Some more reasons why piano is the greatest: 1. Super portable. You can just pack up your Steinway in your backpack and take it anywhere. 2. The rich vibrato you get from piano is unmatched by any instrument. 3. Pianos are super easy to tune. Anybody can do it!
As a vocalist (and a pianist, among other instruments), I just want to THANK YOU for acknowledging voice as an instrument. Since most everyone can speak and many can carry a tune, it's often overlooked how much technique, time, and effort is put into good singing. A little thing maybe, but still, thank you.
Yessss. As a piano teacher I can say, every student I’ve gotten who played in band first, has always struggled with reading both clefs together. To be fair, while I have no difficulty with the grand staff, I have found it very difficult to stick with playing any other instrument because I get so bored playing one note at a time. But then I like to whine to myself because the sounds of the cello pulls at my soul. So there are pros and cons
The ORGAN is the king of all instruments and here is why:- 1. It can play more than one note, so you don't need friends. It can also play a wider range of notes than the piano, and you also play with both hands and both feet, so you can play EVEN more notes and EVEN more lines simultaneously and on your own. 2. It's easy to sound good. Arguably, organ is even easier than piano. On piano, if you hit a note too hard, or you try to play a tune and hit the keys uneven, it's will make a harsh, ugly or uneven sound. Organ keyboards aren't touch sensitive, so this isn't something you have to worry about. 3. It's the best learning tool for music - it teaches you literally all the skills you might learn from piano and more. From a piano, you can learn about harmony, sure, piano is great for your sight reading. Organ teaches you all that in the same way, plus it teaches you about sound combinations, harmonics, the physics behind music, it's great for your understanding of harmony, it's great for your sight reading (typically, organ sheet music is printed on three lines instead of two - 1 for your right hand, 1 for your left hand, 1 for your feet), and it's also great for your coordination and mental processing, since it's quite a bit more complicated in comparison to other instruments. So why are all serious musicians forced to learn piano instead of organ? Is it not obvious? Pianos are everywhere and they're very easily accessible for practice. Organs, less so. 4. Many great composers are organists. From the greatest composer of all time, J.S. Bach, who founded all of Western Music as we know it, to Handel, Purcell, Pachelbel, Mendelssohn, Messaien, Liszt, Elgar, Saint-Saens -- they were all organists. 5. Organs have a variety of 'stops', each of which produces a different sound quality and tone quality - in other words, if you like the flute, you pull out the flute stop, you like the clarinet, then you have a clarinet right there, and then they can combine together to sound like a full orchestra. Organs can produce the quietest, most intimately beautiful sounds, to the loudest, most regal sounds. You can convincingly play orchestral pieces on organ with relatively little effort. Larger organs have well over 100 stops, with over 10,000 pipes, which, when combined together make the most insanely loud sounds, but you can pick and choose your stops and do solos and duets. You have multiple keyboards so you can set each one up with a different sound to make all this easier. The diversity and versatility is much greater than on piano. 6. If you play organ, it's really easy to teach yourself piano to a high level, and the majority of organists, myself included also play piano to a high level. Transferring skills from organ to piano are quite easy. Transferring skills from piano to organ however, is much harder - you have to learn to read three lines of sheet music at ones; you have to coordinate playing with both hands and both feet, which is very difficult at first; you have to learn how the organ works; you have to learn how stops work, how to choose stops - this is called 'registration' and the art of registration is something that organists spend their entire lives attempting to master. When transferring from organ to piano, all you have to learn is how to operate a sustain pedal and how to play evenly on a touch sensitive keyboard. 7. After all, the piano is nothing more than a percussion instrument. It can produce one sound, and that is the sound of little hammer hitting strings. There is so much more to the organ. 8. Organs are found in incredibly beautiful surroundings and the instruments themselves are quite often the most stunning architectural pieces of art. 9. The organ has existed for significantly longer than the piano. The complex technology that goes into building an organ is immense, much greater than that of a piano, and the technology is still evolving and improving to this day. The earliest organs, however, were developed well over a millennium ago. The piano didn't even exist until the beginning of the 18th century, and then, it was never used because it sounded awful and didn't at all resemble the modern piano. It took many years to be developed to a stage where it sounded good. I do hope this clears things up.
I think I've heard the organ referred to as both king and queen. I quote Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart himself in his letter sent from Augsburg probably to his father, sometime around 17 October 1777:- Nun, morgen komme ich vielleicht auf seine Orgeln, das heißt, ich komme darüber zu schreiben, und auf die Letzt spare ich mir seine kleine Tochter. Als ich Herrn Stein sagte, ich möchte gern auf seiner Orgel spielen, dann die Orgel seie meine Passion, so verwunderte er sich groß und sagte: »Was? ein solcher Mann wie Sie, ein solcher großer Klavierist will auf einem Instrumente spielen, wo kein Douceur, keine Expression, kein Piano, kein Forte stattfindet, sondern immer gleich fortgehet?« - »Das hat alles nichts zu bedeuten; die Orgel ist doch in meinen Augen und Ohren der König aller Instrumenten.« Translation: Well, tomorrow, I think I'll go and play his organs and then I'll write to you about them them. When I told Mr Stein that I would love to play his organ because the organ was my passion, he was amazed, and said "What? Such a man like you, such a great pianist wants to play such an instrument on which no sweetness, no expression, no gradation from quiet to loud can be conveyed, on which everything is always the same?" -- I replied, "That is complete nonsense! The organ always was, in both my eyes and my ears, the king of all instruments." It goes on to explain how Herr Stein was skeptical of Mozart's ability, thinking that he'd try and play it like a piano, and apparently, Mozart improvised an excellent prelude and fugue.
Saul Knights Organ can't teach you the use of Drums and Percussion. I honestly think Drums and Percussion is the Jack of all Music Trades because it's the Heart beat for music.
Piano is definitely the best instrument for composing. I mean, it's like having a bass and a guitar at the same time. Plus, the layout of a guitar's notes is approximately 100x harder to master. Further, guitar may be the second best instrument for composition; yet piano still has those advantages over guitar.
You can do this if you have the right instrument actually!!! It is quite hard though. And you kinda have to break open your piano but it is definitely possible
James Bevan We have machines that can kill more people faster and louder than you'll ever be able to. You're just a bullet-catcher and they Will leave you behind. Keep on training bubba - keep trying to be 'more' than you are.. Yo mamma must be very proud. Mine says you should have been a fruit picker.
Most of these apply to the harp too. It’s a seriously under appreciated instrument so let me make a case for the harp: 1. It can play a huge array of music, and a lot of piano pieces are compatible on a harp too. 2. It has many different options for sound effects, such as glissandos, knocking on the soundboard or playing flageolets. 3. It sounds dreamy. 4. Every string can be played louder or softer depending on how hard you pull it. It’s sound overall is very organic, which some hate but i personally love. 5. You can ‘break’ the notes to get that nice, angelic harp effect. 6. You can get it in many different shapes and sizes. 7. It looks fantastic. 8. Most of the reasons mentioned in the video: it’s easy to get a good sound out of it, different notes at once, good for playing solo or in an orchestra, it’s easy to understand because of the way the strings are placed and because the c’s and f’s have different colours. con: it’s expensive. Like really, expensive. So i guess that’s why pianos are more popular
I plan to start harp lessons next year. I can't this year bc its so frigging expensive. How are people affording harps? Even renting one isn't cheap. Many people have a family heirloom piano but not harp.
Exactly!! Honestly I can't imagine playing any other instrument. It's one of the only things that makes me lose track of time and just get lost in the moment.
History has always loved instruments like the piano. Many famous peices on the harpsichord, piano, clavichord, and organ have been maintained. But how many century-old guitar solos can you think of?
1)almost all the instruments have one clef a line, pianos have two 2)we don't necessarily follow the conductor 3)we use both hands, all fingers, plus the feet 4)statistics shown that most people find the piano most pleasing to their ear than other instruments 5)we can't be taught in groups, unlike strings, band, or choir 6) Piano is just the alpha instrument 😚
I always recommen my friends to start their kids on the piano, you learn to play the melodies and the bass lines at the same time. YOu can do that on a classical guitar but it is simplier on a piano. Nonetheless, you will never be able to control the vibration of a note on the piano the way you can do it on a guitar, trumpet, or trombone for exemple. I think your video is as biased as those of the school of life ! To finish on a good tone, I like what your trying to do with your channel and I wish you good luck!
This video in particular is an totally opinion piece, hence the somewhat sarcastic intro. Obviously there is no objectively "best" instrument, but I personally
the best instrument is the CELLO! it is the closest to the human voice of all the instruments, so it can play the most beautiful lyrical melodies, although it can be amazingly virtuosic like the violin (but it sounds better than the violin). And you can play solo cello pieces (bach suites, prokofiev solo cello sonata, piatti caprices). The cello is a perfect instrument for concertos too, it can stand its own against a full orchestra.
That's a really good point that I've never thought of, eventually all other instruments will be pointless as their sound is replicated digitally. That's quite sad in a way but awesome for pianists.
what does your's and nerdwriter1's genre classify as? All the videos are as compelling as clickbait yet they actually do teach us things. Sounds like a formula for a fast growing channel?
there are similar forms of analysis videos in different topics (also found in the anime community) etcc.... so inherently these are all essays one would write for an english teacher. what changed is that it is read out to a video format and edited visually pleasing for an audience viewing pleasure. sooooooo these videos are called "VIDEO ESSAYS" or what ever you want to call it "Analytical videos" since most of these people are analyzing certain specific topic .. even V-Sauce videos can be seen as that.
I started out playing the piano as a kid. I can still play even if I'm a bit rusty. With that said, my experience with the piano has given me the ability to pick up almost any instrument and learn it pretty easily if I want to. If there's one instrument people should start out on, it's the piano.
Neat! You my friend, seem to possess a slightly sarcastic sense of humour. This trait makes you stand out among UA-camrs who rely on editing and randomness. As a guitarist and bassist let me tell you my point of view. The amount of chords I can play on six strings is limited and often involves omiting chord tones and remembering visual shapes. The furthest I could go to emulate piano players is to play fingerstyle. A technique that's difficult to learn and master. Technique-wise I enjoy the intricacies of amount of timbres you can get on string instruments. The sound of plectron is different than finger legato. Not to mention palm muting that is associated with violin pizzicato according to Wikipedia. I also enjoy the way the string tension can be varied via string bending. I realise that pitch bending is a feature in some keyboards but string bending feels organic.
you can get loads of timbral variety on the piano as well, you just don't achieve it the same way and it's a little more subtle. It's more tied to register, texture, density, and the use of the pedals (though attack and release velocity matter too). You can also do all sorts of cool stuff inside the piano. I recently played a piece written a couple years ago where I "bowed" the strings by coating my fingers and palm with rosin and ran them along rosin-coated fishing line and swirled large marbles around in the low register. Otherworldly sounds that I can't imagine any other instrument being capable of making simply because of how resonant the instrument is. This whole comment section seems to neglect or not be aware of the capacity of the piano to be prepared in all sorts of wild ways to create new timbres. If you take that into account, the variety offered by the piano is hard to match in my opinion.
and the most important advantage it's that you can carry it easy from place to place. once I'be walked at street and piano almost felt on my head... cheers
I was able to play to play chords immediately on the piano but not on the guitar...but the 12 string with half inch action that I learned on may have had something to do with that, so much for anecdotal evidence :-)
dontgetstarted.blogspot.com/2006/04/guitar-vs-piano-comparison.html If any of you have the time, check this out. Explains everything better than I ever possibly could.
I play the violin and have started the piano and i have to say, i do love it. Even simple pieces can sound great if you have a feel for music (i have that since i play the violin i guess). With the violin, you sound crappy for quite some time. But, with the violin you have a greater variety on how to play. You can play the same note in about 4 different ways (you can play a note that would normally be played on the a string on the d string if you move high up). And this makes the same note sound differently. So you can make a more unique sound if you want
How to make sounds clean for piano, it's very hard ! For violinist, they just use the bow for make sound ( not talk about pizz) and play one G, but for pianist, they have to play both of G and F, use all the different fingers to make sound, not only right hand, it's harder than violin and guitar.
I am offended because I don't have hands but I do have a face so I think wind instruments are better in fact I can't even play wind instruments because no one likes the scent of crap
This argument isn't keeping up to date with the advances in guitar. Watch the percussive guitar players that use multiple techniques like tapping, popping, slapping, percussion on guitar and in some cases, 8 strings(allows two handed playing in two registers simultaneously) and the guitar has caught up to the piano as a solo instrument. Then there's the dynamics of how you can play each individual note. With piano, it's only loudness, but with guitar, how you attack the string provides a nearly infinite variance in sound.
Nelson Blake II Nope. What you said is true to some point, but you got to know that slapping and tapping the board on the guitar, people have been doing that for years and years. That is not anything new. Also the guitar is much easier because little do a lot of poeple know that the piano is the hardest instrument to play why, because with the guitar you can sit and relax with your back on the chiar or couch. You can realx playing it. With the piano though you have to use your whole body to play it why because of the expressiveness that you are having to use. Also pianists have to breath while playing as well. So playing the piano is not just some key tapping and that is all you do. No. The piano is actually one of the hardest to play. Also with guitar O.K. You can sound O.K. With just one guitar. But you are limitted. It is better to have more than one person with you then you will sound better. With a pianist playing though we are expected to bee the ones accompanining the guitar. The piano has a rich sound for that with the guitar, you can not get a rich and full sound like the piano. Yes. You can get base depending on the amps you use, but with the piano you can get that full sounds and the piano with everythting is got covers the whole room. A guitar player and other instruemnts really relie on us to help them out. Remember. We are the kings and queens men/women of the 88s. We get you guitar players out of the rut when you need us. Just face it. Guitar players always relie on pianists to help them out. Choirs as well. You can not acompany a choir with a guitar. With a piano you can. The choir will over power the guitar. The piano is made for this. Also with the piano ,you have a lot of expression that you can not control on the guitar. It is all about yep that is right body useage. Hope this gives you insight about how pianos really work. And then their is the digital piano where we can just take all of your parts and play them on our own.
It’s funny how you consider the ease of playing one note as a mark for the instrument’s greatness . I consider the years it takes to master the dexterity and subsequent quality of the sound on the guitar as a badge of honor.
@@Spikeupine Digital pianos are still keyboards. They can be incredibly accurate-sounding and feeling, but nonetheless still use sampled sounds like most other electronic keyboard instruments do.
Let me throw my two cents in as well. The piano is the only instrument that pretty much maintains it's tuning so well that it becomes the reference for other instruments. Of course, any piano should be tuned according to it's design and situation, but most will stay in tune for at least a number of weeks at a time, rather than minutes or hours. Electronic pianos are always in tune. Learning parts with a standard, true reference rather than a "wiggly" reference like a violin or guitar string simplifies the process. When working with singers, I always suggest they get a keyboard, learn how to at least learn to play their part, and then check their singing pitch against the keyboard. (Hint: the keyboard is singing it right, you might not be.)
Somehow I didn't get the weakness...I'm sure I'm going to say, "DOH!" as soon as someone points it out...keys, lit-up tie, no hands, weird white shirt...what am I missing?
#1- same with guitar #2- same with guitar, at least for learning basic chords and songs #3- I'll give you that one, though things like transposing are easier on guitar, so learning chords and scales is actually kind of easier. But then you also have more chord voicing options on guitar, which can be seen as both harder to learn, and a one up on the piano in the long run. For example, I can put the same note, in the same octave, twice in a chord....you can't do that on piano. The only way to voice a chord differently on piano is to invert it, or add higher or lower octaves to it. On guitar, I can have a chord go root, 3rd, 5th. Or root, 5th, 3rd....can't do that on piano unless you change the octaves of the notes. I can also make more complex chords based on inversions than I can on piano. #4- Most modern songwriters and composers are guitarists #5- Same with guitar, you can do anything with midi...including sounding like a piano On top of that, guitar can bend notes and add vibrato and do slides, or just be played with a slide. It's more expressive as a lead instrument in that way, and the electric guitar with it's sustain comes closer to horn or violin territory with it's ability to sing, scream, and still go back to playing chords. And the guitar can do it *without* digital samples. The guitar can also be tuned however you want, have more or less strings, and it's extremely portable, and supports singing and other lead instruments well. It's also more percussive and rhythmic than the piano. Hell you can also play rhythm, bass, harmony and melody at the same time on guitar just like piano can (though a little more limited granted). I could play the guitar like a drum too if I wanted, or mix that in with regular playing like some do. I love the piano, and play it.....but guitar is the ultimate jack of all trades instrument hands down. The only downside I'd say is how long it can take to master it or even make a simple lick sound good. But once you do....you've got a lot over many instruments.
Ahh friend, we don't fall too far from the same tree. I also dabble in guitar and love it as well. This video was more an opinion piece/a shoutout to my first love, the piano. When I was considering the idea initially, I whittled down the possible list of best instruments to 3. Piano, voice and guitar. You can make a legitimate case (imo) for all 3 :D
Yeah my comment is just for fun really. I mean I do feel that way but I know others can feel different. The piano is great for sure, very accessible and you can do a lot with it. I also would agree with the voice as well. I find I like chords the best when sung. Because you aren't playing a rigid instrument, you can tune each harmony by ear to be more correct intervals than they would be on a piano or guitar, and the harmonies sound more pure to my ears. String sections can do this as well. And obviously how expressive the voice is, though the range is limited but it can increase with training. Plus everyone has their own unique sounding instrument on them at all times with their voice. I think that's pretty cool. My first love and instrument was the sax actually. And it's still one of my favorites, I love it's tone and expressiveness. The violin is up there for me as well. As you might be able to tell, I like instruments that have "singing qualities" to them. But I also love percussion and rhythm....so I dunno....I just love music and all instruments I think lol. I will say this: when I hear someone play Chopin properly....it can move me more than most things can. Piano *can* have an almost singing like quality to it as well if done well. I find it can take a long time to get that though. Same with guitar I guess, but I feel like it's harder on piano just by the design of it. And like you said, now with digital/midi you can kinda do whatever you want these days.
So Piano is the best instrument because it's easy to learn? They are called instruments for a reason, a hammer is not better than a screwdriver, they have their unique uses. Piano sounds good but it's too sweet. Piano will never achieve the emotion of an electric guitar solo, or a violin piece. Each instruments provides their own unique touch.
While I would not discount the emotion of an electric guitar or a violin in the right circumstance, I think piano can achieve it, and doesn't need to sound pleasant while at it. Most of the best thing for that kind of sound is to look beyond a lot of happy music. Without getting too experimental, well, you may enjoy a bit of Bartok ua-cam.com/video/Q3NQvDTpbqw/v-deo.html
The one downside is a piano is far from portable. That's why I'd like to propose that the keytar is the REAL best instrument ever. All the upsides of piano, but with portability and style
I have played the guitar for years but could never understand how to read music. So, I got a piano. I’m so glad I did. I have learned so much and it’s a lot of fun. With apps that are available today, I’m teaching myself. My goal is to write a song, but it’s just a hobby.
1) piano can only play notes according to the equal temperament tuning, but with other instruments you can always be in tune and have access to the “in between pitches” just try playing he the lion king op on the piano 2) vibrato sounds weird on the piano 3) the timbre of individual players sounds nicer, it’s hard to emulate that on a keyboard 4) pianos are technically always out of tune
I play guitar, I got my son a keyboard to help him develop an interest in music, but it is so much fun, no awkward bar chords, waaay easier to embellish chords and to play melody and harmony at the same time, it is actually quite intuative once you realize a few things, definitely not good at it yet, but yes, with just simple chords and melodies you can impress people without knowing much, especially once you realize how all the inversions work, only issue I have with the piano is portability, even a keyboard is awkward to transport, never mind a grand piano, but I guess it beats the pipe organ!
I'm an intermediate trombonist, and its hard to master but easy to learn. Just like the piano, I have a great talent in music so the first time I blew in a trombone I got the sound. But for others it takes a really long time. The piano just makes the sound by one tap which is amazing
#6. pianos weigh so much that usually if you are willing to remove it from the premises where it is unwanted you can have it for free. If it is a really decent piano you can spend less than 1/10th of its original cost. I paid $2000 plus $300 for a tuning on a 15 year old $25,000 piano.
Hey this is so correct. Only one thing I have to mention. We don’t have electric pianos these days. Those were back in the 70s and part of the 80s. We actually use digital pianos these days. Electric pianos were like acoustic pianos and they had hammers to strike tines. Also with an electric piano it did not even sound like a piano. It had a bell like tone. With digital pianos they sound up to now the standard of an acoustic piano. Why because of the sampeling that digitals use to produce the sound. Great work. I do believe that because I am a pianist for living yes. The piano is one of the hardest instruments to play. With the guitar you have to have others bee with you to really sound good. Yes with some skilled guitarests you can get somewhat of a melody but it is an instrument that you can sit and relax or stand and walk around and play. It really does not use that much motion. Also a lot of people don’t realize that piano is actually the hardest to play because you are not just going up to it and pusshing keys. You have to remember body and posture and expression. It is an instrument that you are really playing with your whole body. A lot of people don’t realize this and it takes much more practice to play it. It demands a lot of time. I should say playing piano is not really relaxing I mean if you are hearing it yes. It sounds beautiful and it can relax a person listnening to it, but for those pianists like us it is for sure work. If you get relaxed at the piano, you may fall off of the bench. I mean yes. You want to bee free to move and technique and pedaling. With a guitar you don’t have to do that. You can sit back on the couch and relax with the guitar. But piano you have to bee alert all the time when you are playing it. Controlling the writsts and arm. And fingeres.
The piano is just my natural talent! In school when I was 11, I had never played the piano before, and the only people that could play ode to joy with both hands, was me and another girl! Fast forward 2 years later, I’m 13 I can read music, play complex melodies and I’m the top of my class; second top of my year.
Some more reasons why piano is the greatest:
1. Super portable. You can just pack up your Steinway in your backpack and take it anywhere.
2. The rich vibrato you get from piano is unmatched by any instrument.
3. Pianos are super easy to tune. Anybody can do it!
To be fair, electric pianos sound almost as good as normal ones and are fairly portable.
Guitars don’t have a sustain pedal and they only have a range of a few octaves.
you can buy a pedal if its an electric guitar
not to mention those sick bluesy bends you can make.
I don't know how easy clavichords and harpsichords are to tune.
I nearly cried from how beautifully that cat could play the piano
Moving…incredibly moving.
But even the piano is out shadowed by the almighty *KAZOO* the kazoo is a masterpiece in all musical designs it's sound is like no other.
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Agreed
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It isn’t even instrument you big dummy it’s It’s a Vocal
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Why Peoples like piano its no good electric guitar is better being In band is more famous
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@@panickgr1536 dude i tellling truth piano dont make rock sounds
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@@metalshinobi2900 piano is better than electric guitars
As a vocalist (and a pianist, among other instruments), I just want to THANK YOU for acknowledging voice as an instrument. Since most everyone can speak and many can carry a tune, it's often overlooked how much technique, time, and effort is put into good singing. A little thing maybe, but still, thank you.
I love how you can carry it around everywhere and how cheap it is to tune!
A small digital piano
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I love how I don’t have to assemble it every time I play, and I don’t have to tune it myself or even all that often 🎤⬇️
I’m glad I chose piano as my first Instrument. It thought me how to use both hands at the same time, read treble and bass clefs, and so much more
Yessss. As a piano teacher I can say, every student I’ve gotten who played in band first, has always struggled with reading both clefs together.
To be fair, while I have no difficulty with the grand staff, I have found it very difficult to stick with playing any other instrument because I get so bored playing one note at a time. But then I like to whine to myself because the sounds of the cello pulls at my soul. So there are pros and cons
The ORGAN is the king of all instruments and here is why:-
1. It can play more than one note, so you don't need friends. It can also play a wider range of notes than the piano, and you also play with both hands and both feet, so you can play EVEN more notes and EVEN more lines simultaneously and on your own.
2. It's easy to sound good. Arguably, organ is even easier than piano. On piano, if you hit a note too hard, or you try to play a tune and hit the keys uneven, it's will make a harsh, ugly or uneven sound. Organ keyboards aren't touch sensitive, so this isn't something you have to worry about.
3. It's the best learning tool for music - it teaches you literally all the skills you might learn from piano and more. From a piano, you can learn about harmony, sure, piano is great for your sight reading. Organ teaches you all that in the same way, plus it teaches you about sound combinations, harmonics, the physics behind music, it's great for your understanding of harmony, it's great for your sight reading (typically, organ sheet music is printed on three lines instead of two - 1 for your right hand, 1 for your left hand, 1 for your feet), and it's also great for your coordination and mental processing, since it's quite a bit more complicated in comparison to other instruments. So why are all serious musicians forced to learn piano instead of organ? Is it not obvious? Pianos are everywhere and they're very easily accessible for practice. Organs, less so.
4. Many great composers are organists. From the greatest composer of all time, J.S. Bach, who founded all of Western Music as we know it, to Handel, Purcell, Pachelbel, Mendelssohn, Messaien, Liszt, Elgar, Saint-Saens -- they were all organists.
5. Organs have a variety of 'stops', each of which produces a different sound quality and tone quality - in other words, if you like the flute, you pull out the flute stop, you like the clarinet, then you have a clarinet right there, and then they can combine together to sound like a full orchestra. Organs can produce the quietest, most intimately beautiful sounds, to the loudest, most regal sounds. You can convincingly play orchestral pieces on organ with relatively little effort. Larger organs have well over 100 stops, with over 10,000 pipes, which, when combined together make the most insanely loud sounds, but you can pick and choose your stops and do solos and duets. You have multiple keyboards so you can set each one up with a different sound to make all this easier. The diversity and versatility is much greater than on piano.
6. If you play organ, it's really easy to teach yourself piano to a high level, and the majority of organists, myself included also play piano to a high level. Transferring skills from organ to piano are quite easy. Transferring skills from piano to organ however, is much harder - you have to learn to read three lines of sheet music at ones; you have to coordinate playing with both hands and both feet, which is very difficult at first; you have to learn how the organ works; you have to learn how stops work, how to choose stops - this is called 'registration' and the art of registration is something that organists spend their entire lives attempting to master. When transferring from organ to piano, all you have to learn is how to operate a sustain pedal and how to play evenly on a touch sensitive keyboard.
7. After all, the piano is nothing more than a percussion instrument. It can produce one sound, and that is the sound of little hammer hitting strings. There is so much more to the organ.
8. Organs are found in incredibly beautiful surroundings and the instruments themselves are quite often the most stunning architectural pieces of art.
9. The organ has existed for significantly longer than the piano. The complex technology that goes into building an organ is immense, much greater than that of a piano, and the technology is still evolving and improving to this day. The earliest organs, however, were developed well over a millennium ago. The piano didn't even exist until the beginning of the 18th century, and then, it was never used because it sounded awful and didn't at all resemble the modern piano. It took many years to be developed to a stage where it sounded good.
I do hope this clears things up.
Problem with organs is that they're not very accessible
ur mum is accessible, but that doesent make her great.
Organ is called the queen of the instruments iirc. But yes. I agree.
I think I've heard the organ referred to as both king and queen.
I quote Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart himself in his letter sent from Augsburg probably to his father, sometime around 17 October 1777:-
Nun, morgen komme ich vielleicht auf seine Orgeln, das heißt, ich komme darüber zu schreiben, und auf die Letzt spare ich mir seine kleine Tochter. Als ich Herrn Stein sagte, ich möchte gern auf seiner Orgel spielen, dann die Orgel seie meine Passion, so verwunderte er sich groß und sagte: »Was? ein solcher Mann wie Sie, ein solcher großer Klavierist will auf einem Instrumente spielen, wo kein Douceur, keine Expression, kein Piano, kein Forte stattfindet, sondern immer gleich fortgehet?« - »Das hat alles nichts zu bedeuten; die Orgel ist doch in meinen Augen und Ohren der König aller Instrumenten.«
Translation:
Well, tomorrow, I think I'll go and play his organs and then I'll write to you about them them. When I told Mr Stein that I would love to play his organ because the organ was my passion, he was amazed, and said "What? Such a man like you, such a great pianist wants to play such an instrument on which no sweetness, no expression, no gradation from quiet to loud can be conveyed, on which everything is always the same?" -- I replied, "That is complete nonsense! The organ always was, in both my eyes and my ears, the king of all instruments."
It goes on to explain how Herr Stein was skeptical of Mozart's ability, thinking that he'd try and play it like a piano, and apparently, Mozart improvised an excellent prelude and fugue.
Saul Knights Organ can't teach you the use of Drums and Percussion. I honestly think Drums and Percussion is the Jack of all Music Trades because it's the Heart beat for music.
But you can't do both dive bombs and also play classical music on the same instrument when you have a piano
On an electric guitar , you can :)
Synthaxe with a whammy.
Synths my man
I tried, its possible.
oh really? watch me.
classical music on an electric guitar sounds like sweet child o mine on a piano
Piano is definitely the best instrument for composing. I mean, it's like having a bass and a guitar at the same time. Plus, the layout of a guitar's notes is approximately 100x harder to master. Further, guitar may be the second best instrument for composition; yet piano still has those advantages over guitar.
I'm a pianist and I truly love my instrument, but here's an important thing I miss; *VIBRATO*
You can do this if you have the right instrument actually!!! It is quite hard though. And you kinda have to break open your piano but it is definitely possible
@@joepvandijk7526 I only have a digital piano, not an acoustic one:/
Roli Seaboard Grand. Problem solved.
Man, they need to add a vibrato pedal to the piano. Seriously!
dude just shake your piano violently from side to side, vibrato on piano is such a beginner technique.
The only instrument I train is my body. I train it for war.
James Bevan do you play the skin flute at Cockchella?
Sudev Sen I'm not entirely sure how to respond here
James Bevan We have machines that can kill more people faster and louder than you'll ever be able to. You're just a bullet-catcher and they Will leave you behind. Keep on training bubba - keep trying to be 'more' than you are.. Yo mamma must be very proud. Mine says you should have been a fruit picker.
SovereignSt8 heavy words man... GOOD THING I CAN BENCH A TON
James Bevan So you can bench a ton of watermelons. Who cares? Did your pec's morph into Kevlar or something?
4 mallet solo marimba masterrace
LOL. Top comment^
Gay boi piano is obviously the superior of the two
Basically everything you said can also apply to the guitar.
Plus, you can't wear a piano.
I'm going to go check your page but I'm going to guess you weren't aware of the 1980's.
Except the layout of a guitar is not as intuitive as a piano.
There is no sustain pedal on a guitar.
Yes there is, swf. There is just about every pedal you can think of.
swf You can't palm mute a piano
Most of these apply to the harp too. It’s a seriously under appreciated instrument so let me make a case for the harp:
1. It can play a huge array of music, and a lot of piano pieces are compatible on a harp too.
2. It has many different options for sound effects, such as glissandos, knocking on the soundboard or playing flageolets.
3. It sounds dreamy.
4. Every string can be played louder or softer depending on how hard you pull it. It’s sound overall is very organic, which some hate but i personally love.
5. You can ‘break’ the notes to get that nice, angelic harp effect.
6. You can get it in many different shapes and sizes.
7. It looks fantastic.
8. Most of the reasons mentioned in the video: it’s easy to get a good sound out of it, different notes at once, good for playing solo or in an orchestra, it’s easy to understand because of the way the strings are placed and because the c’s and f’s have different colours.
con: it’s expensive. Like really, expensive. So i guess that’s why pianos are more popular
I want yo play harp
but the piano has better repertoire
I plan to start harp lessons next year. I can't this year bc its so frigging expensive. How are people affording harps? Even renting one isn't cheap. Many people have a family heirloom piano but not harp.
Man the harp is basically a piano.@@giovannib27
problem is the harp sounds so pure, you can't play Darth Vader's theme on harp and make it sound menacing
Everyone knows mayonnaise is the best instrument.
1:34 *Did you just summon Chopin?*
**Sad Boi Nocturnes Intensifies**
Exactly!! Honestly I can't imagine playing any other instrument. It's one of the only things that makes me lose track of time and just get lost in the moment.
First time playing
Piano: 🎶
Other instruments (especially violin): ♒😱💀☠
Piano is the best visual instrument
Blind people: u think this funny
History has always loved instruments like the piano. Many famous peices on the harpsichord, piano, clavichord, and organ have been maintained. But how many century-old guitar solos can you think of?
You know electric guitars didn't exist 100 years ago?
@@canismajoris6733 You said electric not me
Lot of famous classical guitar pieces in history actually
The disclaimer was awesome, this guy knows what's up
So waay back before Davie504 and TwoSetViolin wars, this video has already picked a fight
Yeah
That opening killed me lol
1)almost all the instruments have one clef a line, pianos have two
2)we don't necessarily follow the conductor
3)we use both hands, all fingers, plus the feet
4)statistics shown that most people find the piano most pleasing to their ear than other instruments
5)we can't be taught in groups, unlike strings, band, or choir
6) Piano is just the alpha instrument 😚
Sometimes 3 clefs*
Presents a reasoned and thought out argument on why the piano is superior.
Other musicians: Hehe. *Peenist XD*
Piano: I'm the king of instruments
Church Organ: Hold my pipes
Piano: everyone plays me
Church Organ: if only people had 100+ metre rooms they would play me
@@panickgr1536 electric organ
The piano is a gateway instrument. You learn it and then you can learn other instruments because you know the basics of music from learning piano.
Clair de lune as the background! My favorite piano piece! :D
I’ve been doing piano for 10 years and it’s become a passion if mine
I always recommen my friends to start their kids on the piano, you learn to play the melodies and the bass lines at the same time. YOu can do that on a classical guitar but it is simplier on a piano. Nonetheless, you will never be able to control the vibration of a note on the piano the way you can do it on a guitar, trumpet, or trombone for exemple.
I think your video is as biased as those of the school of life !
To finish on a good tone, I like what your trying to do with your channel and I wish you good luck!
This video in particular is an totally opinion piece, hence the somewhat sarcastic intro. Obviously there is no objectively "best" instrument, but I personally
Eric Sion I will do that
Did you try to misspell everything that you typed????
holy fuck is that jordan rudess playing a seaboard i never knew how much i needed that in my life until now
Sorry but that synth sax wasn't convincing at all....
thank you
Cristián Varas especially since I've seen that video before
Yeah, it might have worked in a mix, but we're still a long way from realistic sampled brass
why the fuck do you want to make a synth sound like a sax???
Fr tho
the best instrument is the CELLO! it is the closest to the human voice of all the instruments, so it can play the most beautiful lyrical melodies, although it can be amazingly virtuosic like the violin (but it sounds better than the violin). And you can play solo cello pieces (bach suites, prokofiev solo cello sonata, piatti caprices). The cello is a perfect instrument for concertos too, it can stand its own against a full orchestra.
401 DISLIKES COME FROM GUITAR PLAYERS LOL.
Anyone notice how the narration is synced with the background music, especially the whole bit during and after the saxophone
Clair de lune
Transient Bliss thanks ;]
Holy shit, thanks! You answerd my un-asked question! :)
@Kasper Hansen piece* :)
As a guitarist I love to watch all of the other instruments fight for second place
(Yes it is a stolen comment its not a crime guys)
Pretty much all of these can also be said about the guitar.( apart from #3)
That's a really good point that I've never thought of, eventually all other instruments will be pointless as their sound is replicated digitally. That's quite sad in a way but awesome for pianists.
Key-tar is the best instrument
You mean guitar yes u right
@@metalshinobi2900 no, key-tar. Key tar is a guitar but with piano keys
I hitted the Like button right after reading the Disclaimer!!!
Personally I think the piano is a great instrument because it has the ability to play more then 1 note ant the same time
The ukulele can also play more than one note at the same time
i love how you can bend the notes on the piano
what does your's and nerdwriter1's genre classify as? All the videos are as compelling as clickbait yet they actually do teach us things. Sounds like a formula for a fast growing channel?
there are similar forms of analysis videos in different topics (also found in the anime community) etcc.... so inherently these are all essays one would write for an english teacher. what changed is that it is read out to a video format and edited visually pleasing for an audience viewing pleasure.
sooooooo these videos are called "VIDEO ESSAYS" or what ever you want to call it "Analytical videos" since most of these people are analyzing certain specific topic .. even V-Sauce videos can be seen as that.
wow thanks for the clarification, they're as tempting to watch as buzzfeed but actually teaches much more haha
Bob da Destroyer Edutainment done right.
Video essays
You should try out Super eye patch wolf. If you are into anime.
cracked me up with the piano tie gag
#1 guitar
#2 guitar
#3 guitar
#4 Jazz Guitar
#5 guitar pedals
Gay
Benson Zhang your gay if you think piano sounds good
@@AlanSaulsonBenson Zhang, no correlation
You forgot bass guitar
@@subscribetomefornoreason7294 that's the best/most fundamental kind of guitar, but I was answering his 5 questions.
The piano and the guitar 2 incredible instruments!!!!!!
Synths are just like pianos but you can make "pew pew" sounds on it
But they don't have hammers striking strings.
Piano?
*Laughs in sound synthesizer with a synthesized piano sound in the background*
The disclaimer made me laugh so hard 😂
I love piano so much it's soothing and elegant to look at.
WHAT's THE WEAKNESS!? I KEEP COMMING BACK TO THIS VIDEO, BUT I CAN'T FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIGURE IT OUT! PLEASE HELP I'M LOSING MY MIND HERE!
The word pianist sounds like another word
I started out playing the piano as a kid. I can still play even if I'm a bit rusty. With that said, my experience with the piano has given me the ability to pick up almost any instrument and learn it pretty easily if I want to. If there's one instrument people should start out on, it's the piano.
Why did u not learn guitar when u was kid
@@metalshinobi2900 guitar 🎸 for more modern music he is probably classic
Neat! You my friend, seem to possess a slightly sarcastic sense of humour. This trait makes you stand out among UA-camrs who rely on editing and randomness.
As a guitarist and bassist let me tell you my point of view.
The amount of chords I can play on six strings is limited and often involves omiting chord tones and remembering visual shapes. The furthest I could go to emulate piano players is to play fingerstyle. A technique that's difficult to learn and master.
Technique-wise I enjoy the intricacies of amount of timbres you can get on string instruments. The sound of plectron is different than finger legato. Not to mention palm muting that is associated with violin pizzicato according to Wikipedia.
I also enjoy the way the string tension can be varied via string bending. I realise that pitch bending is a feature in some keyboards but string bending feels organic.
Jakub Turliński I love your comment, please speak more
wii3willRule Yeah. I love his comment too.
you can get loads of timbral variety on the piano as well, you just don't achieve it the same way and it's a little more subtle. It's more tied to register, texture, density, and the use of the pedals (though attack and release velocity matter too).
You can also do all sorts of cool stuff inside the piano. I recently played a piece written a couple years ago where I "bowed" the strings by coating my fingers and palm with rosin and ran them along rosin-coated fishing line and swirled large marbles around in the low register. Otherworldly sounds that I can't imagine any other instrument being capable of making simply because of how resonant the instrument is.
This whole comment section seems to neglect or not be aware of the capacity of the piano to be prepared in all sorts of wild ways to create new timbres. If you take that into account, the variety offered by the piano is hard to match in my opinion.
0:49🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wow cats are evolving
Yessss Haha as a pianist I absolutely loved this 😂
and the most important advantage it's that you can carry it easy from place to place.
once I'be walked at street and piano almost felt on my head...
cheers
G U I T A R
But seriously every point you made is also one that could be made with the guitar.
I was able to play to play chords immediately on the piano but not on the guitar...but the 12 string with half inch action that I learned on may have had something to do with that, so much for anecdotal evidence :-)
The layout of a guitar isn't as intuitive as a piano
No way. Didn't you catch the point that every note to the right of another is a higher note? That is intuitive and not true of the guitar.
Nick Phelps oh boy i wish i could get calluses out of piano keys too!
dontgetstarted.blogspot.com/2006/04/guitar-vs-piano-comparison.html
If any of you have the time, check this out. Explains everything better than I ever possibly could.
I play the violin and have started the piano and i have to say, i do love it. Even simple pieces can sound great if you have a feel for music (i have that since i play the violin i guess). With the violin, you sound crappy for quite some time. But, with the violin you have a greater variety on how to play. You can play the same note in about 4 different ways (you can play a note that would normally be played on the a string on the d string if you move high up). And this makes the same note sound differently. So you can make a more unique sound if you want
How to make sounds clean for piano, it's very hard ! For violinist, they just use the bow for make sound ( not talk about pizz) and play one G, but for pianist, they have to play both of G and F, use all the different fingers to make sound, not only right hand, it's harder than violin and guitar.
Guitar: Allow me to introduce myself.
Ok hello bye
@@justnana133 At least he can go outside with his guitar.
Arima Kousei enters the chat.
I am offended because I don't have hands but I do have a face so I think wind instruments are better in fact I can't even play wind instruments because no one likes the scent of crap
Ah yes, but the need hands to play wind instrument too.
@@cressidalia2582 is farting a wind instrument?
I like how every reason except 4 also applies to pitched percussion instruments.
This argument isn't keeping up to date with the advances in guitar. Watch the percussive guitar players that use multiple techniques like tapping, popping, slapping, percussion on guitar and in some cases, 8 strings(allows two handed playing in two registers simultaneously) and the guitar has caught up to the piano as a solo instrument. Then there's the dynamics of how you can play each individual note. With piano, it's only loudness, but with guitar, how you attack the string provides a nearly infinite variance in sound.
Nelson Blake II Nope. What you said is true to some point, but you got to know that slapping and tapping the board on the guitar, people have been doing that for years and years. That is not anything new. Also the guitar is much easier because little do a lot of poeple know that the piano is the hardest instrument to play why, because with the guitar you can sit and relax with your back on the chiar or couch. You can realx playing it. With the piano though you have to use your whole body to play it why because of the expressiveness that you are having to use. Also pianists have to breath while playing as well. So playing the piano is not just some key tapping and that is all you do. No. The piano is actually one of the hardest to play. Also with guitar O.K. You can sound O.K. With just one guitar. But you are limitted. It is better to have more than one person with you then you will sound better. With a pianist playing though we are expected to bee the ones accompanining the guitar. The piano has a rich sound for that with the guitar, you can not get a rich and full sound like the piano. Yes. You can get base depending on the amps you use, but with the piano you can get that full sounds and the piano with everythting is got covers the whole room. A guitar player and other instruemnts really relie on us to help them out. Remember. We are the kings and queens men/women of the 88s. We get you guitar players out of the rut when you need us. Just face it. Guitar players always relie on pianists to help them out. Choirs as well. You can not acompany a choir with a guitar. With a piano you can. The choir will over power the guitar. The piano is made for this. Also with the piano ,you have a lot of expression that you can not control on the guitar. It is all about yep that is right body useage. Hope this gives you insight about how pianos really work. And then their is the digital piano where we can just take all of your parts and play them on our own.
lets not forget that the electric guitar can handle any genre
I can play more than 1 note at the same time in my guitar
It’s funny how you consider the ease of playing one note as a mark for the instrument’s greatness . I consider the years it takes to master the dexterity and subsequent quality of the sound on the guitar as a badge of honor.
I just loved the disclaimer! Jajaja
Number 5 wasn't a piano
@Lewis Oak Keyboard ≠ Piano
@Sam Then it's an stage(electrical) piano, and not a keyboard, just because it's electrical doesn't mean it's a keyboard
@Sam that is still not a piano though...
Are you saying electric guitar, is NOT a guitar? 😱
@@Spikeupine
Digital pianos are still keyboards. They can be incredibly accurate-sounding and feeling, but nonetheless still use sampled sounds like most other electronic keyboard instruments do.
Let me throw my two cents in as well. The piano is the only instrument that pretty much maintains it's tuning so well that it becomes the reference for other instruments. Of course, any piano should be tuned according to it's design and situation, but most will stay in tune for at least a number of weeks at a time, rather than minutes or hours. Electronic pianos are always in tune. Learning parts with a standard, true reference rather than a "wiggly" reference like a violin or guitar string simplifies the process. When working with singers, I always suggest they get a keyboard, learn how to at least learn to play their part, and then check their singing pitch against the keyboard. (Hint: the keyboard is singing it right, you might not be.)
Somehow I didn't get the weakness...I'm sure I'm going to say, "DOH!" as soon as someone points it out...keys, lit-up tie, no hands, weird white shirt...what am I missing?
lazamaf The weakness is forever calling yourself a pianist... which sounds like penis
Gasai Yuno "I play the keyboard"
The downside is you can't carry it into battle
Also
Playing guitar so much can hurt fingers but piano don't
No
Agreed, piano is the best. I started playing guitar when I was 13 and now I’m pretty good but I wish it was piano!
#1- same with guitar
#2- same with guitar, at least for learning basic chords and songs
#3- I'll give you that one, though things like transposing are easier on guitar, so learning chords and scales is actually kind of easier. But then you also have more chord voicing options on guitar, which can be seen as both harder to learn, and a one up on the piano in the long run. For example, I can put the same note, in the same octave, twice in a chord....you can't do that on piano. The only way to voice a chord differently on piano is to invert it, or add higher or lower octaves to it. On guitar, I can have a chord go root, 3rd, 5th. Or root, 5th, 3rd....can't do that on piano unless you change the octaves of the notes. I can also make more complex chords based on inversions than I can on piano.
#4- Most modern songwriters and composers are guitarists
#5- Same with guitar, you can do anything with midi...including sounding like a piano
On top of that, guitar can bend notes and add vibrato and do slides, or just be played with a slide. It's more expressive as a lead instrument in that way, and the electric guitar with it's sustain comes closer to horn or violin territory with it's ability to sing, scream, and still go back to playing chords. And the guitar can do it *without* digital samples. The guitar can also be tuned however you want, have more or less strings, and it's extremely portable, and supports singing and other lead instruments well. It's also more percussive and rhythmic than the piano. Hell you can also play rhythm, bass, harmony and melody at the same time on guitar just like piano can (though a little more limited granted). I could play the guitar like a drum too if I wanted, or mix that in with regular playing like some do. I love the piano, and play it.....but guitar is the ultimate jack of all trades instrument hands down. The only downside I'd say is how long it can take to master it or even make a simple lick sound good. But once you do....you've got a lot over many instruments.
Ahh friend, we don't fall too far from the same tree. I also dabble in guitar and love it as well. This video was more an opinion piece/a shoutout to my first love, the piano. When I was considering the idea initially, I whittled down the possible list of best instruments to 3. Piano, voice and guitar. You can make a legitimate case (imo) for all 3 :D
Yeah my comment is just for fun really. I mean I do feel that way but I know others can feel different. The piano is great for sure, very accessible and you can do a lot with it. I also would agree with the voice as well. I find I like chords the best when sung. Because you aren't playing a rigid instrument, you can tune each harmony by ear to be more correct intervals than they would be on a piano or guitar, and the harmonies sound more pure to my ears. String sections can do this as well. And obviously how expressive the voice is, though the range is limited but it can increase with training. Plus everyone has their own unique sounding instrument on them at all times with their voice. I think that's pretty cool. My first love and instrument was the sax actually. And it's still one of my favorites, I love it's tone and expressiveness. The violin is up there for me as well. As you might be able to tell, I like instruments that have "singing qualities" to them. But I also love percussion and rhythm....so I dunno....I just love music and all instruments I think lol.
I will say this: when I hear someone play Chopin properly....it can move me more than most things can. Piano *can* have an almost singing like quality to it as well if done well. I find it can take a long time to get that though. Same with guitar I guess, but I feel like it's harder on piano just by the design of it. And like you said, now with digital/midi you can kinda do whatever you want these days.
Fun fact : piano has no sustain, therefore polyphonic synth wins.
lol
lets not forget that the electric guitar can handle any genre
The piano cat had me there. Great stuff
So Piano is the best instrument because it's easy to learn? They are called instruments for a reason, a hammer is not better than a screwdriver, they have their unique uses. Piano sounds good but it's too sweet. Piano will never achieve the emotion of an electric guitar solo, or a violin piece. Each instruments provides their own unique touch.
While I would not discount the emotion of an electric guitar or a violin in the right circumstance, I think piano can achieve it, and doesn't need to sound pleasant while at it. Most of the best thing for that kind of sound is to look beyond a lot of happy music. Without getting too experimental, well, you may enjoy a bit of Bartok
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have you heard the pirates of the caribbean on the piano. I think the piano can achieve that emotion
Just depends on what’s being played and who’s playing it. I play piano and guitar and have love for both instruments!
Love the intro! Any one?
2:16 confused, what was the weakness you were pointing out?
Are you joking or just like need a couple of years? Because it’s actually kinda hard to tell
I have been watching your videos these past few days. Definitely subscribing and excited to see where you go.
You forgot about the DJ button on those yamaha keyboards which turned any Moonlight Sonatas into a cacophany of barnyard animals. ;)
Didn't you used to have a piano channel for a while? I wanted to go back and watch, but I can't remember what it was called.
The one downside is a piano is far from portable. That's why I'd like to propose that the keytar is the REAL best instrument ever. All the upsides of piano, but with portability and style
“Most popular singles instrument” that hits close to home lol
I have played the guitar for years but could never understand how to read music. So, I got a piano. I’m so glad I did. I have learned so much and it’s a lot of fun. With apps that are available today, I’m teaching myself. My goal is to write a song, but it’s just a hobby.
I once started raging and pressing random notes, but it looked like a real song lol
1) piano can only play notes according to the equal temperament tuning, but with other instruments you can always be in tune and have access to the “in between pitches” just try playing he the lion king op on the piano
2) vibrato sounds weird on the piano
3) the timbre of individual players sounds nicer, it’s hard to emulate that on a keyboard
4) pianos are technically always out of tune
I play guitar, I got my son a keyboard to help him develop an interest in music, but it is so much fun, no awkward bar chords, waaay easier to embellish chords and to play melody and harmony at the same time, it is actually quite intuative once you realize a few things, definitely not good at it yet, but yes, with just simple chords and melodies you can impress people without knowing much, especially once you realize how all the inversions work, only issue I have with the piano is portability, even a keyboard is awkward to transport, never mind a grand piano, but I guess it beats the pipe organ!
I'm an intermediate trombonist, and its hard to master but easy to learn.
Just like the piano, I have a great talent in music so the first time I blew in a trombone I got the sound. But for others it takes a really long time. The piano just makes the sound by one tap which is amazing
Jordan rudes at the end... i can see you are a man of culture! A well you're pianist, this is already being a man of culture.
#6. pianos weigh so much that usually if you are willing to remove it from the premises where it is unwanted you can have it for free. If it is a really decent piano you can spend less than 1/10th of its original cost. I paid $2000 plus $300 for a tuning on a 15 year old $25,000 piano.
Hey this is so correct. Only one thing I have to mention. We don’t have electric pianos these days. Those were back in the 70s and part of the 80s. We actually use digital pianos these days. Electric pianos were like acoustic pianos and they had hammers to strike tines. Also with an electric piano it did not even sound like a piano. It had a bell like tone. With digital pianos they sound up to now the standard of an acoustic piano. Why because of the sampeling that digitals use to produce the sound. Great work. I do believe that because I am a pianist for living yes. The piano is one of the hardest instruments to play. With the guitar you have to have others bee with you to really sound good. Yes with some skilled guitarests you can get somewhat of a melody but it is an instrument that you can sit and relax or stand and walk around and play. It really does not use that much motion. Also a lot of people don’t realize that piano is actually the hardest to play because you are not just going up to it and pusshing keys. You have to remember body and posture and expression. It is an instrument that you are really playing with your whole body. A lot of people don’t realize this and it takes much more practice to play it. It demands a lot of time. I should say playing piano is not really relaxing I mean if you are hearing it yes. It sounds beautiful and it can relax a person listnening to it, but for those pianists like us it is for sure work. If you get relaxed at the piano, you may fall off of the bench. I mean yes. You want to bee free to move and technique and pedaling. With a guitar you don’t have to do that. You can sit back on the couch and relax with the guitar. But piano you have to bee alert all the time when you are playing it. Controlling the writsts and arm. And fingeres.
Good points, well argued
Number 2 is so true. I practice piano with my door open & people stop by to tune in. No matter how many wrong notes I hit.
The piano is just my natural talent! In school when I was 11, I had never played the piano before, and the only people that could play ode to joy with both hands, was me and another girl!
Fast forward 2 years later, I’m 13 I can read music, play complex melodies and I’m the top of my class; second top of my year.
you should make a playlist of piano pieces
This was good. Keep them coming. I agree about the piano. I wish I had one to learn on. One day!
I thinks guitar is the best instrument
1. It looks badass
2. It’s super portable
3. Guitar solos are amazing
I'd rather play bach thanks.
Ye it looks so badass to carry a giant plastic pear on your back
stfu
Cats are simply epic, that's why they can play the piano - with their faces.
I play it every day. Can't live without it.