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**Poll Pitt** · 12-10-2010, 11:14 AM

A few items would help: your age , what do you want to do with your music, what field of music is your main interest for starters??????

Piano gives you a great base for studying music as a lead to many instruments as far as: reading notes, values of notes, timing, general music knowledge are concerned. A good basic instrument I would say. I started at age 4 with piano and after anumber of years begin to add others. and I found my knowledge gained from piano made it easier for me to tackle a new instrument with that base knowledge.

I believe guitar would be the easier to gain the quicker performance level perhaps with less investment... Piano would require a teacher ( self teaching this instrument is a task for sure) guitar would give a good chord and structure base and could accompany singing..... alot depends on what you want to do with your music. I wish you luck. and Rule number one : PRACTICE, PRACTICE,PRACTICE !

12-10-2010, 11:14 AM	#2
Poll Pitt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 505 Senior Member	A few items would help: your age , what do you want to do with your music, what field of music is your main interest for starters?????? Piano gives you a great base for studying music as a lead to many instruments as far as: reading notes, values of notes, timing, general music knowledge are concerned. A good basic instrument I would say. I started at age 4 with piano and after anumber of years begin to add others. and I found my knowledge gained from piano made it easier for me to tackle a new instrument with that base knowledge. I believe guitar would be the easier to gain the quicker performance level perhaps with less investment... Piano would require a teacher ( self teaching this instrument is a task for sure) guitar would give a good chord and structure base and could accompany singing..... alot depends on what you want to do with your music. I wish you luck. and Rule number one : PRACTICE, PRACTICE,PRACTICE !
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