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everyone i say this to seems to disagree with me, but i maintain that the guitar is easier to play melodies on than the keyboard, at least for me
it's something about finger and hand co-ordination i think, having my left hand walk around in two dimensions to get the intervals right, and having my right hand play things, that feels right. with keyboard that's all on one hand and i struggle a lot with key changes
the two-dimensional nature of the fretboard makes intervals easier to remember and key changes less disorienting
what i can say for sure is it's more satisfying. this might just be because strings are fun, it might be because the guitar is more expressive, it might be because even the simplest thing engages both hands, i don't know, but i it'll be hard to be motivated to learn keys again
not to mention that, in many cases, once you've learned how to play a particular melody in one position on a guitar, you now can also play it in like four other ones without changing your muscle memory, and so you get instant tonal variety. tone is in your fingers!!
note to self learn guitar chords at some point,
@hikari You've probably already figured out D through experimentation.
It's a great starter chord and if you only focus on the 3 fretted strings, you can move it up & down the neck, try variations by changing the fret position of only one of the 3 strings, etc.
Really powerful stuff imho.