#Midi Keyboard buying help

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dusty torrent
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I’ve been wanting a midi controller for awhile now, and I think I’m ready to look at seriously buying one. I have a few questions before I do though.

How would I go about learning how to play it? I don’t have the money to buy lessons mostly since I’m too young to get a real job. Are there free lessons online? If there are what are some good ones?

How would skills playing a midi controller transfer over to a real piano? Id love to be able to play the real piano eventually too, but idk how different it is from more digital stuff

What size/brand should I get? I want to be able to use it for awhile and make a lot of different genres since I’m still sort of deciding what I want to make. I currently have a few hundred dollars, but I can save longer if higher quality keyboards are worth it

Sorry for all the questions, hopefully I made sense. Thank you!

floral thorn
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gotchu bro, midi keyboards imo are js like regular keyboards n the only difference is some keyboards have weighted keys n stuff like that, i think the best way to learn is by looking up how to play (xyz) genre style keyboard and you can learn chords n all that fun stuff, midi controllers also dont have to be by midi plus, most standard keyboards have the ports for you to connect it and use it as a midi so if youre worried about skill transfer just get a regular keyboard like a casio, size is dependant on what typa music ur gonna play and brand is about your budget but midiplus has really good smaller keyboards and casio and yamaha are good all around

trim ibex
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To answer your questions:

  1. You do not need to buy lessons, there is so many free lessons online. I can't think of any off the top of my head though.
  2. Midi controlers are based off of pianos so skills would definitely transfer over. Finger placement, theory, etc. If your goal it to play real piano, I would recommend getting a midi controller that is modelled more like a realistic piano with weighted keys
  3. If you want to learn real piano I would highly recommend a full 88 key controller, because that is what a real piano is. The two best budget keyboards like that would probably be either the m-audio hammer 88 or the studio logic 88. Both are about $500, weighted keyboards are more expensive but I recommend saving up for one if you want your playing to transfer to real piano.