Comments on: Is it okay to learn piano on a digital keyboard? http://www.lessonsforpiano.org/is-it-okay-to-learn-piano-on-a-digital-keyboard/ Your guide to finding lessons for piano and learning to play the piano Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:03:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: gnashhh http://www.lessonsforpiano.org/is-it-okay-to-learn-piano-on-a-digital-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-3850 gnashhh Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:51:05 +0000 http://www.lessonsforpiano.org/is-it-okay-to-learn-piano-on-a-digital-keyboard/#comment-3850 you should be okay to start, but eventually you will nedd a piano. you need a piano as it will have weighted keys and pedals. you need these once you get to certain levels and grades. good luck =] you should be okay to start, but eventually you will nedd a piano.
you need a piano as it will have weighted keys and pedals.

you need these once you get to certain levels and grades.

good luck =]

]]> By: ? http://www.lessonsforpiano.org/is-it-okay-to-learn-piano-on-a-digital-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-3849 ? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:04:42 +0000 http://www.lessonsforpiano.org/is-it-okay-to-learn-piano-on-a-digital-keyboard/#comment-3849 The digital piano you have should be just fine for learning the basics. Take advantage of the built-in learning features it offers. From what I could tell by the description the keys of this instrument are not fully weighted. This means that they will not feel like a real piano. What you can learn on your keyboard is basic fingering, chord patterns and limited expession. What you are missing is the full, rich expressive sound of a real piano and foot pedals such as sostenuto and incremental damper control. Your sustain is on or off but on an acoustic piano you can get some in-between effects. The other thing you do not have is a full 88 key range. This will probably not be an issue unless you are playing certain classical pieces written for the piano. The digital piano you have should be just fine for learning the basics. Take advantage of the built-in learning features it offers.
From what I could tell by the description the keys of this instrument are not fully weighted. This means that they will not feel like a real piano.
What you can learn on your keyboard is basic fingering, chord patterns and limited expession.
What you are missing is the full, rich expressive sound of a real piano and foot pedals such as sostenuto and incremental damper control. Your sustain is on or off but on an acoustic piano you can get some in-between effects. The other thing you do not have is a full 88 key range. This will probably not be an issue unless you are playing certain classical pieces written for the piano.

]]> By: oceanmermaid2008 http://www.lessonsforpiano.org/is-it-okay-to-learn-piano-on-a-digital-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-3848 oceanmermaid2008 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:01:58 +0000 http://www.lessonsforpiano.org/is-it-okay-to-learn-piano-on-a-digital-keyboard/#comment-3848 ABSOLUTELY--A KEYBOARD FOR LESS THAN A 100 BUCKS. MAKE SURE IT'S GOT MORE THAN JUST ONE SCALE OF C. TWO TO 3 1/2 OCTAVES ARE GOOD ENOUGH. DON'T NEED 88 KEYS, BUT BY THEN YOU'RE READY FOR AN UPRIGHT PIANO. BUY USED PIANOS AT THE THRIFT STORES. TUNING THE KEYS COSTS ONLY 50 BUCKS AND USED PIANOS ARE 100 BUCKS TO 350.00. MY UPRIGHT COST $5,000 ON MY DAD'S CREDIT WHEN I WAS 13. B4 THAT, I PRACTICED ON PAPER DIAGRAMS OF ONE OCTAVE OF MIDDLE C. NO KEYBOARDS, NO PC'S, NO IPOD'S. I HAD TO REMEMBER WHAT THE PIECES SOUNDED LIKE, NOTE BY NOTE UNTIL I HAD MY PIANO. MY PIANO WAS GONE BY AGE 32, WHEN WE HAD TO MOVE AND MY LANDLADY TOOK IT. CHOOSE A KEYBOARD WITH MED. KEY RESISTANCE. NO NEED FOR ALL THE BELLS-AND-WHISTLES ON A SYNTH. THE AMOUNT OF THE KEYS IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR PIECES LIKE BEETHOVEN/BACH/MOZART/TCHAIKOVSKY. GO TO PLACES LIKE BORDERS OR LARGE MUSIC STORES THAT SELL INSTRUCTIONAL BOOKS. THEY'RE AROUND 14 BUCKS. ANYTHING PRICIER IS NOT REALLY WORTH THE TROUBLE. MUSIC SHEETS FOR MODERN PIECES LIKE INDIVID. POP/ROCK SONGS ARE ABOUT $4.00/SONG. GOOD LUCK. ABSOLUTELY–A KEYBOARD FOR LESS THAN A 100 BUCKS.

MAKE SURE IT’S GOT MORE THAN JUST ONE SCALE OF C.

TWO TO 3 1/2 OCTAVES ARE GOOD ENOUGH.

DON’T NEED 88 KEYS, BUT BY THEN YOU’RE READY FOR AN UPRIGHT PIANO.

BUY USED PIANOS AT THE THRIFT STORES. TUNING THE KEYS COSTS ONLY 50 BUCKS AND USED PIANOS ARE 100 BUCKS TO 350.00.

MY UPRIGHT COST $5,000 ON MY DAD’S CREDIT WHEN I WAS 13. B4 THAT, I PRACTICED ON PAPER DIAGRAMS OF ONE OCTAVE OF MIDDLE C. NO KEYBOARDS, NO PC’S, NO IPOD’S. I HAD TO REMEMBER WHAT THE PIECES SOUNDED LIKE, NOTE BY NOTE UNTIL I HAD MY PIANO.

MY PIANO WAS GONE BY AGE 32, WHEN WE HAD TO MOVE AND MY LANDLADY TOOK IT.

CHOOSE A KEYBOARD WITH MED. KEY RESISTANCE. NO NEED FOR ALL THE BELLS-AND-WHISTLES ON A SYNTH. THE AMOUNT OF THE KEYS IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR PIECES LIKE BEETHOVEN/BACH/MOZART/TCHAIKOVSKY.

GO TO PLACES LIKE BORDERS OR LARGE MUSIC STORES THAT SELL INSTRUCTIONAL BOOKS. THEY’RE AROUND 14 BUCKS. ANYTHING PRICIER IS NOT REALLY WORTH THE TROUBLE.

MUSIC SHEETS FOR MODERN PIECES LIKE INDIVID. POP/ROCK SONGS ARE ABOUT $4.00/SONG.

GOOD LUCK.

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