http://www.guitarator.com Guitar and music theory tools, lessons, webapps, articles. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:41:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.guitarator.com/opinion/things-a-guitar-can-do-that-a-piano-cant/comment-page-1#comment-332 admin Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:41:26 +0000 http://www.guitarator.com/?p=57#comment-332 Thanks Peter. I actually knew that! Sorry for the mistake. I've fixed it in the text. http://www.guitarator.com/opinion/things-a-guitar-can-do-that-a-piano-cant/comment-page-1#comment-331 Peter Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:23:03 +0000 http://www.guitarator.com/?p=57#comment-331 David Gilmour played guitar for Pink Floyd. Waters played the bass/ http://www.guitarator.com/opinion/things-a-guitar-can-do-that-a-piano-cant/comment-page-1#comment-318 Scott Evans Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:20:27 +0000 http://www.guitarator.com/?p=57#comment-318 I would agree that guitar has gained much more of a mainstream existence than piano for a number of reasons. Mainly, the direct finger-to-pulsating string contact just can't be reproduced on the piano. It's raw, it's brazen and it's sometimes dirty, but it's that pure emotion that gets channeled through your fingertips to the instrument that cannot be feigned which makes it such a popular choice.

With the piano, there are a number of "buffers" and interworkings between your fingers and the final hammer-to-string strike making it seemingly more indirect. In piano's defense, there are also many things that it can do that the guitar can only dream of -- need I say, almost twice as many notes can be played and melodic intricacies that only a piano could belt out?
With the piano, there are a number of "buffers" and interworkings between your fingers and the final hammer-to-string strike making it seemingly more indirect. In piano's defense, there are also many things that it can do that the guitar can only dream of -- need I say, almost twice as many notes can be played and melodic intricacies that only a piano could belt out?]]> http://www.guitarator.com/music-theory/pythagoras-and-me/comment-page-1#comment-315 admin Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:00:27 +0000 http://www.guitarator.com/music-theory/pythagoras-and-me#comment-315 Hey, Thanks for the compliment, Simon! I'm glad it's been helpful to you. http://www.guitarator.com/music-theory/pythagoras-and-me/comment-page-1#comment-314 Simon Tandy Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:30:14 +0000 http://www.guitarator.com/music-theory/pythagoras-and-me#comment-314 You know, i need to know this stuff in order to accept that music simply 'is' the way it is. My head works funny (when i say 'funny' i mean 'constantly, too much and very well if properly focused'). For example, to get out of breath exercising and feel ok about it, i need to know how the respitory system works (so as to be able use it better of course) - like i said, my head works funny!
Knowing this, you can see why, without having to memorise or even fully understand all this, i still need to know about it to enjoy music without a constant stream of 'why?' going off in my funny head when i should just be shredding! So, thank you for this explanation, it has been immensely helpful to me and my 'funny' mind. Also, it was really enjoyable to read, i love your matter - of - factness, it makes for fun and readable stuff even when it gets heavy - which is usually when things get properly interesting. Thank you my friend ;-) Awesome site!!! Knowing this, you can see why, without having to memorise or even fully understand all this, i still need to know about it to enjoy music without a constant stream of 'why?' going off in my funny head when i should just be shredding! So, thank you for this explanation, it has been immensely helpful to me and my 'funny' mind. Also, it was really enjoyable to read, i love your matter - of - factness, it makes for fun and readable stuff even when it gets heavy - which is usually when things get properly interesting. Thank you my friend Awesome site!!!]]> http://www.guitarator.com/software/guitarator-available/comment-page-1#comment-310 admin Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:14:36 +0000 http://www.guitarator.com/?p=44#comment-310 Scott, it's really infinite tunings, because you can enter in any custom tuning you want. http://www.guitarator.com/software/guitarator-available/comment-page-1#comment-309 scott Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:44:31 +0000 http://www.guitarator.com/?p=44#comment-309 how many tunings are covered? http://www.guitarator.com/music-theory/pythagoras-and-me/comment-page-1#comment-307 Eddie Sullivan Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:12:03 +0000 http://www.guitarator.com/music-theory/pythagoras-and-me#comment-307 Glad I could help. Sorry it was a little late in coming for you, Larry! http://www.guitarator.com/music-theory/pythagoras-and-me/comment-page-1#comment-306 Larry Maturo Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:38:07 +0000 http://www.guitarator.com/music-theory/pythagoras-and-me#comment-306 Thank you for a very entertaining article. I wish I had found it yesterday before I spent the day duplicating your research. :-). I fiound it today because I realized that yesterday I had not determined how he could have figured out the frequencies. In the middle of the night the different length string idea hit me, and I wanted to verify it. . I fiound it today because I realized that yesterday I had not determined how he could have figured out the frequencies. In the middle of the night the different length string idea hit me, and I wanted to verify it.]]> http://www.guitarator.com/music-theory/pythagoras-and-me/comment-page-1#comment-303 CHUCK Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:50:15 +0000 http://www.guitarator.com/music-theory/pythagoras-and-me#comment-303 I first used this site for its generator... but I'm glad I stopped in and read this. You've got great clarity in your explanations.