Why the Violin is harder than the Guitar #shorts

All instruments have infinitely high skill ceilings, but all have different skill floors. Piano is one of the easiest instruments to play, yet has some of the most challenging pieces composed for it.

If you ever felt useless just remember that this video exist of a guy watching the same thing we’re watching and adding NO commentary

i don’t understand why people try to compare instruments like they are equal, they do different things and have different possibilities, thats the beauty of it all

you know how to make the guitar sound good? -Proceeds to pick a note badly

This guy is going to lose his mind when he finds out about fretless guitars

The dude just really dismissed the entirety of picking technique.

The initial skill curve of violin is harder, although getting to a professional level on both is about the same difficulty

I’ve tried to learn both the guitar and violin, and playing the violin felt more natural to me. The guitar having two more strings made it more confusing to start off with, not to mention the tablature. I also thought the guitar’s strings were more painful to press However, the violin does have challenges too. Tuning the guitar was easy, but tuning the violin (with pegs) gives me anxiety! The bottom of the violin also gives me a “hickey” after I practice for extended periods of time. Bow alignment, tone quality, vibrato, staccatos, and intonation are also a pain in the ass. I haven’t learned it yet, but I’m certain left-hand pizzicato will be very difficult too Overall, I think both instruments would be very difficult to master, but the violin is more difficult to start. Posture, bowing, and intonation are very difficult when starting out, especially if the beginner doesn’t know if they are playing in tune Personally, I love classical music and prefer the violin, but I think the violin and guitar both shine in their own repertoires!

I can play both. Once you memorise the note positions on violin, it's really not hard. The number of techniques on the violin compared to the guitar makes the guitar more difficult in the long run imo. Frets don't make things much easier when your instrument is as versatile as the guitar.

What I've learned from playing multiple Instruments is that even though an instrument maybe easier to play it will be harder to master

as someone who played violin for 7 years before guitar it depends a lot on what you're playing. for example playing fast without legato or even just basic arpeggios took a very long time for me to get comfortable doing on guitar and the scale length allows for the same note to be in multiple places all over the fretboard. it is an easier instrument to pick up but the versatility gives it a much higher skill ceiling

Violin is harder to pick up for a beginner, but they're both equally hard to master

Man’s A string is sharper than Einstein

Conclusion: playing guitar poorly is easier than playing violin

Guitar is beginner friendly but has a higher skill ceiling than violin. Everyone who plays multiple instruments knows that more technical abilities allow for higher skill ceilings.

As a guitarist and a violist (basically a slightly bigger violin) they play completely differently and both have their difficulties. Some things are easy on one and some things are hard but one isn’t necessarily easier or better, just different.

Yeah we aint mentioning guitar techniques like alternate picking, hybrid picking, thumping, arpeggios, sweep picking, tapping, tapping natural harmonics, hammer ons, pull offs and many more difficult ass techniques

Violin is harder to pick up and learn. But once you’ve gotten past a year or two of learning they both have insane skill ceilings that are incomparable to each other

So, some rebuttals: 1) You cannot play anywhere inside the fret, it will go a micro tons flat if you go further back, and you will end up with fret buzz. 1a) on violin, you cannot press too hard on the string since it will always be the same note, but if you press the string too hard on guitar, you will go sharp. 2) the spaces in between allow you to raise/lower your pick/finger between notes, a micro motion that you do not have to do on violin, it actually will hinder the speed at which you can play. 3) there is absolutely a correct pressure that you have to apply to the strings using a pick/finger. if you pick too hard, it sounds rough, too soft and you will barely play the note. there are some examples as to why beginning to learn the violin is more difficult than begging to learn the guitar, but you missed on all the points you gave.