It's like arguing if a piano sounds better when played by one or two people at the same time. It's just different. Hard to argue that the solo pianist is "better".
interesting analogy. there will, of course, be things the two-player mode can produce because there's more fingers on the piano keys. I can not physically play 15-20 keys with my two hands, but two players easily could. And... it probably sounds 'better' in some regards - richer/fuller/etc. But... it's going to take a lot more practice for people to work that close together physically. There aren't, AFAIK, a lot of piano pieces written specifically for two players - but that may be more a function of my limited knowledge vs something inherent in piano music.
Except in this case, it's like one person playing while another person talks to them about what they're playing. In a purely instructional context, sure. In a performance context, it sounds crazy.
In fluid pairing the driver and navigator are constantly switching roles and bouncing off each other. Based on another message above where you said:
> No, one person is doing things, and another is watching and talking while the other person is doing things.
I just don't think you're fully understanding the process, which I'm not surprised (and don't hold it against you) about because it's very nuanced.
In the piano context it's less "I'm going to explain to you what I'm playing right now" and more "What do you think of this chord, does it harmonise well with what you're doing?", "I think maybe changing it to a minor chord would help", "oh, can you show me what you mean?", "yes play the first few notes and I'll do the last one so we can see what it sounds like together". It's a back and forth to progress the whole.
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Huggernaut|4 years ago
> No, one person is doing things, and another is watching and talking while the other person is doing things.
I just don't think you're fully understanding the process, which I'm not surprised (and don't hold it against you) about because it's very nuanced.
In the piano context it's less "I'm going to explain to you what I'm playing right now" and more "What do you think of this chord, does it harmonise well with what you're doing?", "I think maybe changing it to a minor chord would help", "oh, can you show me what you mean?", "yes play the first few notes and I'll do the last one so we can see what it sounds like together". It's a back and forth to progress the whole.