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> 88 Keys? 61?, What size keyboard is good for learning?
xparrot
posté mer. 24 sept. 2003, 19:27
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I'm on the verge of purchasing a MIDI keyboard to learn how to play the piano.

My question is, how many keys do I need to learn? A piano has 88, so I lean towards that. But there are 76 key, 61 key and 49 key controllers.

Which would be a good one to learn on for someone who has never played before?

I found this software for OS X that will be available soon:
http://www.floridamusicco.com/pianokeyboard.htm

What other hardware will I need to connect the MIDI keyboard to my computer.

I have(or will have as soon as it delivers) a dual 2Ghz G5 with 2GB of RAM

Thanks in advance for the help with this.

-Kirk

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xparrot
posté ven. 26 sept. 2003, 04:44
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Both the Fatar and the StudioLogic have "full-size semi-weighted keys" according to their identical descriptions.

Is that weighted enough? The Korg Triton looks nice, but having never played the piano before I'd rather not spend that much money for something I may end up not using.

The G5 and the monitors I will use daily. I work on a Mac all day long.

-Kirk
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- xparrot   88 Keys? 61?   mer. 24 sept. 2003, 19:27
- - Synthetic   well a 61 note keyboard will probably be fine to l...   mer. 24 sept. 2003, 21:11
- - JamesIII   I don't think the G5 has midi in/out. It does...   mer. 24 sept. 2003, 22:59
- - formatj   You may want to consider a weighted keyboard i.e. ...   jeu. 25 sept. 2003, 00:13
- - xparrot   Thanks for the help. I know that the 61 key keyboa...   jeu. 25 sept. 2003, 21:54
- - Synthetic   dual 23" monitors too? uhhhggg you are killin...   jeu. 25 sept. 2003, 22:11
- - xparrot   Knowing absolutley nothing about keyboards, do you...   jeu. 25 sept. 2003, 22:24
- - xparrot   Actually, the more I look at the StudioLogic and t...   jeu. 25 sept. 2003, 22:41
- - lync4495   First I would tend to believe that if you are only...   ven. 26 sept. 2003, 03:34
- - Synthetic   weighted keys is nice... fully weighted is like pl...   ven. 26 sept. 2003, 14:49
- - xparrot   Thanks, Synthetic. That's a good idea. I...   ven. 26 sept. 2003, 17:01
- - Synthetic   cool... yes we like to see a run down of your fina...   ven. 26 sept. 2003, 20:50
- - lync4495   As far as I know semi-weighted keys don't use ...   sam. 27 sept. 2003, 00:18
- - xparrot   I ordered the teaching software but haven't pu...   mar. 30 sept. 2003, 17:43
- - xparrot   Here's the photo I promised: Office Photo -K...   jeu. 16 oct. 2003, 07:09
- - Synthetic   sweet... you finally got your G5 eh and now your c...   jeu. 16 oct. 2003, 14:02
- - xparrot   Still need to learn to play the piano keyboard, bu...   jeu. 16 oct. 2003, 15:02


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