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What's the best way to learn piano via keyboard like a professional ?

by revskill 2y ago

rhizome31 2y ago
Take lessons with a piano teacher and practice a lot on your own.
- liotier 2y ago
  As a lazy synthdad, father of a piano virtuoso who makes fun of my musical clumsiness, I concur: listen to music, watch music being played and read about music all you want... It won't get you very far: music requires practice, practice and practice daily, even if just a little - and memorizing some scales and chords goes a long way too.
  - f1shy 2y ago
    Doing scales, chords and arpeggios can get you far enough, that people who do both know enough think you are a virtuoso. You can make a piano sound great (at least for no experts). But at the end practice is all cannot emphasize enough. Take simple music you really like and want to play to start and have motivation. Finding a good teacher is hard (at least it was for me) (s)he should be interested in the music you want to play, be ok with what you want to learn (some think everybody must be an orchestral pianist) and have a good repertoire of techniques for helping you.
    - liotier 2y ago
      > be ok with what you want to learn (some think everybody must be an orchestral pianist) I relate to that: I was inflicted a couple years of piano lessons as a kid, and hated every minute of it - because I detested the music that my teacher and my family considered appropriate. 40 years later, I stumble on electronic musics and realize I would enjoy making some - and I joyfully (and incompetently) began on that path, lately becoming ripe for some dry theory because I now value it. Each person is different though: my daughter always enjoyed the technical exercises for their own sake !
criddell 2y ago
When you say keyboard are you talking about a piano-type keyboard or a computer keyboard?
- revskill 2y ago
  Computer keyboard .
  - rhizome31 2y ago
    Oh OK my bad, I didn't get that. Seems like a strange idea to me. If money is the issue, you can probably find a decent second hand MIDI keyboard for a very reasonable price.
  - f1shy 2y ago
    Oh. Dismiss my message:)
  - itishappy 2y ago
    Don't. Computer keyboards are inexpressive. You'll be giving up the ability to modulate note velocity/volume, for starters. Get a cheap MIDI keyboard for a few hundred bucks. If instead of playing you're more interested in making cool sounds, I'd skip the keyboard completely and download a free DAW like Reaper, Ableton, or FL Studio. Whichever route you take, the secret is practice. It always is...
    - poulpy123 2y ago
      I think OP meant to use a DAW
    - criddell 2y ago
      > Don't. Computer keyboards are inexpressive. Constraints can be a great thing.
      - raincole 2y ago
        It can be a great thing. But it can't help you learn piano, which is what the top-level comment asked for.
hypertexthero 2y ago
So far for me this has worked well: 1. Choose a song you like and find out what chords are needed to play it. 2. Learn those chords and practice playing the song. Use a keyboard with weighted keys for best results. Refs: https://hypertexthero.com/piano/ https://hypertexthero.com/piano/ https://www.pianochord.org/ https://www.pianochord.org/ https://github.com/pianobooster/PianoBooster https://github.com/pianobooster/PianoBooster
raincole 2y ago
It has nothing to do with Synth though. Why not just start a HN Ask thread?

What's the best way to learn piano via keyboard like a professional ?

rhizome31 2y ago

Take lessons with a piano teacher and practice a lot on your own.

liotier 2y ago
As a lazy synthdad, father of a piano virtuoso who makes fun of my musical clumsiness, I concur: listen to music, watch music being played and read about music all you want... It won't get you very far: music requires practice, practice and practice daily, even if just a little - and memorizing some scales and chords goes a long way too.
- f1shy 2y ago
  Doing scales, chords and arpeggios can get you far enough, that people who do both know enough think you are a virtuoso. You can make a piano sound great (at least for no experts). But at the end practice is all cannot emphasize enough. Take simple music you really like and want to play to start and have motivation. Finding a good teacher is hard (at least it was for me) (s)he should be interested in the music you want to play, be ok with what you want to learn (some think everybody must be an orchestral pianist) and have a good repertoire of techniques for helping you.
  - liotier 2y ago
    > be ok with what you want to learn (some think everybody must be an orchestral pianist) I relate to that: I was inflicted a couple years of piano lessons as a kid, and hated every minute of it - because I detested the music that my teacher and my family considered appropriate. 40 years later, I stumble on electronic musics and realize I would enjoy making some - and I joyfully (and incompetently) began on that path, lately becoming ripe for some dry theory because I now value it. Each person is different though: my daughter always enjoyed the technical exercises for their own sake !

criddell 2y ago

When you say keyboard are you talking about a piano-type keyboard or a computer keyboard?

revskill 2y ago
Computer keyboard .
- rhizome31 2y ago
  Oh OK my bad, I didn't get that. Seems like a strange idea to me. If money is the issue, you can probably find a decent second hand MIDI keyboard for a very reasonable price.
- f1shy 2y ago
  Oh. Dismiss my message:)
- itishappy 2y ago
  Don't. Computer keyboards are inexpressive. You'll be giving up the ability to modulate note velocity/volume, for starters. Get a cheap MIDI keyboard for a few hundred bucks. If instead of playing you're more interested in making cool sounds, I'd skip the keyboard completely and download a free DAW like Reaper, Ableton, or FL Studio. Whichever route you take, the secret is practice. It always is...
  - poulpy123 2y ago
    I think OP meant to use a DAW
  - criddell 2y ago
    > Don't. Computer keyboards are inexpressive. Constraints can be a great thing.
    - raincole 2y ago
      It can be a great thing. But it can't help you learn piano, which is what the top-level comment asked for.

hypertexthero 2y ago

So far for me this has worked well: 1. Choose a song you like and find out what chords are needed to play it. 2. Learn those chords and practice playing the song. Use a keyboard with weighted keys for best results. Refs: https://hypertexthero.com/piano/ https://hypertexthero.com/piano/ https://www.pianochord.org/ https://www.pianochord.org/ https://github.com/pianobooster/PianoBooster https://github.com/pianobooster/PianoBooster

raincole 2y ago

It has nothing to do with Synth though. Why not just start a HN Ask thread?