Does it matter if you learn and practise piano on a keyboard?
bobziekins asked:
I’m starting piano soon, we’ve only got a yamaha keyboard though and we don’t have enough room for a big piano. Is it ok to learn on a keyboard? It has touch sensitivity settings.
I’m starting piano soon, we’ve only got a yamaha keyboard though and we don’t have enough room for a big piano. Is it ok to learn on a keyboard? It has touch sensitivity settings.
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Well.. of course the key board has more touch sensitive keys… but the key layout is the same.. plus the keyboard has different ‘voices’ as you will know.
My guess would be that you can practise on a keyboard but make sure you occasionally do have a go on piano so you don’t get confused with the sensitivity of the keys! HyperSmurf147
Interestingly,our boy has been learning to play for quite a while.
He also has a Yamaha keyboard but has a Grand Piano function button,so the keyboard functions exactly like a piano.
However,he now has upgraded to a piano that has the full set of keys. Private
It is definitely okay to learn on a keyboard. That’s what I did! Live 4 Him
yes for sure. you are learning how to find notes and fingering right now. as you learn more you may want to invest in something larger (you really don’t have to, its all personal choice) but for now you are going to do just fine with a keyboard. The joys of music are not limited only to can own a large piano it is for everyone. play on!!! Randall C
It will do but it isn’t ideal!
I am a pianist and there are many reasons for what I say.
1) There are 88 keys on a piano (usually), and a keyboard only has 61 or 66 (can’t remember which off the top of my head)
2) The FEEL of the keys is different. Keyboards use a flimsy key system instead of the piano which has heavy keys – on stage pianos and digital electric pianos these are known as “weighted” keys and is why they cost more and are heavier than a keybaord.
3) The sounds on keyboards aren’t fantastic.
It’s ok to start with but once you get more advanced you need to get either a piano or a digital piano/stage piano/pesonal piano.
May I recommend the Yamaha P-140. I have one (as well a Yamaha MM6 and a couple of other keyboards and a real piano) and the sound on it is fantasitc and it FEELS great. It has something known as “Graded hammer effect” which is on higher end keyboard. This means that, like on a real piano, the ones at the bottom are more weighted than those at the top instead of “graded hammer standard” which is the same all the way. You can pick them up cheaper now than when I got mine I think I saw one for about £500/£600 which is a really good investment.
Happy playing and if you have any questions then ask! Tom
The keyboard is quite different to the piano,
amyy;].
But i dont think it matters because we only had a keyboard
when i started playing the piano 2 years laterr we bought one.
Im on Grade 5 now and sometimes use the keyboard in stead of the piano
yeh it does. you wont get the same effect, plus you need to learn to pedal.
its okay up to grade one really, but dont get used to it.
you need to pedal later on and it’lll feel totally different, so as soon as a piano is available, go for it! gnashhh
sometimes keyboards dont have weighed keys so its a shock when you play a proper piano Alex J