I used to play the guitar when I was in elementary school. Nothing too special, just the Major and Minor chords and only a handful of 7ths. I never had a book, I learned from my father who also used to play the guitar at a school. I could even pluck some Spanish style songs at one time but as I got older the guitar got neglected and I moved onto hip hop production using MPCs and DAWs. I started dabbling on the piano but nothing ever sounded good, I used the keys mainly for MIDI input. It wasn’t until I came to Japan and met somebody from one of the US Military bases here who showed me how to play chord progressions with no theory. I quickly picked up this method but decided to learn theory anyway for that extra push. This really helped me in constructing Neo Soul and R&B type chords.
Now I have a modest background in Piano theory and would like to pick up a guitar again and try and transfer some of my piano / keys knowledge onto the Guitar. I understand that it won’t be easy at first, especially playing some of the 9ths and 11ths I do so easily on the piano. However having experience on one instrument I believe will help to accelerate the learning for another instrument.
I just need to try it to find out what kind of obstacles there will be. It’s the voicing on a guitar which I am interested in.
One of the biggest obstacles with the guitar would be the fact that I won’t be able to count keys and intervals to find scales / chords like I do on the keyboard. However the more I play the guitar, the more I should get used to discovering methods how to transition from chord to chord.
I believe it doesn’t matter what instrument you start on, learning a second is always much easier once you have gotten to grips with at least one instrument and know some decent theory.
I play both around the same level. Whichever you learn first. The second one is always easier to learn or pick up.
With guitar(vs keys) for soul , you are going to focus more on chord fragments and implied harmony. I have a great system for neo soul guitar. Hit me up if you want to exchange ideas. I’d love to collaborate on some tracks. Love your sound.
Sorry for the delay the reply. She I’ll hit you up.