Termyn8or
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tahmina is right, just playing it is a physical act.
Much different than simply a keyboard. After I get wailing on that thing my hands feel like they've had a workout.
Actually mine was bought for someone else who was going to pay me back but then lost their job. I'm glad in a way. I'm glad I got stuck with it. I was trying to buy a cheap one off my boss, no weighted keys or anything. When this came along I thanked him for refusing to sell it. He gave it to his grandkids. Yup I actually thanked him for keeping it when I told him about the Previa.
Anyway, my Parents gave me a very firm grip on things. If born into a different clan I would not be what I am today, but now, at 47, I wish they had encouraged me to play a musical instrument. I guess money was at issue, but my Grandmother was dirt poor and found a way to get me Mother an accordion. Later I took it apart and couldn't put it back together. Same way with the olman's hifi.
Ha, one of these days this Previa is going to break and I'll get a chance to take it apart. Knowing what I know now I can imagine how it is designed, so I'll wait. When I was a kid I would've taken it apart the first day.
I sort of miss why you don't start with a really cheap one. When the kid says "It's not the same", it's time for at least a Previa, or maybe the more expensive Yamaha model.
My buddy comes over and plays it from time to time, and uses other voices and effects. I wonder why. All this time and trouble has been devoted to making this thing look, feel and sound like a real piano. I didn't want an organ. I call this a piano, and I am glad I got duped into buying it. Not too long ago I noticed that I no longer suffer from the symptoms of carpal tunnel. I have a theory on that mentioned in another thread.
For a few years I actually refused to even listen to music, it cleared my mind. But now I see something, that music is actually mathematics, and it is like mathematics without numbers. You see, math has nothing to do with numbers. Numbers only represent the concept. I kinda wanna say if your kid has trouble in math get them an instrument.
If your kid is gifted, or even normal, the curiousity should get them to start thinking about the structure of music. I mean why are the keys setup the way they are on a piano, likewise, why is the fretboard on a guitar setup the way it is ? In fact, if you are going to get the kid a piano, get a guitar too, I think this very beneficial to their development.
And if your UM is especially inquisitive, they might just ask "Just who the heck invented pianos ?", and be pondering why the notes are the notes. Well that is true math, with or without numbers. I know someone spent alot of time inventing the thing, I mean just imagine it, having the concept and making it really happen.
Years ago I read somewhere that in some parts of the world, their music could all be played on the black keys. Try it sometimes, it is hard not to make a valid chord hitting all black keys. Yup, they only had five notes per octave. I screw around like that sometimes but I don't want to make a habit out of it, it is too damn hard to play anything with it on the guitar.
Winter is coming, my neighbor Fuzzy is going to learn something on the bass. I (Terminator) will do the backup guitar, Baldylocks will play lead and Gaak/Sasquatch will be on the keyboards. Next year (I am going to bring this up soon) we will all drag our amps and shit out in the backyard and jam. Oh yeah, Scratch will be on the drums.
And Mom is not making us do it :-)
T
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