Sometimes I hear covers or acoustic versions of songs that are normally played by:
* Rhythm guitarist
* Guitarist
* Bassist
* Drummer
* Keyboard person (pianist?)
And usually the the singer is the rhythm guitarist (in the bands I’m familiar with).
When one of these songs is played by just one person with one instrument– like a piano cover for example, I am not music-savvy enough to know what parts of the original song would be included, excluded, or changed in some way.
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The pianist have two hands with five fingers each. Even the feet is used on the pedals to mute or unmute strings. So he is able to play all the same notes as all the guitarists and bassists play at the same time, at least the most important notes. The drummers part however is to be dropped although some of this can be included in the rhythmic piano section. A piano cover will usually sound weaker then a full band, not only because of the missing percussion but also because a single pianist is not able to play all the notes that a full band will be able to. This does however create a nice calm version of the song which in some circumstances can sound better then the original.
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