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| Helix ⑨:
So the thing is, I barely have any hobbies. I don't really want to do a sport because I can't enjoy doing the same game every time, I also have no interest in competitive play you would see in for example, soccer. So making music seemed like an obvious choice to me and I always had interest in playing piano. I know I've got some sort of talent, my dad can play bass, guitar and some piano (probably more to) and he said I could easily play piano back when I was a kid. The fact that there are so many beautiful touhou piano pieces just makes me want to play even more. Now obviously I won't buy an actual piano, but a keyboard instead. It produces the same sound, plays the same and it's a lot more convenient. Since my birthday and christmas are coming up it would work financially to. There are 2 problems however: 1. I am oblivious to the world of musical instruments. I have no diea what I should get (there's so many!) or how costly it is. Any suggestions on actual hardware or perhaps special functions some boards have which are useful (or the opposite) for beginners? 2. I don't know how to play piano at all. I can slightly remember how to read notes from middle school, but I can learn that quiet quick. I don't want to take lessons either, how hard would it be to teach this to myself (using guides on the internet and perhaps books)? I am positive that a lot of you can play piano and should be able to help me a bit :derp: |
| Furienify:
Dude, what. I'm getting a musical keyboard for Christmas for these eerily similar reasons. :V |
| Helix ⑨:
:D Great minds think alike. Are you getting something expensive? I figure you could either buy a quality one for a lot of money immediately or buy a cheap-o one first to learn it a bit and then a better one once your good. But ofcourse that last option is more expensive |
| Furienify:
--- Quote from: Helix ⑨ on December 06, 2010, 10:59:51 PM ---:D Great minds think alike. Are you getting something expensive? I figure you could either buy a quality one for a lot of money immediately or buy a cheap-o one first to learn it a bit and then a better one once your good. But ofcourse that last option is more expensive --- End quote --- Our price range, at max, is $150. My mother claims to have found a few keyboards that come with stands and headsets included in that price range; I figure that so long as it works and produces at least a decent note, it'll be fine to learn with. It's best to start cheap to see if you're willing to devote yourself to a higher level of playing, I figure. Then again, I don't have the keyboard in my hands quite yet, as I don't know if I'll be getting it before or during Christmas. She could totally switch it up between then and now, possibly buying a more expensive one and paying over time. |
| Drake:
You don't absolutely need to learn to read sheets, but it's very useful and will help you in learning pretty much everything else. Theory, while boring, is also very useful; especially for new players that aren't little children i.e. can actually read and understand what you're being taught. If you aren't taking lessons, I heavily advise learning some theory. Why certain notes go with one another, scales and how they work, chords, rhythm, DYNAMICS, etc. As for keyboards, I would really suggest getting one with weighted keys, but it isn't necessary and usually those go over your price range. What you definitely need though is a keyboard with "properly" sized keys. People who don't know music seem to like to buy keyboards made for babbies for some reason. Probably because they're cheap (however are feathers and will break and have terrible sound etc). Buy a keyboard. |
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