How can I learn to play the piano again?

Question

I received piano lessons about 10 years ago when I was in school. I am now in college and considering learning to play again. Obviously, buying a piano isn't really feasible. So, would buying a cheap keyboard be a good alternative. Would I be able to learn the basics again (and hopefully advance) on an electric keyboard?

OK, so what kind of features should I be looking for?

Answer 1

I bought a cheap keyboard from Radio Shack reduced from around $200 to $100 and have fun with it using it for Karaoke. It can generate chords from your right hand and then you just play a few notes with your left and it sounds good.

Of course it sounds fine for practicing. When I was young I played bongo drums and took violin lessons but didn't continue the lessons since I was much more interested in sports. Now I regret it but the point of this is that I am taking drum lessons and really enjoying it.

Since I live in Puerto Rico, I am learning how to play a lot of Latin Jazz along with Rumba, Salsa, Merengue, etc. with the rock and jazz that I already knew.

Answer 2

Play scales, arpeggios, and technical exercises, work on some of the pieces you've already learned starting with something simple and work your way up. As you do that, you will see where you stand now, and can pick up from there. If you want to take lessons again, first get an idea of how well you can play now, and tell the instructor what you can do and what you need help in.

Answer 3

you can buy a helluva nice upright for around $400. then belly up to the bar. and as far as electric's, ive only seen a few that were perfectfully warm. most electric keyboards are to perfect, equating to only playing by yourself, because, you couldnt play along with a guitar,bass etc, unless they tuned to you.
now this creates the problem of their instrument not being perfect, so it will not play right. From experience i know that most guitars, even when when warmed over by a good setup person will not chord true when tuned to an electric piano.
ive found a few that will play nicely with an acoustic or a scaled fret instrument. I wont go into it, except the cheapest ive seen them is $1200 roughly and i was hoping to leave with it for slightly less.
an old upright that is tightened will tune to your ear as well as to an imperfect reference. and as far as tuning by ear, its like a timing light, the tuning fork is only a reference point. first step after timing an engine is to drive it to check for ping and performance. first step for tuning a piano after tuning(that is "jethro bodine") is to start chording. you'll notice most pianos dont have a perfect harp or wishbone("jethro bodine"), so using perfect reference points create harmonic imbalance in the damned thing. this is due to not being able to adjust the intonation for the machine.
what i do is to tune perfectly, but to tune the keyboard in 2 planes, enabling me to play with just about anything close to being in tune.

Answer 4

Yes! one of my friends did, he can play piano better than me now! He played 4 2 years, but he started at 6, stopped at 12, then began again at 18... but yea... you can do it! all it takes is commitment and time... but just a litte!

Answer 5

i benn taking lessons for about 8 years now. i would definately tkae lessons again. so many people have told me that they regret quitting. A keyboard is fine, but make sure you one with enough features to be able to learn on. One girl who i taught lessons to had a keyboard but she was unable to play loud and soft. she could only play one volume so make sure you get a fairly nice one.
Good Luck!

Answer 6

ye totally go for it or you may regret it in the future!!

get a keyboard and practise and make sure u dont give up easily and it will pay off. you made the right decision to take it up again.

p.s. im only on grade 3!! =O lol

good luck =)