2006-08-29 13:15:45 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
a) i play the guitar, a lot of people i know do it, too, and i don't consider myself or these people any cooler than others - and, as far as i can see it, neither do they.
b) who said it was the easiest instrument to play? there are a couple of chords that are easy alright, and in some genres of music they can take you a fair bit of the way, but if you're in any way serious about your guitar, you'll want to proceed beyond that and tie your fingers into knots practising. believe me, there is nothing easy about becoming even a half-decent guitarist.
2006-08-29 13:22:29 · answer #1 · answered by nerdyhermione 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The guitar can be extremely simple. Or it can be extremely complex depending on how it is played. A person could simply strum chords. Most people just do that and maybe throw in a few fancy sounding tricks now and again. However, there are some people who have made the guitar into a fine art. Have you ever heard a Spanish guitar player? They are amazing. Or heard someone one on a classical guitar playing something written by Mozart for the piano? Very very difficult and beautiful. Anyone who has ever heard a master guitarist would agree that playing a guitar in that manner is anything but easy.
2006-08-29 20:23:44 · answer #2 · answered by Gwen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not the easiest instrument to play. The basics I admit are easy but get past that and your in for a hell of a show buddy. The solo's you hear on the radio come from about 10 scales which you have to know to know how to play. There are countless amounts of major, pentatonic, minor and jazz scales. And you have to know how to form chords not by looking them up on the net but by the strategy of formation. Some people play for 30 years and don't know everything. There a bunch of different kinds of guitar (acoustic, electric, jazz, blues). Take guitar for 2 years or so. You'll know what I'm talking about. You must be thinking about the kids who learn some AFI song with 3 chords and stop and say they can play guitar. Those kids are posers and shouldn't play. I'm talking about the guys who are truly in love with the instrument who've played it all their lives. They'll tell you it wasn't easy.
2006-08-29 20:28:25 · answer #3 · answered by centreofclassicrock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was cool WAY before I taught myself to play the guitar.
p.s it may be the easiest to learn, but it's the most difficult to master.
2006-08-29 20:20:13 · answer #4 · answered by scratchwhiplash 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i play guitar and i dont think im cool im weird but ya thats a good question i play guitar cause i love music
2006-08-29 20:17:57 · answer #5 · answered by Kayla15 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny thing, I always though the triangle or the tambourine were easier to play than the guitar!!!
Thanks for the two points!!!
2006-08-29 20:18:20 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't agree. The piano is a lot easier to learn than the guitar, it's just harder to carry around!
2006-08-29 20:19:19 · answer #7 · answered by mj_indigo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because guitar is the main instrument in a band...I mean...you never see a violin or a piano in a band do you? No...wait...yes there are keyboards in a band...xD but they dont count their digital
2006-08-29 20:17:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if they're like jimi hendrix good, i think they have a right to sorta brag. i'm tryin to take up the bass and it is super hard, and it only has 4 strings. imagine 6 of them
2006-08-29 20:21:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason rappers think they are musicians yet have no musican instruments on the stage other than a turntable?
2006-08-29 20:17:17 · answer #10 · answered by megarock@sbcglobal.net 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋