I didn't see a stupid questions thread anywhere so I'm making an entire thread
Is buying a super cheap keyboard a waste of money? I mean they can easily cost between $150 and $2000 and I'm not exactly wealthy so I'm leaning well toward the $150 end. I won't be doing anything professional, I just want to finally learn an instrument.
Also 61 key or 88 key. Does it matter that much?
>>65298899
>61 key or 88 key
Doesn't matter that much.
Go to a music store if there's any nearby, ask some employee to help you pick a keyboard, try some, pick whichever you like. I haven't played for about 10 years and have no idea if the new cheap ones are good, but I'm pretty sure they won't be terrible.
>>65298899
actually if you just want to play piano and are a poorfag buy a used midikeyboard with minimum 61key ( i got all 3 of mine for 20 to 40 bucks each, you cant resell a midi controller for much money ). And sample piano sounds with a DAW. ( for ex. Ableton samples or whatever click and drag shit ).
>>65298899
Check out what is available near you second hand as well.
Not OP here, but I've been wanting to play classical piano on a digital piano for some time. My budget's around 450 dollars. Any recs?
>>65299095
if you really want to learn specifically classical piano spend enough money to have the perfect weigh that suits you on your keys. And I wouldnt really care about the prerecorded sounds on it since you can have high quality grand piano note by note samples for free that you play via MIDI ( with a soundcard if you want to avoid latency )
Would there be enough players and discussion to warrant a /piano general/ on this board?
Does piano feel like the cuck instrument to anyone else? That's my vibe
i bought a cheap secondhand yamaha 61 key not too long ago and i really like it. i have an amp and a couple of nice modulating effect pedals i can use to make the tone sound more like i want it to. i would definitely get something better if you can afford to but anything with 61+ keys and touch sensitivity is enough.
also if you're able to make the space for one, get an acoustic piano. you can get them for no more than a low-mid range keyboard.
>>65299156
i hope so. that would be really tight. i have a lot more to learn with piano than guitar.
>>65299286
Let's start one! Just piece together some beginner info, call it /pg/ - Piano General, and keep posting threads until it catches on!
I'm considering starting playing my old Casio dust-catcher again after all the years (and I'm pretty sure that sentence wasn't correct grammar-wise)
Post a nice picture in the OP, copy /gg/'s layout and there it is
>>65299316
This is the last version of a pasta that someone was working on:
Post resources and suggestions for best gear to buy.
Beginner Piano Resources:
>"Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course Level 1 (All-In-One C
>http://profile.pouria.net/AlfredsPianovol1.pdf
>http://www.pianopractice.org/book.pdf
>Fundementals Of Piano Practice by Chuan C. Chang
>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUyDmNalB0rjP2anw_332rs8-oJMapOMU
>LessonsOnTheWeb YouTube Channel
Basic Piano Chords:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y01jIorpeA [Embed] [Embed]
Triads
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tbK2jtVRM8 [Embed] [Embed]
Seventh chords Part 1
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLhbK9g8yyE [Embed] [Embed]
Seventh chords Part 2
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLDRWDI-m3w [Embed] [Embed]
Extended Chords (9ths, 11ths, 13ths)
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OmqeihOXD4 [Embed] [Embed]
Altered chords
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQsxM5LPrwc [Embed] [Embed]
Suspended chords
For composers:
>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL341D841389B2FEC7
>ArtOfComposing YouTube Playlist "How To Compose Music" (it's a classical approach and good for pianists)
Music theory:
>https://www.basicmusictheory.com/
One of the best sites for everything on chords, keys, scales, and the relationships between them all
>https://www.youtube.com/user/Rhaptapsody
Michael New's YouTube Channel
Notes
http://www.sightreadingpractice.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?sight&dpt=s&layout=full&r=w.s/&id=31026325146&cr=1
Jazz:
Mark Levine's Jazz Piano Book. Anyone have a link or a better book suggestion?
NOTE: Can anyone provide resources for non-classical players?
88-key weighted-keys pianos under 1,000
http://www.kraftmusic.com/digital-pianos-and-keyboards/home-pianos/?bundle_product=No&key_num=88&limit=50&price=1%2C1000
For workstastions:
Generally, Korg, Roland, Yamaha, or Kurzweil will serve you well
Budget pianos:
Used Privias will serve you quite well. Keep suggesting
Synths:
We need more info on synths.
>>65299535
That's great! I think that it's absolutely enough for now.
Will you start the thread?
Piano player here.
If you really want to play the classical piano literature I strongly suggest a real piano, maybe some practice room with one in it. A digital piano is a poor substitute.
If you just want to feed MIDI signals into your computer any keyboard with MIDI function will do, no matter how cheap.
If you want a digital piano anyway, take one with weighted keys. I think, you should at least spend around 300 for a used one and 800 for a new one.
>>65299711
I can
>>65299736
this guy is just beginning. i dont think he needs the whole ensamble just yet. its really impractical for some people to have a real piano. i got a 61 key retro sounding keyboard from goodwill and i love and practice on it.
>>65299792
I disagree, at least if you're laning to play some tunes someday using all the possibilities of a piano. If you start with a digital one you won't get a feeling for the sounds a piano can create.
In this ITT: poorfags
And... we are live:
>>65299889
>>65299915
Thanks, mate. Hope it catches on
