Quick
Look at Musical
Keyboards
My
Music Keyboard
Story
Taking your
music to the max might include
playing the keyboard instead of a
piano. Here is a story to
start.
I am in a
family of string instrument
players, so musical keyboards are
not all that highly regarded. I
didn't really even discover
keyboard music until I moved out
on my own. My family would
sometimes listen to classical
music, and a little bit of
accordion would slip in now and
then, but basically they didn't
really respect anything that
didn't use a plectrum.
They
certainly didn't get into
electronic music or any of that
modern stuff. They were really
pretty traditional
people.
My
Synthesizer Craze
When I got
on my own, however, I realized
I'd been missing out . I watched
Suspiria with a friend and was
completely blown away by the
soundtrack Goblin did. I had
never heard early analog synth
before, but the music of Goblin
got me thinking about the
possibilities of electronic
music.
It was like
a new revelation to me. You can
make pretty much any song you
want to with the right
synthesizer equipment. I
immediately resolved to get
started with musical
keyboards.
Some
Keyboard History
The first
musical keyboard I got wasn't
much to look at. It was a very
basic MIDI model that was meant
to interface with a computer. It
was kind of old and
weather-beaten, and the keys do
not have quite the right feel,
but it was still a pretty good
beginners model. It was touch
sensitive so that I could use it,
along with my computer, to get
pretty much Any effect I
wanted.
How to
Learn Musical Keyboard
Options
Of course,
learning music keyboards is a lot
more difficult than just admiring
them. I was fortunate to have
picked out one of the better
musical keyboards on the market.
If I'd been a little bit less
discerning, I would have ran into
more problems.
Keyboard
musicians who play classical
music should make sure to have a
touch sensitive keyboard,
full-sized keys, and a big enough
octave range to work with. If
your keys are too cramped, your
keyboard does not include touch
sensitivity, or you don't have
enough range, you will have a lot
of trouble really learning the
ins and outs of music.
As I was to
soon discover – sometimes
the older, less fully functional
musical keyboards have a lot to
offer. The vintage analog sound
is possible to reproduce, but it
is very difficult. If that is the
sound you're looking for, you
will do better just to get an old
analog keyboard and port it
straight from the source.
Now that I
am learning to play, I have owned
several musical keyboards, and
some of my favorite instruments
are the antique pieces. Let's go
to the music room and play a
tune.
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