I say go for the guitar. You can't take a piano to the park or beach.

I play guitar, drums, and a bit of piano. I personally think the guitar was easiest, but maybe that's because I found it to be the most fun.

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2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
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1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

I started with piano, and my left hand has never been as smart as my right. Maybe why I found guitar more difficult. I have contemplated goin all Hendrix, and flipping the thing over. I think you might be one of those people who we call 'guitar player'

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I had the same problem with piano. Two lines of music and two hands never worked right. Played French Horn in HS and College.

Trumpet's by far the easiest brass instrument.

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I've played guitar since my teens and taught group classes in Seattle for years. Very lucrative part time job. Still I wish I'd learned piano along with it. Some of my favorite musicians/song writers are proficient on both.

One of the best pickers I've known is a lefty who plays the guitar strung the normal way, left hand on frets. So maybe there is an advantage to putting your primary hand on the frets. Hendrix turned the guitar around, I think he's a lefty, but left the strings strung the normal way. So did Elizabeth Cotton (Wrote 'freight train, freigt train, goin' so fast.' She was about 80 when I saw her in concert in Seattle in the early 80s)

I used to tell my left students who asked me if they should change the strings so they could flip the guitar over about my lefty friend who did really well playing it normally. But then I remembered that the single most successful guitar player in history in $$ terms was a lefty who switched the strings and played it right hand on the frets: Paul McCartney. The way he would stand next to Lennon with his bass and have the two instruments in sort of mirror image effect was eye catching. I noticed it right off and dug it. Kinda silly, but oh well.

Basically, there are no rules. One snag though, lefties: if you switch the strings, it's not cheap -- the saddle has to be repositioned and a new nut made, and you'll not be able to enjoy sampling other guitars except in the rarest of circumstances.

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I agree. Learn a few open chords like C G, and F and you can start doing singalongs right away. Then of course the skys the limit as far as picking styles go and you can get into some pretty intricate stuff. Basic blues was the next step for me which was fun but I didn't get much beyond that.

The instrument you chose also depends on your personality. If you start learning piano, keep in mind you will spend many hours facing a wall by yourself.

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2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

you can take an electric paino insted

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1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap??

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1987 300SDL 200K+
1994 S320 181K mi
2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi
1999 S420 130K mi
1980 240D 360k mi
15+ Others that has come, stay and gone

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1995 E320 SE 220k mi
1984 300SD 350k mi

True ... and they sound so good in open spaces.

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

Piano. Unless you don't have the space, money, and need portability. If that's the case get a guitar. I play bass, which is also a great/easy instrument to start on...it'll just take you a lifetime to master.

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2005 C 230 K, 26,000 - 77,000 miles (sold)

Electric keyboards with headphones are great for portability and low impact practicing (low impact on housemates).

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