Which one would you guys perfer piano or violin?And why?(difficulty,sound,etc)

Piano. I know somebody who has played violin for years and his playing still sounds screechy.

piano. one thing with piano is you don't need to rely on other instruments to sound complete. Violin can only play single notes or occasionally chords, but it's not like piano where you are always playing SATB form. Piano pieces sound complete, rich, and has more depth than violin.

=P just as a side note Piano + Violin = Heaven in my opinion

Violin deffinitly, why? well because thats the only instraument i play

BOTH!! ^_^

Because I play both XD

Well...not at the same time of course...but you know what I mean XD

both for one reason each:

Violin - you can do that 'Phycho' theme......http://www.newlinemusic.com/associates/ ffind it and listen!

Piano - you can play almost any song out there

Piano, you don't get neck cramps if you decide to play a majority of the day. x.x

Both...because I AM GOING FOR BOTH!!! AHAHAHAHHAHAHA *cough*
I like them both...in sound and stuff too.
Difficulty, they have different types, I guess... as in pain or frustration with moving/stretching, or other stuff...
...Violin seems to be more physical, and if you play it right, it sounds like it's a soul crying in the night...awesome
...Piano, only if it's something I like to play... I like the sound only if it's a crispy sounding one. The only reason why it's easier to express my feelings on teh piano more is because it's the one I've coordinated with starting from such an early age... ...again, I should have done that with violin instead...but oh well!

Piano. I know somebody who has played violin for years and his playing still sounds screechy.
That depends...how many years do you mean from by "for years"?
...because maybe the guy isn't learning the correct way...

...and some teachers... *starts muttering unclear words*

Well if I were you, I'd go for the piano. Why? Because you can play almost any song on it, and lets put it this way. I play the piano and I decided I wanted to learn how to play another instrument. Well, the only other instruments we have is a Harmonica, (which my brother is learning) a Flute, (Which is my sisters) and a Melodica. (Which is a small weird instrument that is kind of set up like a piano, except it only has two octives, (No I have no idea how to spell it.) and you blow into the end to make sound. It sounds kind of like an Accordion/Harmonica) Anyway, after playing something on it for the first time, I decided I liked the Piano better because I couldn’t play my favorite song on the Melodica because it only had two octives, and I needed four.

All in all, I think you'd enjoy the piano because the capabilities are very big. Plus my dad says once you learn the piano, everything is cake from there. (I don’t necessarily agree) Though I do think I want to learn the Violin... ^_^

Violin - piano solos sound so damn dull after a while XD With violin you can get so much more variety of tone out of it!

piano. it'll help reading music and rhythm faster

I rather learn how to play the Erhu than the violin. I chose violin because the violin brings out the dramatic feeling in a music piece. For example: Love Hina Yakusoku. The introduction is both violin and piano, but since the violin is added, the makes it more sad, soothing, and sounds better with the piano.

I'd pick piano as well because I'm teaching myself how to play the dang instrument. I've played the flute over 6 years, and well, I'm sick and tired of playing it. The one instrument I really would love to play is the Cello. There's this one piece I really like and it only sounds good with the Cello, heck it's composed just for Cellos. :D

Violin hands down. Piano takes way too much coordination, with violin you just basically have to memorize where to shift how far to shift what kind of bow strokes to use. sounds more complicated, but once your really good good, even if you play unaccompanied it sounds good. like the song Symphanie Espagnol (no its not spanish), the solo is in violin but most of the hard and good sounding parts are solo and that song is amazing.

xspeed: are you talking about bach six suites, suite number 1 part 1 =P thats like the most famous cello song out there because it was played beautifully by yoyo ma. and if you want to play cello, make sure that you have more patience than learning piano because its a heck of a lot harder (in my experience)

I would choose the violin right off the bat. i've been playing for about a year now and when i look at a piece of violin music i can play the song in my head then with the small expeirence that i have i can look at a music sheet and not have to look at what i'm doing so if you are really doing what you like it is easy to pick up on it. i chose this instument a while ago cause it brings out the feelings deep down and you can share that with the crowd if there is one. it's jst like writing poetry. :)

I think she means specifically the Prelude to the first Bach cello suite, actually. It does sound pretty on viola, and guitar... and certain woodwinds. But it was written for unacompianied cello.

I need some violin solos without piano/orchestral backup, because most solos sound pretty but incomplete when played without the background sounds. <_< Darn Mozart.

Actually, I think that violin takes at least as much coordination as piano, having played both for several years each... just a different kind. On the piano, both hands are doing the same thing, but both hands are doing very complicated things at the higher levels. On the violin, you don't have to move your hands in such different ways, since you're technically just going back and forth with the bow, but there's so much more to it than that. Articulation is the hardest thing to learn on the violin. That's where the sound comes from; your left hand isn't as important once you know sort of where to stick your fingers. When you get into the higher levels, you have to pay so much attention to the bow because if you use even one joule of energy more or less than is neccessary, you sound like crap.

I would choose the violin right off the bat. i've been playing for about a year now and when i look at a piece of violin music i can play the song in my head then with the small expeirence that i have i can look at a music sheet and not have to look at what i'm doing so if you are really doing what you like it is easy to pick up on it. i chose this instument a while ago cause it brings out the feelings deep down and you can share that with the crowd if there is one. it's jst like writing poetry. :)

Hm... Sounds a lot like a piano to me. :coolio:

After reading all of these posts, I'd say pick whichever is more convenient for you...

- Piano: A little bit more difficult (in its own way. ;) ) but you'll never regret learning it.

- Violin: A little bit easier to learn but has its own style that no other instrument can duplicate.

It all depends on what kind of music you like and want to play. Piano can play pretty much any kind of music you want, unless you want that original and classic sound that you can only get from a Violin.

Well, good luck with whichever you choose! :)

well i play both, but i prefer the violin cuz i've played it longer