gam@amdahl.UUCP (G A Moffett) (12/13/86)
comp.sys.mac readers: I noticed someone else had posting something
about Macs and composing. I am asking a similar but different
question:
I have decided to learn to play the piano. Actually I'd like to start
with an electric piano for portability reasons. I already have
a list of expectations:
MIDI interface
Must have as complete as possible emulation of a piano:
Full-sized keys
"Wide" range
Multinote chords (up to 8 notes at once, minimum)
It would be nice to have:
up-/down-loadable memory (possibly via a MacPlus?)
Pedals (volume and sustain?)
What "wide" means: I realize that I am not going to be carrying an
88-key keyboard, but I would like to have available the range that
"most" music falls within. At this point I would like to learn to play
a lot of Bach, Beethoven and the Beatles ("the three B's" -- sorry, I
haven't learned much of Brahms yet).
Now, I am using this keyboard to learn to play the piano. The
Full-size key requirement is so that as I learn to play on it, I can
easily transfer to a real live piano -- at least as far as the keys'
size.
I would rather do this for a "few hundred" dollars rather than a few
thousand, but I'm willing to listen to any suggestion. From what
I've looked at so far, $1000 seems to be a reasonable ceiling to
fulfill my criteria.
It might be nice if this keyboard could at least simulate a
harpsichord as well as a piano; but I am not terribly interested
in its diversity in this regard, for now.
I also have an Interest in using my Macintosh Plus with the
instrument. So far I have been transcribing music to it via
ConcertWare, which is fun and rewarding (my Mac can sing works of
"the three B's", among others) but not sufficiently educational. I
am expecting to use some of this music for practice -- or goals of
practice!.
Mac users: I understand there is a Midi ConcertWare. What can I do
with that, with regards to learning to play the piano?
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