Hey guys, I love music, writing lyrics, and I want to take up an instrument but am not 100% sure what it is i would want to learn. I have two things in mind, which is a keyboard and a guitar. The thing about it is i wanna be able to play songs that sound really good standalone on it. By this I mean, drums and other instruments are not as practical for playing a song on your own. I don't know if I'm looking over any other option....because I'm open to ideas : P.
Both of those instruments are fantastic and have an amazing sound especially if you are going for acoustic to play classical guitar that sounds great on its own. The only problem is acoustic is very difficult to play well and or fast whereas electric is very easy to pick up quickly. I personally have been both a singer and a drummer in bands so I am not very good at either, but guitar can easily get you more ladies as an added benefit. I personally would choose guitar, but that is simply because of my love for Rock and Metal.
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haha honestly i love it, but one thing that is so discouraging is that it is SOOO difficult and its hard to see how i could ever get that good, but i know that somehow it happens...just takes practice. I love keyboard, but I do think guitar is probably what id opt for...not sure though. And i think id go electric but acoustic is nice.
Piano all the way. Electric guitar sucks by itself and is much better suited for band work. If you prefer to play alone, acoustic guitar or piano are your choices.
haha sound kind of biased and opinionated but i hear ya ;). I just kind of like electric because you can kind of do acousticesque work on it AND play hard stuff with people....and keyboard is just cool. piano is awesome but not exactly practical for ease of use and bringing places. So i dont know about that.
You'll want to spend at least $300 for the guitar. Reason being, solid top guitars start around there. Don't shortchange yourself.
Best thing you can do is research some models (like on that thread I showed you) and go to a guitar store with them in mind. Just play around on them (bring a friend that can play if possible) or just kind of hold it in your hands and see what feels good.
DO NOT buy online unless you have to. A particular guitar may not sound like another of the exact same model.
A friend of mine picked up a Washburn D10 just like on that page and it plays nice, it's cheap, and comes with a case.
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I will say if you work on keyboard, you'll know your music. If you learn guitar you'll probably just do what 99% of guitarists do and stick to tabs without really looking into music theory. Either way you go, it's probably best to find a good teacher.
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I'd say keyboard, because you can do virtually everything with it...
I have an acoustic guitar, and while it's nice and all, there is barely anything I can play with it that's been made using keyboards. Electric guitars are a bit better, but you need an expensive one often, and they're still limited in terms of how you present stuff.
Thanks for the advice guys. The bad thing is I don't know if i will be able to get some professional teacher, and stubbornly i kinda don't want to. But that being said i know a few people who arent the best but know what they are doing on guitar so if i took that up i could ask them. And i know somewhat how to work one, so i think it would be something that is more practice and experimentation....hey its not impossible lol.
If anyone has any advice on what keyboards, electric, and acoustic guitars are good, please dont hesitate. That being said, i am not going to spend an arm and a leg just yet. If i grow to love it and get decent I will invest more next time. For now AROUND 300 is good, but id be willing to stretch it to 400 or whatever maybe. I guess it really all depends just how good the item is for my money.
Piano all the way. Electric guitar sucks by itself and is much better suited for band work. If you prefer to play alone, acoustic guitar or piano are your choices.
I deeply second this. They're the most practical and depending on what you want, you can get very simple, heavy, joyous, or complex feelings from either, with the benefit of not having a whole band
If you want to play guitar I'd recommend first learning basic chord progressions and the pentatonic and blues scales. As you get more advanced move on to the Phyrgian, Diminished, and Apreggio scales, they are the backbone of metal and classical music. Diminished being the most flexible.
Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors.
-Hunter S. Thompson
Thanks Johnny D for the specific advice on this all. oh and by the way, as shallow as this may sound, i love the looks of an instrument and i really like acoustic guitars with the look like these.
Didn't you say the second one is a good guitar that your friend just bought?
I am contemplating what to get, but i honestly think if i go with a guitar it will probably be electric, and so far I'm seeing Schecter as my pick, but if you have any advice it is appreciated.
why acoustic? what is it that you like better about it than electric? The main reason I am thinking of doing electric is because it can be more versatile (playing soft, hard, alone and together) than acoustic IMO. Both are good but i think electric is more suiting for me.
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what is a good acoustic guitar brand?
Allow me to direct you to a great thread at another forum for that.
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=337075
You'll want to spend at least $300 for the guitar. Reason being, solid top guitars start around there. Don't shortchange yourself.
Best thing you can do is research some models (like on that thread I showed you) and go to a guitar store with them in mind. Just play around on them (bring a friend that can play if possible) or just kind of hold it in your hands and see what feels good.
DO NOT buy online unless you have to. A particular guitar may not sound like another of the exact same model.
A friend of mine picked up a Washburn D10 just like on that page and it plays nice, it's cheap, and comes with a case.
-Hunter S. Thompson
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If you want to songwrite I'd personally say that the keyboard is better, so much easier to have the chord progression and a melody at the same time.
-Hunter S. Thompson
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I have an acoustic guitar, and while it's nice and all, there is barely anything I can play with it that's been made using keyboards. Electric guitars are a bit better, but you need an expensive one often, and they're still limited in terms of how you present stuff.
If anyone has any advice on what keyboards, electric, and acoustic guitars are good, please dont hesitate. That being said, i am not going to spend an arm and a leg just yet. If i grow to love it and get decent I will invest more next time. For now AROUND 300 is good, but id be willing to stretch it to 400 or whatever maybe. I guess it really all depends just how good the item is for my money.
I deeply second this. They're the most practical and depending on what you want, you can get very simple, heavy, joyous, or complex feelings from either, with the benefit of not having a whole band
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Not really. It just gives you a slightly higher range is all.
Edits: Now here's a lovely guitar. http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Seagull-The-Original-S6-Acoustic-Guitar?sku=512120 Seagull makes reeeally nice acoustics.
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http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-CD60-Dreadnought-Acoustic-Guitar?sku=513903
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Washburn-D10QSB-Dreadnought-Quilt-Acoustic-Sunburst-wcase?sku=516862
Didn't you say the second one is a good guitar that your friend just bought?
I am contemplating what to get, but i honestly think if i go with a guitar it will probably be electric, and so far I'm seeing Schecter as my pick, but if you have any advice it is appreciated.
I'd actually like to learn the Piano.
But if you want to choose out of them two.. go with the Guitar.
Preferably acoustic.