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Can i learn the keyboard / piano on a 49 key midi board and how?

Hi all ive got a un-used 49 key midi keyboard that i was brought for my bday in April.. i was going to use this to produce music via cubase however this never took off.. im really interested in using it as a normal keyboard IE learn music and how to play songs. can this be done with it not being full sized?(only 49 keys) and also do i need to be able to read music to play and what could you guys and girls recommend for learning IE and dvds, software etc any help would be grand. thanks. Scott

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    You can learn on a 49 key piano look for a website call pure lessons the url is http://www.purelessons.com/songs.php

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Learning on a keyboard for the first few months is definitely ok. I started playing piano when I was about 7 or 8 years old, and I started on a TINY keyboard, which fit my small fingers well...I think it only had about 3 octaves or so...then for the next few years I played on an electric organ that was still small (probably around 61 keys, I don't remember exactly), then when my parents figured that I was going to keep continuing, we found a cheap piano. So although I do not like playing on keyboards now, it is ok to start on a keyboard until you seriously know that you'd like to purchase a piano. I've been playing piano now for about 15 years, went to college for piano performance (I have my Masters now), so I'd say that learning on a keyboard is not a handicap at all..I turned out fine and I'm sure you'll do great! Depending on the method in which you learn piano, you will not need all 88 keys at first (unless you learn with the Pace Method, but even with that a 61 keyed keyboard would work fine). Good luck! :-D

  • 5 years ago

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