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I've got a 25, 2 61's, and a 88 (and a 73, but that's my Rhodes); one of the 61's is out of commission right now. I use the 25 quite a bit actually. So for someone who doesn't really play piano and is just writing lines, it should be fine. Now if you really want to play, a 49 will not cut it; it simply doesn't have enough range. To play something like this, you'll need at least a 61...Quote:
Originally Posted by photojojo
I'm taking piano lessons with a bunch of kids (6 yr olds)
MPK25
Poly 800
Alesis QS8 (my fave... 88 weighted keys without the piano size)
The freedom associated with being able to read music is incredible... like a whole new language.
Get a book or two on music theory
I also would like to learn how to play the piano. Does anybody recommend this by using GarageBand, or are there more preferable ways to do it? I would prefer learning it through software, internet or books, because that way I can decide whenever I want to work on it.
Best choise taht fits your need is : http://synthesiagame.com/ ....piano HERO !! its real !!
oh lawdyQuote:
Originally Posted by Kh3MiC4L
a fun and free approach to learning piano...
http://synthesiagame.com/
Kind of like guitar hero and piano lessons put together... comes with heaps of "classical" piano tracks/lessons... u can load in whatever midi tracks you want, even in the free version, so say you wanted to learn the final fantasy 7 theme song, you could find the midi file, download it, and import it to learn it. you can set different dificulties of the same song so like Easy - 1 hand basic notes /Medium 2 hands - basic notes Hard 2 hands - all notes, choose the speed of the song to play at your own pace... and you can play it with any softsynth/plugin you have on your computer, so if you wanted, you could play bethooven with a supersaw synth... but by default it just uses a basic piano sound.
if you buy the full version, which is cheap anyways... it teaches you about chords, scales and all that, you can learn to read sheet music with it and theres heaps of other neat options with it aswell, like for instance you can set the song to stop playing if you make a mistake until you hit the right note/notes. its not quite as "traditional" as getting lessons, but its free for the lite version, and if you like it, the full version really does offer a lot of insight into music theory. id reccomend it highly, try out the demo and see if u like it.
haha didnt see someone already posted it... synthesisa FTW!!!