a keyboard player to emulate. wink It's such an expressive instrument.
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:39 pm
I thought it was if you learn guitar you can play bass easily?
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:45 am
i am, but it didnt really help that much
the only thing ireally got out of it was being able to read music lol
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:20 am
Kinda.
I played alittle keyboard before I gave it away.
Kinda wish I kept it.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:33 am
Soulless Perfection I thought it was if you learn guitar you can play bass easily?
Thats a common misconseption, and irrelative to the origional post... but who am I to judge?
Starting on Guitar and transferring to Bass comes with a general understanding for the latter, but at a price. You sub consiously try to play the Bass LIKE a guitar, creating the insidious sounds of 'Guitarist Bass'.
It's hard to explain without actually showing someone, but Bass and Guitar are only simular at their basic construct. To make them sound good, and to utalise the full range of techniques offered on each, they need to be played as if they are completly different instruments... Like drums and clarinet
Peace
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:00 am
It's the other way around for me. I feel I've reached a pinnacle with my guitar playing so I've been currently focusing on songwriting and composing. I've been in the process of learning piano/keyboard for the purpose of ease of creativity between two very versatile instruments. I feel that after having learned music theory in depth on the guitar and the muscle memory in my hands already formed I could begin playing piano on a level higher than a beginner. I started out learning how to play Lazarus by Porcupine Tree ( which is a great song by a grea band XD ) mainly because it would challenge me. The song itself eases you in with simple chord playing and then progressing into a faster single note changing melody for longer periods of time which I felt increased my accuracy, speed, and endurance.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:42 am
Son of Sithis It's the other way around for me. I feel I've reached a pinnacle with my guitar playing so I've been currently focusing on songwriting and composing. I've been in the process of learning piano/keyboard for the purpose of ease of creativity between two very versatile instruments. I feel that after having learned music theory in depth on the guitar and the muscle memory in my hands already formed I could begin playing piano on a level higher than a beginner. I started out learning how to play Lazarus by Porcupine Tree ( which is a great song by a grea band XD ) mainly because it would challenge me. The song itself eases you in with simple chord playing and then progressing into a faster single note changing melody for longer periods of time which I felt increased my accuracy, speed, and endurance. wow dude, when i read stuff like that something goes on in my head that makes the voice in my head have an english accent.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:45 pm
Personally, piano doesn't help. I had to take it for awhile, but it just wasn't my sound. Your better off just focusing on guitar, then taking up piano to improve, or whatever the concept is supposed to be.
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