Thinking about renting a keyboard/piano

[espio100]

So a while ago I wanted to play an instrument and wanted to do sax. Well I never got arround doing it. But I always wanted to play an instrument. SO I tought, damn piano sounds p neato.
Anyways I have to option of a 100 euro Casio ctk3200

or a 50 euro Casio CT655 wich is missing "an adapter" (adapter for what exactly?)

Both have 61 keys, the 100 euro one seems to be in a very good condition tho.

And I cant buy an acoustic piano because my room is too small. Or I can buy my friends wing piano for 18K quids
He has like 2 of those tho.

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[espio100]

Okay so apperently the "adapter" is the adapter that powers the damn thing
100 euro ones I guess.
Looked up how to read notes on the web tho so eh. stuffs hard yo.


But I think making music with just the tips of your fingers is absolutely wonderfull.
Ive tried allot of sports and got bored of them withing the year. Tennis, Swimming, Gym in general, Basket so im not sure if the same thing happens with piano. I dont want to spend a hunderd bucks on something I might use for only a few months. I do want to, but i dont know if I actually can and just give up.
What do you guys think?

[mod-man]

id forget a man who knows how to play a saxophone

as would anyone, i feel like. if i had to pick between piano and saxophone, id pick saxophone

[Donnies Catch]

id forget a man who knows how to play a saxophone

as would anyone, i feel like. if i had to pick between piano and saxophone, id pick saxophone

id pick guitar

[espio100]

id forget a man who knows how to play a saxophone

as would anyone, i feel like. if i had to pick between piano and saxophone, id pick saxophone

But imo the sounds, the combinations and music you can produce with it sounds absolutely amazing.
Sax sounds awesome too, I know but its more for jazz n stuff wich isnt really my style.

[carolcat]

Okay so apperently the "adapter" is the adapter that powers the damn thing
100 euro ones I guess.
Looked up how to read notes on the web tho so eh. stuffs hard yo.

it'll come with practice. i used to not be able to read notes, then i could only read treble, then i could read treble and bass, and now i'm fluent in both because i'm a church organist/pianist and you just have to be a quick sight reader.

music stores usually sell sheet music books for piano for pretty cheap. thrift stores typically sell them for under $1 (i've found a bunch of organ sheet music for $0.10 - $0.25)

but yeah it takes a lot of practice. around when i first started, i'd spend up to 3 hours practicing on a pipe organ

[Daswiruch]

the only good type of sax is bari sax

[SetGaming]

id forget a man who knows how to play a saxophone

as would anyone, i feel like. if i had to pick between piano and saxophone, id pick saxophone

really? saxophone players are usually really weird, from the people I met

and being a saxophone player, myself, still think this is a true statement


OT: pick piano, man. you can sing to that stuff and it looks much more impressive than playing six keys with your drooly lips

[espio100]

it'll come with practice. i used to not be able to read notes, then i could only read treble, then i could read treble and bass, and now i'm fluent in both because i'm a church organist/pianist and you just have to be a quick sight reader.

music stores usually sell sheet music books for piano for pretty cheap. thrift stores typically sell them for under $1 (i've found a bunch of organ sheet music for $0.10 - $0.25)

Apperently its "easy to learn" but "hard to master"
But reading the treble thing with every boy does fine and the face thing confuses me. Like they both have an E. If the E from every goes 2 spots next to middle C (for example), where the hell does the E from face go? like wat.
As for books they are stuff expensive in the local bookstore. Well every book is. I mean I dont want to spend 20 bucks for pieces of paper with instruction wich I can most likely find online.

[Daswiruch]

the face thing is unnecessary and you'd be better off just memorizing the positions of the keys by groups and knowing to where they correspond on sheet music

[carolcat]

Apperently its "easy to learn" but "hard to master"
But reading the treble thing with every boy does fine and the face thing confuses me. Like they both have an E. If the E from every goes 2 spots next to middle C (for example), where the hell does the E from face go? like wat.
As for books they are stuff expensive in the local bookstore. Well every book is. I mean I dont want to spend 20 bucks for pieces of paper with instruction wich I can most likely find online.

the way i learned was learn the scale and then figure out a reference note and work from there. when i learned bass, my "reference notes" were C and G: i'd remember where those two notes were and "counted" up or down the scale to the note i was trying to find. not very efficient, but eventually you'll outgrow using that when the scales become a second language to you.

the face thing is unnecessary and you'd be better off just memorizing the positions of the keys by groups and knowing to where they correspond on sheet music
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p much this

[mod-man]

aint a damn thing wrong with being weird

saxophones just have a loveier sound imo. i love jazz tho so i appreciate both instruments. they both sound great in their own ways

[espio100]

the face thing is unnecessary and you'd be better off just memorizing the positions of the keys by groups and knowing to where they correspond on sheet music

O really
Well maybe its handy in the beginning to know the letter on the sheet and you will probably start to memorize them automaticly
How do I know when its a black note tho? Nevermind, these have like a bar thing above them. or whatever its called No they dont, what?

I also contacted the lady selling the paino if its still available

[Daswiruch]

How do I know when its a black note tho?

G sharp (#) is the black note to the right of G and its just the note with the # symbol next to it
G flat (b) is the black note to the left of G and its just the note with the b symbol next to it

a sharp is one half step/semitone above the note that it's altering
a flat is one half step/semitone below the note that it's altering

[SetGaming]

aint a damn thing wrong with being weird

saxophones just have a loveier sound imo. i love jazz tho so i appreciate both instruments. they both sound great in their own ways

sounds good, man. I like jazz, too.