Comments on: What is the best piano for beginner?

By: Sang K

Sang K — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:36:59 +0000

Difficult to get 88 hammer action keyboard at that price range. Maybe you can get one used. Any piano with 88 weight key hammer action is good for first 5 – 10 years or so. After that, you will need to either go with baby grand or grand because speed of action would not fast enough.
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By: toutvas bien

toutvas bien — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:31:59 +0000

ok before you buy!!! it should have weighted keys so you can get the feel of a piano and learn how to be expressive and not just push buttons ,,,, unlike some of the other teachers here … I think starting with a DVD/CD-Rom is okay but you will need a real live teacher at some point in time and relatively soon after you start depending on hard you actually work at it …. DVDs CD-Roms books website courses can't show everything and NOTHING!!!!! can replace a teacher moving the wrist …. straightening or curving a finger into its proper position …. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING can replace that
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By: doofy

doofy — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:16:59 +0000

I am learning on a digital piano from the price range that you state. I'd go for it if I was you. You'll get a range of sounds(organ, strings..), compactness (save on space) and modern electric pianos sound pretty good as well.

There is no reason not to begin on this instrument. Seems to me that the only objection made so far is based on bigotry and snobbery. Not everyone is in a situation to pay for tuition. And because someone else has learnt by a tutor- this does not mean that it is the only effective way.

I am using a DVD too. This is also advisable. Why is a teacher implicitly necessary? There is a lot of interaction involved with most computer CD-ROM piano courses. Get some midi leads too. Then you can connect it to the computer, and a lot of programs give feedback on your practice/performance.
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By: tm99

tm99 — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:55:59 +0000

forget about playing the piano if you are not willing to get a teacher. Any of those dvd crap is just waste of money!!!
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By: Alejandro

Alejandro — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:14:59 +0000

By a Yamaha
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By: mamianka

mamianka — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:40:59 +0000

I have given this answer a LOT this summer. We own a Steinway grand – and five electronic pianos/synths. Last purchase for gigs is a M-Audio 88sx. Less than $400, & decent sounds. Weighs 17 pounds (which is why we bought it – our big old Roland that does everything except wash dishes weighs 26 pounds. Those nine pounds make a difference when you are moving things 4 times a day (out of house, into gig, out of gig, back in house). 88 keys – semi-weighted, adjustable action (velocity curve).

BEST ADVICE?? Get a teacher. Reading and watching DVDs is NOT going to work. Seriously – what you spend in junk and TIME, you could spend on lessons.
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Professional classical musician, teacher, competition judge.

By: pianopiazzolla

pianopiazzolla — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:06:59 +0000

I'm a purist. Invest in a good used piano, not a keyboard. Especially a good used Baldwin Acrosonic. Only spinet that has same length of strings as a grand.
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