undefined | Better HN

0 pointsghostpepper2y ago0 comments

Playing the piano and playing music with a 25-key mini keyboard controller are both laudable goals but that doesn't mean they're the same thing.

0 comments

brudgers2y ago

It doesn’t mean that people don’t mean, playing a 25 key mini keyboard when they want to learn to play the piano, either.

It just demonstrates the way in which people gatekeep music.

ghostpepperOP2y ago

There's a middle ground between the MPK mini and a steinway. You can get a used Yamaha P-series keyboard with 88 full-size, fully-weighted keys for a few hundred dollars. It won't fit in a backpack but it also won't teach you bad habits _if your goal is to learn to play the acoustic piano_.

If your goal is to learn music theory or produce music or anything other than learn to play piano, the mpk is fine. No gatekeeping here.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 comments

brudgers2y ago

It doesn’t mean that people don’t mean, playing a 25 key mini keyboard when they want to learn to play the piano, either.

It just demonstrates the way in which people gatekeep music.

ghostpepperOP2y ago

If your goal is to learn music theory or produce music or anything other than learn to play piano, the mpk is fine. No gatekeeping here.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse