#midi keyboards

[nightinghoul]

I have a midi keyboard, and I'm learning to play a little bit on it.

I've always wanted to play an instrument. My sisters got piano lessons growing up, but I didn't. I'm the youngest, and right when I was that age you might start any sort of lessons, my parents divorced, and then my mom was single and poor, and life was too chaotic.

I've tried all kinds of instruments over the years. I have enough musical background (from being a choir kid) to understand them a little, but struggle with my fine motor skills and coordination.

Last year, I decided to try the keyboard. Because of the type of learner I am, a midi keyboard with light-up keys seemed best. The built-in songs were crap, so I went online to find out how to find and play songs from apps. Sources I ran across said I would have to settle for the built-in songs to light the keys, and anything else I could connect midi for feedback on my playing, but that was it.

I started using an augmented reality VR app that overlaid virtual light up keys over my actual keyboard. That was going okay, but wearing the headset while playing was a bit of a pain, and I couldn't practice without it. I couldn't stop to look at what chords I was playing, write them down, and practice outside of the program.

Yesterday, I found out you CAN set up the keyboard to light up with the music on the app called Synthesia. So, now I'm doing that. It's fun! At the very least, I get the sensation that I'm playing, and maybe I'll develop some muscle memory.

My problem now is that I have carpel tunnel syndrome in my right hand. After playing for a short time, my hand gets cramped and siezes up, and it's very painful. I think I also have a pinched nerve.

Aside from that mess, I'm enjoying myself. The piano feels intuitive to me. Sometimes I play around on it without the lessons, and I just listen to each note, hear out the differences between how a space between four notes vs a space between five, or listen to the emotional tone of major and minor chords. I don't know the words for any of these things, but it's better for me to feel it out and then get an explanation down the road.

As for whether or not I will really have any talent, that remains to be seen. My track record with musical instruments is terrible. But my track record for continuing to try is pretty good. 😁

[ariyan24]

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[garytrevino22]

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[poliodeuces]

saburo day !! my favourite buster bro !!

[jfk-blown-away-blog]

Cleared off my work table yesterday and part of that was moving my midi keyboard and Roland mt 120 into my room. Hooked it back up today and came up with this spur of the moment. Gas mask just felt right to wear for this song.

[mellotronmkll]

Wverytime I sit down at a computer to make music I get so scared

[sarasa-cat]

Hm. Readjusting placement of things on my computer desk for better ergonomics and ability to SEE my monitors without eye strain and discomfort when working on my graphics tablet as primary view/workspace.

And now I need to rework all the wiring.

But not today.

I suspect this whole week will be a game of micro adjustments.

[redwinesupernova]

tiny little piano cover of wife by mitski. just chords :)

[mortal-ghost]

got the ableton live free trial and i am Living

[rmidgamesyt]

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - Death Egg Zone [MIDI]

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[cultreslut]

Arturia MiniLab 3 25-key found on Facebook Marketplace

[kirbychar]

I want to make musicc i want to write/make a song 😵‍💫

[graevs666]

tryna make music w zero knowledge of music is sooo hard. i mean from what I’ve done so far I’m still proud, but I’ve got such a long way to go 😭 i just wanna be good now !!! so far it’s been described as haunted house and funeral music LMAO

[nukaposting]

at this rate i'm just going to start audio recording my keyboard and make the music that way. for the time being

[jfk-blown-away-blog]

Casio CTK-491 found in a dumpster.

Pulled this out of the dumpster, cleaned it up, popped in some fresh batteries and it works great.

[gnosk]

Very interesting to me that, for all that I've heard mixolydian get stereotyped as the "goofy" mode, and even given that it is a brighter mode than anything I typically work with (I like my minor thirds too much man)... now that I'm sitting down and noodling around in mixolydian, everything I'm coming up with is SO SAD. much sadder than anything I usually work with. and obviously tonal darkness =/= sadness but like. I thought this was the slapstick mode man