"Should I learn piano or guitar first? Piano or Guitar? Why Piano is the Better First Instrument Choice for the Music Starters? It's not easy to determine it from one aspect. From my experience playing the both instruments, I could say that a piano or a keyboard is the easiest instrument to start with for many reasons. But (this is a big BUT!!!), let's study this carefully from many aspects. 1) Your goal (which one you would imagine you are playing with the piano or guitar? 2) What type of music you want to play?/ Who is your favorite artists? 3) Instruments (choices, price range, stores & portability) 4) Learning easiness (for the short-term, for the long-term) 5) Performance possibilities

1. Piano or Guitar?
Why Piano Is the Better
First Instrument Choice
for the Music Starters?

2. "Should I learn piano or guitar
first ?”
“Piano or Guitar?”
“Why Piano is the Better First
Instrument Choice for the
Music Starters?”

3. 1) Your goal (which one you would imagine you are playing
with the piano or guitar?
2) What type of music you want to play?/ Who is your
favorite artists?
3) Instruments (choices, price range, stores & portability)
4) Learning Easiness (for the short-term, for the long-term)
5) Performance possibilities

4. 1) Your goal
You must have some idea why
you thought about learning
piano or guitar.

5. Maybe your friends are playing
some instruments.
Or maybe you just feel like to
play some instruments.

6. I want you to imagine just
purely and genuinely without
any distractions like a difficulty
or a price.
Ultimately that's your choice.

7. If you have the unknown talent
for music and also you are
incredibly rich to afford any
instruments.
Which instrument are you
playing?

8. 2) What type of music
you want to play?
Who is your favorite
artists?

9. You are going to enjoy your
songs or repertoire while you
are learning to play.

10. Do you want to play the
classical song like "Fur Elise"
by Beethoven
or the rock bands' song like
"Stairway to Heaven" by
Led Zeppelin.

11. Any songs could be played on
the both instruments.
But if you played the
instrument of your choice
according to your favorite
artist would sound much
similar to the original song.

12. That could make you feel so
good like you became the good
musician.
This kind of feeling is a real joy
of doing music.
“PRICELESS”

13. So whom you got the influence
on music from?

14. 3) Instruments
Choices for the Piano
-Acoustic piano
-Digital piano
-Electric keyboard
-iPad or iPhone Apps

15. Choice for the Guitar
-Classical guitar
-Folk guitar
-Country guitar
-Electric guitar
-Electric bass
-Guitar tab Apps

16. Price range (Lower to Higher)
for the New Piano
-Apps are free
-Keyboards from $50
-Digital pianos from $500
-Acoustic pianos from $2,000

17. for the New Guitar
-Apps are free
-Any type of guitars from $100

18. for the Used Ones
( from free to....?)
-Craigslist
-ebay
-Classified in the local papers
-Garage sale, Yard Sale

19. Stores to buy &
Portability
The major city shall have some
music stores or guitar/piano
stores.

20. Or you can search on the
internet and find
the online store
to deliver it at your door.

21. Clearly the guitars and
the light weight keyboards
are easy to carry and
to be delivered.

22. Some digital pianos could be
disassembled
but it might need two people
or the carry-on cart to move it
around.

23. The acoustic pianos must be
delivered by
the special piano movers.
If you buy the new piano, the
store usually offer
the free shipping.

24. 4) Easy Learning
Process
[For the short-term]
[For the long-term]

25. [For the short-term]
Piano- You can see what
notes you are playing.

26. It's like you are typing the
computer keyboard,
the keyboard itself is
a note map.

27. You would make a melody as
you press any keys
by your one hand.
The fixed pitch makes your job
easy.

28. Definitely the first choice
for small children or any
starters. Instantly, you can get
the satisfaction of music
making

29. Guitar - Harder to make a
melody in the first time than
the piano.

30. Because you need to
use your left hand to
fix the pitch of notes and
use the right hand to
play the strings.

31. If you try the chords, it might
be a challenge physically.
Your left hand fingers must be
pressing a few strings at the
same time in unusual posture
you wouldn't normally shape.

32. Recommended for
the teenager and up
according to
the physical ability.

33. [For the long-term]
Piano- As you go, the piano
repertoire could require more
technical challenges

34. like the two hands
co-ordination
(the melody and
the accompanying
at the same time),

35. music theory and
reading the notes
from the music scores.

36. But if you are progressing as
you go, you shall enjoy the
learning process
step by step.

37. Guitar - Once you mastered
the certain amount of chords,
you can play or accompany
almost any songs (especially
pop songs) to sing along.

38. But of course, if you are doing
the classical repertoire like
"Recuerdos de la Alhambra",
you shall be learning
the technical skills more.

39. And also the rock band songs
could have the nice guitar
solos and those ones should
need the beautiful artistry
to master.

40. 5) Performance
Possibilities
and more...

41. -the self-enjoyment
-the family gatherings
-any parties
-the school talent shows

42. -the recitals your teacher
organizes
-showing off your song in
front of girls (or boys)
-the accompanist for the
singers

43. -the open microphone at
the cafe or the gathering place
-the group performances
-YouTube broadcasting

44. -making your own songs
-teaching
-becoming the American
Idol
-and much more...

45. Summary
I would say if you like the both
a piano and a guitar,
you shall try the both
eventually.

46. But the first one is really up to
what you like to become.
A Pianist or a Guitarist.
Cherish your desire that you
want to play.
All the best for you!

47. When you need more
information about learning
piano "Easy and Fun",
please visit
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48. Waka Shinko
Pianist, Piano Teacher,
Founder of
“Piano123TV”
Weekly Web TV Shows for
Piano Beginners
~'Fun' in Your Fingers,