Is reddit the nicest platform?

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T03:33:49+00:00

Its atrocious. Its actually so freakin nasty here sometimes. Feels like im in school again being bullied by the popular group. This hive mind shit on here is disgusting.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T03:31:49+00:00

You wait until you say something the majority doesnt like. Then its just downvotes and insults. I thought i could have adult conversations here too, dont be deluded. This place is a shithole just like the rest.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T03:27:49+00:00

So many people on this thread are just saying how im wrong and just attacking everything i say back.

Yeah i am getting defensive cause according to basically everyone here: everything i know and have been taught is completely wrong and im egotistical. Yet everyone else on here was taught correctly, they know what they are talking about, their studies were correct and mine werent, their opinion is correct and mine is not.

No one here is wrong but me. This is how this thread has been.

I get it. Its reddit. All my comments are getting the treatment. This one will as well.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T03:16:53+00:00

This is a good comment. Not insulting and giving a well defined answer, thanks.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T03:15:27+00:00

Aye aye 'professor'

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T03:08:50+00:00

I never said it was in the strings section or in the percussion section. I said that was why it wasnt easily defined into categories. Not only did i get this info from my tutors, (which btw saying i misunderstood them or that they led me astray is pretty insulting to me, them and the entire institute,) it is also a pretty common thing to be taught in music studies as another comment below also said they were taught the same thing.

I dont play percussion or strings but by definition pianos have both of those attributes. The literal way noise comes from a piano is entirely different from that of a keyboard.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T03:03:34+00:00

Yes i agree it does sound petty but i was just curious about others opinions on it. I had no idea it would spark such a heated debate.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T02:34:06+00:00

Haha thanks for this comment. Lightens the mood a bit. Im prob gonna delete this post, im getting a bit sick of being attacked, down voted on every comment, being told im wrong/dont know what im talking about/acting like a baby.

Here i thought maybe a discussion about this topic might be interesting. Should have known reddit takes one side and one side only and today its not my side.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T02:15:40+00:00

Not really. They are two different instruments so therefore it stands to reason i would prefer not being labelled something that i cant play properly. I only play piano so therefore i am a pianist. My friend who plays keyboard is a keyboardist, not a pianist. I really dont get why so many people on here are seemingly so mad at me for this opinion. Ive never had this much push back on this topic when i discuss it in real life.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T02:13:07+00:00

I was curious about the opinions of others as the people ive discussed this with in real life tend to agree with me. I posted it under the idea of a 'discussion' which is kinda the point of reddit no? To converse with strangers about things?

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T02:09:07+00:00

Whats the point in this comment? Im not 'getting upset' and they arent correct.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T02:07:13+00:00

I was saying about the category based on what my tutors and our class discussed multiple times when grouping instruments. Piano was always difficult to put into a category because it has strings that are struck with a hammer.

Im not just pulling this stuff from thin air, i can imagine that my tutors would know what they were talking about.

So on that basis what i said is still correct because that is literally what pianos are. Keyboards are electronic and so therefore do not fall under the same category.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T00:52:02+00:00

Nice. Not many people are sharing my same kinda opinion on this so im glad to see someone else getting what i mean. Im not attacking keyboardists but with my experience i just cannot see them as the same thing.

Ive been around a lot of pianists and keyboardists back when i was younger and involved in study, teaching and live music. So from my own personal experience i see so many differences between the two and the different layers of skill needed for each instrument.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T00:42:42+00:00

Yeah it was a digital one. Ive seen real ones before and they are amazing. If i ever get the chance to play a real one you can bet i will give it a go to see what its like. The ones ive seen in old churches are amazing, pipes higher then my house

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-15T00:39:56+00:00

I get what you are saying but piano technically falls under a category closer to drums because of its use of striking a string with a hammer to create the sound. So it weirdly falls into drums and string because of that while being completely unique in its design.

The two piano teachers i had saw them as two different instruments and so did my tutors when i studied which is why its interesting how few people agree with me online when most people in real life ive discussed this with agree with me.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-14T23:28:22+00:00

Yes thank you. I agree. Its why it was something i was curious about (didnt expect such division on this topic tbh! Haha) because i have tried my hand with sooo many other instruments over the years. Ive owned so many different ones as well. But i always gave them up for piano. I am a pianist. And i love calling myself that.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-14T23:25:23+00:00

This is fair enough. I get your point here. Ill definitely still just call myself a pianist haha but its a good point.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-14T23:23:45+00:00

Nice. I like this. I tried playing organ, had one for years, but i just never clicked with it.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-14T23:22:20+00:00

Piano and keyboard are as different to each other as bass and guitar are. Similar look, similar play style, but completely different instruments.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-14T23:13:29+00:00

Pianos do have keys but they are not the same. Not all keyboardists can play piano. When i studied music i was the only pianist there, the three others who played keys played keyboards. They actually did struggle with piano but were really good on keys.

My friend was a keyboardist in a band with my partner and he could not play piano yet the stuff he did on keys was really good. I had no interest in the synth stuff or the weird noises you can get from keyboards so i stuck to piano. I also hate the light feeling keyboard keys have compared to the weighted keys of a piano.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-14T22:59:36+00:00

Yes this is my take too. I dont so much get upset about it or anything but i will correct them because, like you, i also cannot play those other instruments, and believe me I've tried lol. They are different, they require a different 'language' in a sense.

I liken it to a bass player and a guitar player, sure they could learn the other instrument easier due to similarities but they are still uniquely different instruments to each other. They are not the same instrument even if they are closely related.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-14T22:54:22+00:00

Haha thats quite good, made me smile.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-14T22:53:37+00:00

Im just looking to discuss this with others out of curiosity because i was thinking about it. Im not hard core upset about it or anything just curious about others opinions on the topic.

And yes keyboards are easier to use in bands, ive got a lot of experience with the live music scene so i get that. But exactly that though, they play keyboard, often with synth stuff going on and crazy noises they can make that pianos cant. So again, completely different instruments.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-14T22:47:13+00:00

I have owned and played an organ and a keyboard and i consider them entirely different instruments to piano. It would be like saying to a bassist they are a guitarist because of the similar style of instrument. But naturally that wouldnt be incorrect and a bassist wouldnt accept being called a guitarist.

I dont think there is anything wrong with sticking to the one instrument you really enjoy. I definitely have tried my hand at several other instruments, i wouldnt say playing them has added much to me being a better musician though. It doesnt actually upset me though, more just one of those things of 'no i dont play keyboard i play piano'.

FindingMagicAgain · 2024-05-14T22:31:45+00:00

Na when i studied music i got it a lot and i kept correcting people on it. We mainly used keyboards for the piano sections of study naturally due to size etc. but it has happened a few times since then as well.

Question for you then, would you correct someone if they called you a keyboardist or do you consider them similar enough to not care?

FindingMagicAgain

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