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What about touch sensitive keys instead? Both the Casio and Yamaha models I picked out have them.
It's not quite the same. They don't have the resistance weighted keys have.
What about touch sensitive keys instead? Both the Casio and Yamaha models I picked out have them.
I know it is not a piano I'm looking to learn other then learning the basics, but picking up how to play a wider range of music.Weighted keys are important for piano only, but they're a drawback for nearly everything else. E.g. I have a mid-range KB and I didn't want weighted KB even though there were plenty in that price range. If I get serious about piano, I'd probably get a 2 keyboard setup...
I know it is not a piano I'm looking to learn other then learning the basics, but picking up how to play a wider range of music.
Maybe I reading to much into this, but it seems that I can do plenty with 61 keys starting out and that will last me a long while before I need anything more.
Plenty since I'm on disability, and getting bored out of my skull.How much time do you have?
I went through a stretch in my life where I practiced anywhere from 5-6 to 8-9 hours a day. Of course that was violin, not piano.
Weighted keys are important for piano only, but they're a drawback for nearly everything else. E.g. I have a mid-range KB and I didn't want weighted KB even though there were plenty in that price range. If I get serious about piano, I'd probably get a 2 keyboard setup...
Thanks, how hard is it to pick up basic piano?Just going by advice from a pro keyboard player buddy. He tells everyone to learn piano before moving to organs/synths.
Thanks, how hard is it to pick up basic piano?
Thanks. That will be the first thing I'll start with.It's actually pretty easy because the keyboard is laid out logically, and you're forced to learn how to spell scales. The hardest part is learning to make your two hands do different things. I'm a guitarist and picked up enough to play a song or two in a couple of weeks.
Thanks for the tip. I read that when I was looking up how to begin. Which is why is why I'm more inclined to get the Yamaha YPT-360 kit from Amazon over the Casio CTK3500 one since it does come with the bench.Protip: learn good posture, get yourself a bench, and don't push yourself too hard. You can really fuck up your arms/hands if you don't have good posture. Curve those fingers, use the weight of your arms, and don't be afraid to move up and down the keyboard with your body (hence the bench). Bending your hands in weird ways to hit notes is a great recipe for tendinitis.
Thanks. I might get one if I need something better then what comes with the Yamaha YPT-360 kit that I'm looking at.I like this one, I have two of them: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Bench--on-stage-stands-kt7800-deluxe-by-style-bench
I like this because it can go higher up than a lot of other ones I've tried, which depending on your mounting situation, is helpful to have.
My dad played accordion professionally and that's what I played for the first ~20 years of my life. Neither of us learned to play piano first, and I'm still poor as a piano playerJust going by advice from a pro keyboard player buddy. He tells everyone to learn piano before moving to organs/synths.
What is your opinion on Touch Sensitive Keys?My dad played accordion professionally and that's what I played for the first ~20 years of my life. Neither of us learned to play piano first, and I'm still poor as a piano player
Real accordions aren't weighted, so using a GHS keyboard is counter-productive. Violin, brass instruments, organs, synths, they're all awkward to play on a weighted keyboard.
I just wanted to point out that weighted keyboards are a trade-off - better/more natural when being used as a digital piano, and actually worse for nearly everything else. There's a reason we have expensive non-weighted KBs like Tyros 5, Pa4X - it's not always a welcome feature.
What is your opinion on Touch Sensitive Keys?
What about lighted keys? Would they help? Or is this only for kids?For piano it's not as interesting other than being louder, but you can get some really great depth to your sounds with touch sensitive and aftertouch equipped keybeds. It's most noticeable if you're playing synths. For example, you can get more or less out of your active LFO by how hard or soft you press the keys, which allows for more dynamic playing. I like aftertouch for synth as well, which you can bind parameters like vibrato or delay to, so after the key is pressed down, if you don't lift again and push harder down, it will trigger effects/embellishments.