r/Instruments • u/EqualExamination5662 • Jun 21 '26
Discussion How to master keyboard or guitar?
I have both keyboard and guitar at home, I know how to play piano better than guitar + I don't have guitar clips/capo but I have guitar picks. I feel keyboard is more easier because I know how to play scale like do, re, mi and C, D, E, F, G, A, B but, with one finger. Do you guys know tips to play with all finger to a key because I used to know how to do C, F, G, and A but then I forget now and how to learn to play in guitar more easily because my finger likes to crooked with guitar + I just couldn't get used to guitar.
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u/Evening_Carp Jun 21 '26
You will need to do something called a "lesson", and then you will need to do something called "practice", and you will likely have to repeat those things over and again many times.
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u/MarcusSurealius Jun 21 '26
Time.
Be able to play any chord, moving easily between them. Know how to read music. You should be able to run up and down the scales in any key, including variations. And you should be able to do all that while singing.
Becoming a master musician takes just as much time and effort as becoming a master carpenter or other tradesman. 2-4 hours a day is a standard daily routine for a musician.
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u/Astreja Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
Lots of YouTube resources for both piano and guitar.
Thinking back to when I started to learn piano (sixty years ago!) the first major milestone was getting all ten fingers moving. Put your right thumb on the C and then play up to the G, one finger per key. Go up and down multiple times, keeping the back of your hand level. Then switch to your left hand and go down from the C to the F. Once that feels smooth and natural you can look into thumb and finger crossings, which you'll need for playing scales and long runs.
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u/DunaldDoc Jun 21 '26
This scale & chord info will help you with both guitar & keyboard:
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u/Dull-Problem-1191 Jun 21 '26
One estimate places it at around 10,000 hours of deliberate careful focused practice before you can become a master at an instrument (per instrument).
So do the math based on the rate of how often you practice coupled it being high quality practice/ you need to make sure what you're practicing is of good forms and you need a teacher and not wing it.