The Clavinova and P series are very nice as they offer the real piano feel but they cost at least $1,000.
The DGX305 only has 76 keys but that will still let you play the vast number of songs ever written.
If you practice every day for a year reward yourself with an upgrade to the P series or Clavinova.
Also, buy a single piece of sheet music and work on that song seperately from your lessons. Get something you really want to play and set reasonable goals. Just playing the first few bars well will let you know you are making progress.
If after a year you decide keyboards are not for you, you can sell your DG305 for about 70% of what you paid for it fairly easily.
Hi,
you should start like 7 years old kids do.
so go to your bookstore and ask for something like piano for begginers,i am sure they have something like that.
Just be patient and don't rush anywhere,because piano plying is very delicat thing and takes time.
Pay atencion on your hand and yourfingers.don't stiff it.
go slow,note by note and don't neglect legato.
Another thing,you have to understand how real piano works,so find a piano,open it and explore it.
i how they teach kids in schools,because i also work in a music school,so if you need help,mail me!
Jovan
The craft of piano playing
Ok, I don't know much about pianos. I think I have a Yamaha U3 or something like that, but I've been playing for about eight years...
Only I used one of those tiny electric keyboards for about three years and I'm not doing too badly...
Get something cheap when you first start off, if you're not sure how long you're going to stick with it.
And there are heaps of books in those music shops (Billy Hyde etc etc) for beginners, but you might want to consider actually getting a teacher, because it's going to be hard to tutor yourself when you get up in the higher grades.
But when you're first starting off you can probably teach yourself.
Get the Hanon virtuouso pianist exercises - I think they come in about sixty exercises and they're really good for warming up and developing strength (says the one who has the least finger-stamina in the world...)
Oh, also, you should consider getting a basic knowledge of music theory. It's boring and I hate it, but I think it really helps my understanding of music, and you'll need it anyway, just to know how to play things.
I recommend the Dulcie Holland series - start off from the very beginning and work through each book systematically.
Good luck!!
There is this store in Fremont where I get my piano books from. They have all sorts of books from beginner to advanced. When I get the name of the store I'll reply again.
Hanon, The Virtuoso Pianist is a great book for fingering. It does a really great job helping technically. It helped break my bad fourth, and fifth finger.
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