I play both, I like them both for very different reasons though. If I had to pick one, I would go with guitar.
No you can't. You get one single sound out of your guitar unless you plug it into an effects pedal.
We can do the same with a piano.
That's simply not true. I can tune my guitar in numerous ways to get numerous different sounds w/o using the first effect. I can also finger pick, strum, slide and many other things to change the sound.
Sure you could tune your piano too, just might take awhile
Exactly!!! Take the guitar to the beach and you are good to go...However, if you purpose is to learn enough to get laid, then the guitar.
I can tune my piano a bunch of different ways, too, and the time it takes is irrelevant to the point. I have pedals for different effects, blah blah blah.
You have an instrument that, unless it's an accoustic in an unplugged session, cannot stand on its own outside of very specific conditions.
However the final nail in the coffin for me is the fact that guitar came first. If it had not been for guitar no one would have ever even tought about creating a piano like instrument.
Nobody ever got laid playing piano.
That's simply not true. I can tune my guitar in numerous ways to get numerous different sounds w/o using the first effect. I can also finger pick, strum, slide and many other things to change the sound.
Sure you could tune your piano too, just might take awhile
yeah, Ray Charles was a virgin.
so was Thelonious Monk
I hear Duke Ellington was a Eunuch.
Stevie Wonder doesn't even know that he ha a penis...
lol, it stood on it's own for close to 5 centuries before your piano came along.
Does it mean drums are more awesome than the guitar? Because I guarantee you that drums are 'older'.Guitar has more charms. It's one of the original folks musical instruments that is still with us today. Many folk songs, stories, and traditions, have been told and passed on for generations now. And although most people tend to only associate the "guitar" with the 6-string spanish guitar, other cultures have other variations of something that many musicians would identify as guitar-like. It just goes to show how deep of a role the guitar and its variations have played in human society.
It depends what you mean by 'complex'.The piano is a pretty modern musical instrument born out of Europe at an age where society at the time espouse "complexity" (complex math, complex reasoning, complex inventions..). The piano was supposed to show the superior engineering of the human mind. The piano was not meant for the commoners to enjoy. To play the piano back then meant you were from a wealthy family, educated in the arts and music and philosophy, etc,, you were groomed to be societal.
Argument from Tradition.Piano = modern & technical
Guitar = old world charm
Straw man. How is this a fair comparison? Why not compare a Flamenco to, say, a rag or beloved patriot-tonk? I feel you're labouring under a false impression of piano music.For the record, I would skip most piano recitals for some good Flamenco any time. I think a human soul can always rejoice to a bright and majestic piano piece, but for your soul to morn, a guitar is better served. But nothing beats the violin when it comes to morning and extracting sadness out of the soul.