Key Aspects Of Beginning Keyboard Education

By Chris Channing

Those looking for a new pastime or hobby would do well to remember the benefits of learning the keyboard. But getting started out on this tough instrument will deter many new keyboard players away from becoming experts in their own fields of music. To help speed along the process and enjoyment, following a few guidelines would be in the musician's best interests.


Having fun at the keyboard is something to remember when the frustration of learning musical notes and timing kicks in. To help remedy the situation, it's best to get a few musical sheets of one's favorite songs or artists, and learn how to play them. After all, artists and certain songs often inspire younger musicians to pick up a keyboard in the first place,


Learning how to get the perfect listening ear for musical notes is one of the highest sought skills in keyboard playing. This is because anyone who can learn how to play by ear will essentially be able to hear a song and play it just from listening to it! This also serves great purpose for when the keyboardist with the perfect ear wants to record their own music into tablature. Thus, it's a good idea to try and learn by ear as well as through reading notes.


Timing and rhythm are vastly important to the success of a keyboardist. Timing and rhythm can both be learned by obtaining a metronome, which is just a device that ticks or beeps based on different timing measures. It's best to use such metronomes while reading sheet music, preferably of music that the keyboardist enjoys so that proper timing can be observed.


Next, it's good to try and use both hands where applicable. Even when one hand can be used to play multiple notes close together, it's good to use two hands to simplify the action and to help learn placement at a quicker pace. This way, less attention will be put onto trying to find keys with a certain hand, and more attention can be put on reading sheet music that most keyboardists require for learning.


As a last word of advice, it is important to have more fun than anything. Often times when a keyboardist makes multiple mistakes, he or she can do so without the listeners actually being able to tell a difference. This fact helps keyboardists relax, since they know that striking every key precisely isn't vital to having a great show for an audience- since most of the time they won't even be able to tell the difference!


Closing Comments


Keyboards are wonderful instruments that have brought the intricacies of the piano to modern-day industry. Learning the keyboard can be just as tough as learning the piano, but through technological instruction, the process is much more simple in design. Obtain a metronome, some sheet music, and some professional advice if funds permits. Above all, have fun!

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