Q. I am looking to buy a cheap keyboard. I already have a piano, but it is of poor quality. We got it for free a few years back and I am not too fond of it now that I am playing pieces with more complex chords. I would like to purchase a keyboard with weighted keys that is no more than $175. I know the price is going to be hard to find, but that's my budget.
How limited would I be with a 61-key? A 76-key? Does anyone know where I may be able to find cheap keyboards of good quality online?
I will not be playing on this keyboard alone, my piano is fine for most pieces, but some chords sound awful and I strongly dislike the feel of the keys. I cannot get a new piano, and I am going to college in a couple years, so a keyboard would be great to have anyway.
Thank you!
I have no idea how to work this site, so this is me attempting to respond to Max Name's answer.
By complex chords I meant a lot of jazz chords and some other chords. I am not too advanced, but my piano teacher likes to choose pieces with very odd chords because he finds them intriguing. They are, but the sound is bad on my piano :/
I don't usually go too far up into the higher octaves on my piano, but sometimes I go lower on the bass end. Do you know how far the bass end would extend to on a 76-key? I won't exclusively be using the keyboard, so I could most likely go without some keys. I am starting to lean more towards a 76-key.
Tony B,
Yes I have had the piano tuned. It didn't help much and it only held the tune for about 2 months. The guy said there is probably something broken in it.
The keys are very very tough to press down, they don't always make sound, and more.
I would never recommend a 1964 Whitney spinet. Just saying.
A. Hey! Totally depends on what you're playing. You mention complex chords and such, so I'm going to guess a pretty high level. I would definitely advise going for a 88 key keyboard as it has all the notes that a real piano does. You'll find songs where you'll have to go all the way up to the top and the bottom of the piano, and if those notes aren't on your keyboard, you'll find it very discouraging and it'll throw the whole song off.
It's hard to find an 88-key for under $175. I bought a Casio PX-130 88-key piano for about $250 on Amazon two years ago and it works beautifully. If you have any questions shoot me a message and I'll try my best to answer ;)
how to be a better piano player?
Q. Im an intermediate pianist (check youtube for apprenticepianist) but lately its been harder for me to learn new songs. I normally take quite long to learn a piece as my sight reading is terrible and I have to read the notes really slowly to learn just a part, I normally struggle more with the bass clef, but I still struggle with the treble sometimes e.g with ledger lines or chords. I wouldnt mind literally relearning the piano but I have no idea where to start.
A. If you are still struggling with reading music, then you really should not put any labels on yourself about ability, like *intermediate pianist* - just say your are learning piano. You need a very good teacher - degreed and certified - who can assess your strengths and needs, and then assign you work based accordingly. It might be that your reading skills are connected to a small deficit like dyslexia - do you also struggle with reading text, or numbers? Or were you just never correctly taught? If you are already feeling lost, then do NOT try to fix this alone - get the finest teacher you can find - and do no expect that you will have to sing up for tons and tons of lessons. I teach all ages and abilities, and often get "bucket list" students - seniors who never had the time or money before, or know that they were poorly taught - and NOW they want to do this right. My husband also has 2 students now who are very smart kids - but have subtle learning disabilities, and want to learn - correctly - and have a great deal of determination to do this. This does not mean that they need to be pressured, corralled, constricted, or prevented from playing what they like - it just means that they need someone to assist them in doing it correctly.
We are hardly unique - there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of fine teacher just like us - and betcha there are some near you. Ask the head of your local school music department, who they advise. Do not assume that the stoner at the local music store is going to be good, just because they look lenient - they just might be jaded or bored. A good teacher is worht every dollar - and poor teacher is a waste of every nickel.
In the meantime, there are zillions of theory programs online that will help you with reading. There are also zillions of TERRIBLE, short-cut, mistake-laden things on YouTube - and right now, you cannot tell the difference, so stay away from them. Make a few calls - you will be glad you did - and the human interaction is the BEST. Sight-reading is a learnable skill -I wrote my MM thesis on this topic, decades ago - and should not be scary, but just a part of your musical life, like scales. We all do this - we all learned at some time - so can you. Write back after you have made some progress - it is always great to hear from successful students.
Guitar players who know chords...help me find the chords this song is played on?
Q. i like this song called A little soul by Pete Rock...its a soul/hip hop music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrIhZPAAcjI
i like the main riff by the piano(0:22-0:28) and I want to play it on my guitar
Can you guys tell me the chords of the main riff?
since piano and guitar are basically the same
A. Try Chords! Online at http://chords.fm/online/web
Just upload mp3 file with that song and site will produce chords for it
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