Keys on a keyboard/digital home piano would I need to learned the piano
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How many keys to learn off of 88, 61, 54? I plan on playing the digital home piano really well so in 5 or 6 years I can go to the Cincinnati Conservatory. I need to learn to play, I need a keyboard and I need to know how many keys need to be on it before i get it!!!!!
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I think you’d be doing yourself a disservice by using any less than a full size keyboard. I would advise using a real piano too. A keyboard is generally a poor compromise.
Totally agree with Malcolm. If you start now and want to get to the conservatory in 5 or 6 yrs, then you need also intensive lessons and lots of practice as well. Good luck.
Get the 88… you don’t want to be learning a piece and then going @#$% not enough keys to play… lol. Also it doesn’t make sense to keep upgrading the amount of keys on your keyboard when you could just get the standard one to begin with.
First of all, get a full size keyboard.
Second of all, get a real piano if possible. (Or if you’re getting an electric piano, don’t get a Yamaha…I got a Yamaha and after less than a year, keys started to stick) But definately, if you plan on getting really good, I’d say to go for the real piano!
While you got good advice and 88 would be ideal, a 76 keys keyboard covers the vast majority of piano scores. Most pro keyboards other than digital pianos are 76 keys. So it’s not correct that 88 is "the standard keyboard". Only for pianos.
A 61 is definitely too short. A 54, no way.
Source: been playing 76 keys models for longer than I remember… and split into two or three patch zones!
You should always get a full key piano. I’m not sure how many keys are in the keyboard, but I can tell by looking. Anyways, you should try getting the full key piano. It is more authentic and professional. You will get a better experience learning the piano.
Oh, and if you’re getting an electric keyboard/piano, get the one with full keys. Some electric key boards are half keys. They are easier to press. That will mess you up if you play in a real piano.
I suggest getting an electric one as a beginner. Later if you are serious about playing the piano, I’d get a real grand piano.
I’m not a pianist, but I know music. One major difference between piano and almost all other instruments is that often you are playing several parts (1st violin, percussion, bass, etc) at once.
That gives the pianist much more insight into the music.
To study this aspect of piano, you don’t need all 88 keys.
Most etudes (pieces for learning piano playing technique) do not use all 88 keys.
By the way, now that we have a black president, playing on the black keys will be more in style. Brush up on your sharps and flats.