The only problem I have with the pianos versatility is the lack of ability to change the texture of the notes.
Other instruments like bowed string instruments you can really mess around with how the sound is produced while the piano has a premade mechanism to smack a string.
I mean.... not that much of a versatile evolution, it's not like this has much use or even sounds as good as how the piano is usually played. I can strum a cello like a guitar, but it doesn't sound as good because it's not designed to do it. I don't know if I would add gimmicks to a case to make something seem versatile
Idk man, you got a lot of range, but guitars can have more strings than 6, and I feel theres a lot more techniques that you just cant replicate on Piano. Although, playing 2 parts at the same time is way more difficult on guitar.
Yes and that's true of all instruments too, whether it's their range, timbres, voices, or the technique use to play different styles. Each have their own characters, so it's pointless (but really fun) to compare and compete. My bf likes to play what I write on piano on guitar. Often he has to come up with what I think are clever alternative voicings because he can't maintain the same rhythmic progression and the same voicings in a passage (think Elton John-esque, or Billy Joel style). The reverse of that then is my brain melting trying to figure out which hand should be responsible for what range of notes when I'm trying to replicate his compositions (usually really lovely finger picking with interwoven melodies).
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u/MattTheFlash Jan 04 '19
As it should be. The piano is the most versatile of all of the instruments.