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Question:i know a lot of people who teach themselves to play the guitar using online lessons or books or both. can you do the same thing to learn to play the piano/keyboard... or do you need formal training?

in people's opinion, what's more difficult to learn to play... the guitar or piano/keyboard?

thanks!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i know a lot of people who teach themselves to play the guitar using online lessons or books or both. can you do the same thing to learn to play the piano/keyboard... or do you need formal training?

in people's opinion, what's more difficult to learn to play... the guitar or piano/keyboard?

thanks!

Hey there!!

I used to learn the piano when i was a kid. And when my teacher got married and moved away, I started self-learning the guitar. After a year i got formal guitar lessons. In my opinion, learning the guitar by yourself is easier.

Yes you're right. People can can books and stuff for guitar. It's really easy. I've tried looking up piano lessons online for free and there isnt much.

Piano is a harder instrument to self-learn because you need to know the positions and you really need someone to be there explaining then to you where as the guitar you can just get chord charts and it tells you the fingering and everything!

So in my opinion, guitar is easier to self-learn! :D

Good luck!

gutiar for sure! i play both and piano is MUCH more complex. though if your going to play both start with piano. after piano other instruments are MUCh easier to learn. Trust me!

No matter what instrument you choose, the first one will always be the hardest because you're starting from scratch. You have to learn hand independence, reading music, and learning about music in general.

You can teach yourself how to play any instrument. I suggest, since this is your first instrument, that you get private instructions until you're off the ground and moving with your study.

Id have to say guitar, many famous guitar players are self taught. Find me one famous piano player that hasnt had formal training.

I've taught myself to play both instruments, and in my humble opinion, piano would probably be the easiest to learn on your own. Here's my reasoning -- to me, the piano is much more of a visual instrument and much easier to see that. Yes, I know the guitar is, too, but the piano is built in a more-or-less chromatically straight line. Yah, the guitar is, too, but there are six strings, meaning six chromatic lines.

Also, I believe the kinesthetics (the feel, such as in the "fingerings" on a piano/guitar [especially when dealing with chords]) feel a slight bit more "natural" (maybe a better word would be ergonomic).

On top of that, it's probably easier to play longer (aka stamina) on a keyboard because you don't have continuous pressure from a very thin metal wire (although, this usually diminishes after developing callouses).

Lastly, you don't have to tune a piano nearly as often as you do a guitar (esp. if you have an electric keyboard -- however, once you DO have to tune a piano, it's coniderably harder and more work).

Again, these are just personal prefferences and ideas. Hope it helps. :D