Is banjo harder than guitar

If you compare how easy it is to move fingers over fingerboard or frets, you will realize it is harder to work on guitar than banjo since banjo has fewer strings. The fact that guitar has more strings that are closer to each other makes it hard, especially for beginners, to pluck or strum a precise chord.

1. How hard is banjo compared to guitar?
2. Which is easier banjo or guitar?
3. Should I learn guitar before banjo?
4. Is banjo the hardest instrument to play?

How hard is banjo compared to guitar?

The guitar has more notes and finger athletics to master than the banjo. This will make it harder to learn the banjo than the guitar for some people. The banjo has fewer strings, which can make it a bit easier to play. If you're just starting out and the action is too high on either instrument, that'll make it harder.

Which is easier banjo or guitar?

Summing up, the banjo is just as versatile an instrument as the guitar, but for beginning players, it is by far much easier to get started playing.

Should I learn guitar before banjo?

There are common elements between both elements, moreso than between a cello and a flute for example, but there's absolutely no reason you should know guitar first. Experience with guitar would probably help to some degree with banjo, and experience with banjo would probably help to some degree with guitar.

Is banjo the hardest instrument to play?

The 5 string banjo is actually the easiest stringed instrument to get started playing.