I've played the piano for 2 years, and i'm still trying to maintain a decent level with some cool minuetts and etudes (mainly from the baroque and romantic period), but the reason why i like guitar better is because you get much closer to creating the sound. Other than considering electric guitar as one of the most versatile instruments due to the millions of effects, you can also create distinctive sound by picking differently, tapping, bending, striking the string harder to gain a certain amount of harmonics, and of course: there are harmonics, vibrato, legato etc.
This way you are basically standing beside the cradle of each sound (oops, to poetical that was...
), you develop them the way you wish.
On the piano, you can only achieve dinamics or the length of a note by pedals (the 3rd pedal for dampening). Still it is only the little hammers which hit the strings.
Same way: guitar is a bit more simple instrument, since you don't really play that much poliphonic stuff (you achive this effect with some serious tapping, or dealy, or hybrid picking + string skipping etc.), whereas on a piano in more difficult pieces you might have to play with both hands totally independently. However, single guitar tunes (especially because of the strong style presented in distinctive playing) are much more stronger.
Anyway, hope that made sense
You are at GuitarMasterClass.net
Don't miss today's
free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with
free content!