| Do you know why more people want to | | | | near it. Not the guitar. It's the |
| learn guitar than piano? Because it's | | | | everyman's instrument. Folk players, |
| easier! And because students get to play | | | | rock guitarists, and even Uncle Joe |
| something that actually sounds like | | | | himself can pick up this instrument and |
| music many times faster than their piano | | | | soon strum out a tune. |
| playing counterparts. | | | | A beginning piano player can also learn |
| But did you also know that a guitar | | | | a few chords and just as easily create |
| player can show you how to play piano | | | | music as well as the guitarist. Now, the |
| better than most piano instructors? It's | | | | piano isn't often taught like this |
| true! Here's why. Guitar players use | | | | because teachers can make a lot more |
| chords and chord charts to create with. | | | | money by stringing students along for |
| Piano players (for the most part) use | | | | years and years. With a chord-based |
| note reading and memorization. | | | | approach, you can rapidly advance and |
| It's really easy for most beginning | | | | learn how to play in most any style and |
| guitarists to quickly create music. In | | | | it won't take you years either. How long |
| fact, you can learn 3 chords on the | | | | will it take for you to learn a |
| guitar in less than 15 minutes and start | | | | chord-based approach? Anywhere from |
| to play many, many tunes. Can piano | | | | 1-month to 1-year depending on how fast |
| players do that? Yes they can! But | | | | or slow you learn. |
| sadly, most don't. | | | | Here's the point. If you want to spend |
| You see, many people are intimidated by | | | | years learning how to play other peoples |
| the piano. Not because of the instrument | | | | music, than note reading and |
| itself but because of the snobby stigma | | | | memorization are for you. If you want to |
| surrounding it. | | | | get creative and actually make music, |
| The piano is held in such high esteem | | | | look for teachers who embrace a |
| that people are actually afraid to go | | | | chord-based approach to piano playing. |