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C-Rex
Lollipop Lord

C-Rex
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 visit C-Rex's website: The Norn Nebula
  12/29/2011

I got a keyboard for Christmas, and I have learnt to play a few songs, including 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star' (I haven't learnt the chords yet though). I was wondering if someone could point me to somewhere I can learn a bit more how to read sheet music, and I would also like to learn a few more songs, namely the Creatures Adventures Theme.

Also, a bit off-topic, I found out in the credits for the game, Spore, that Peter Chilvers (the guy responsible for the music in the Creatures series) was involved in the game's soundtrack.

 
Dishonest

Dishonest



  12/29/2011

I suggest the Simply Music program. I probably won't be able to explain it better than its website (which can be located by googling "simply music" ) but it is a relatively new music program that operates under the philosophy that every human being is naturally and profoundly musical, but these musical talents are often not allowed to grow because of the archaic way music is taught.

Learning how to read sheet music does not come for a while in the program. This is far more natural than learning how to read music before understanding the instrument, rather like trying to learn how to read and write before knowing how to speak.

The website supports a "find a teacher in my area" system which is limited to Australia, America, Canada, and New Zealand. If teachers are unavailable, there's a DVD series you can take home and use to learn.


There's also a program called Synthesia, which is purely used for learning pieces. It does not help you understand the instrument at all. However, it is quite useful if you more or less know what you're doing and only want to learn some specific pieces. It's a little bit like Guitar Hero. It's difficult to explain, but a hasty google search should be able to give you the general idea. I believe it is free to download, but searching "*insert song title here* Synthesia" on youtube has quite a high chance of finding the video there to learn from.


Out of interest, how large is the keyboard and what is its polyphony (number of notes that may sound simultaneously) and does it have other voices (instruments) than the piano?

 
C-Rex
Lollipop Lord

C-Rex


 visit C-Rex's website: The Norn Nebula
  12/29/2011

I don't know what the polyphony is I'm afraid, but it is a Yamaha keyboard and has around 100+ voices, including saxophone and xylophone.

Here's a picture of my keyboard in case you're interested.

 


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