I am in a family of string instrument players, so musical keyboards are not all that highly regarded. I didn't really even discover keyboard music until I moved out on my own. My family would sometimes listen to classical music, and a little bit of accordion would slip in now and then, but basically they didn't really respect anything that didn't use a plectrum. They certainly didn't get into electronic music or any of that modern stuff. They were really pretty traditional people.
When I got on my own, however, I realized I'd been missing out . I watched Suspiria with a friend and was completely blown away by the soundtrack Goblin did. I had never heard early analog synth before, but the music of Goblin got me thinking about the possibilities of electronic music. It was like a new revelation to me. You can make pretty much any song you want to with the right synthesizer equipment. I immediately resolved to get started with musical keyboards.
The first musical keyboard I got wasn't much to look at. It was a very basic MIDI model that was meant to interface with a computer. It was kind of old and weatherbeaten, and the keys do not have quite the right feel, but it was still a pretty good beginners model. It was touch sensitive so that I could use it, along with my computer, to get pretty much Any effect I wanted.
Of course, learning music keyboards is a lot more difficult than just admiring them. I was fortunate to have picked out one of the better musical keyboards on the market. If I'd been a little bit less discerning, I would have ran into more problems. Keyboard musicians who play classical music should make sure to have a touch sensitive keyboard, full-sized keys, and a big enough octave range to work with. If your keys are too cramped, your keyboard does not include touch sensitivity, or you don't have enough range, you will have a lot of trouble really learning the ins and outs of music.
Then again As I was to discover sometimes the older, less fully functional musical keyboards have a lot to offer. The vintage analog sound is possible to reproduce, but it is very difficult. If that is the sound you're looking for, you will do better just to get an old analog keyboard and port it straight from the source. Since that fateful day when I started learning to play, I have had many musical keyboards, and some of my favorites are some of the oldest ones.
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