The guitar and piano seem like the two most widely-used instruments. Is that because of their resonance?
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The piano (and keyboard instruments in general) were always popular because of it’s versatility to play any genre of music. The piano was particularly suitable in romantic and classical periods of music since it had a wide range of dynamics. And because of it’s popularity in history, playing technique was adapted as genre and musical tastes change. It’s was also everywhere, if you were a venue, you had a piano.
Versions of the guitar were popular for a longer period of time, but it was either used for folk music, or played chords or rhythm in an ensemble. It was too quiet to be the main event. There was one major tech development that allowed the guitar to become popular: electric amplification. Players could be heard in an ensemble, which limited their ability to get loud. Rock and roll, and rhythm and blues started becoming popular genres of music, but they required loud guitars. The technology just wasn’t there to do that cleanly so they would crank their amps to become distorted, this created a very exciting performance and people seemed to love that sound. As guitar became more popular, people started adopting it to other genres that are popular, and so guitar is used in a lot of different music and is become one of the most popular instruments to play.
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