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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 3534395" data-attributes="member: 115">I re-read my post, and I think I came off as a little mean and condescending, so I thought I'd elaborate.First off, I'm no virtuoso piano player.  I was a music major (music composition) for two years though, and I've been playing instruments or since I was ten or so, so around seventeen years.  My main thing is brass and vocals, with a good helping of drums mixed in.  That said, I did have to learn to play a bit of piano, and sadly I haven't kept up with it as much as I should have.Casio keyboards are very cheap, and that's because they don't replicate the actual piano experience much at all.  In fact, many of them don't even have a full eighty-eight keys, which is important.  Additionally, the keys aren't pressure sensative.  That doesn't sound like it's very important, but it really is, because that's how an actual piano's dynamics (volume) are handled.Playing piano isn't particularly hard, per se, though it does take some getting used to.  What it does require is patience and time.  A metronome helps too.  At first, all you're really going to be practicing is scales, chords, simple songs, and getting adjusted to your fingers and hands doing different things at once.  Honestly, that's pretty boring stuff.  However, those are the basics.  Aside from developing muscle memory and technique, you'll also be learning the basics of music theory.  Knowing how to read a staff, knowing where notes are, knowing key signatures, the different types of chords - that's all very essential stuff.  If you know that, it becomes a lot easier to pick up a piece and play it through pretty well even if it's the first time you've seen it.On the subject of practice, I really do recommend practicing at least an hour a day.  I realize that isn't always possible, but if you can manage just an hour a day practicing, and not missing too many days, you'll make pretty good progress.</blockquote>

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