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Show HN: A platform for remote piano lessons based on the Web MIDI API
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Re: Show HN: A platform for remote piano lessons based on the Web MIDI API
#22From what I've heard MIDI controllers are not good for learning piano. You really want weighted keys and a full 88 keys otherwise you won't learn the right habits or build finger strength. (I learned on a physical piano in person, so I can't speak personally about learning on a MIDI controller, but it sounds plausible to me.)
Most people don't have a place to put a Steinway, but you can put an MPK Mini MKIII and a laptop in a backpack.
And what comes out of the speakers is the only thing that matters.
Playing the piano means different things to different people.
Re: Show HN: A platform for remote piano lessons based on the Web MIDI API
#23From what I've heard MIDI controllers are not good for learning piano. You really want weighted keys and a full 88 keys otherwise you won't learn the right habits or build finger strength. (I learned on a physical piano in person, so I can't speak personally about learning on a MIDI controller, but it sounds plausible to me.)
i encourage everyone to get started on whatever device is most accessible. if you only have a 49 key midi keyboard without weighted keys, get started on that. just do enough to have some fun and see if this is something you'd like to continue. unless you are very serious about learning classical piano, better to build bad habits and correct them later than to allow this "88 key weighted keyboard only" gatekeeping to stop you from starting the journey
Re: Show HN: A platform for remote piano lessons based on the Web MIDI API
#24that is awesome. Thank you! I been wanting something like this to take lessons for a while.
Re: Show HN: A platform for remote piano lessons based on the Web MIDI API
#25From what I've heard MIDI controllers are not good for learning piano. You really want weighted keys and a full 88 keys otherwise you won't learn the right habits or build finger strength. (I learned on a physical piano in person, so I can't speak personally about learning on a MIDI controller, but it sounds plausible to me.)
The thing is, all pianos feel different. It's one of the downsides of the instrument is that you often end up having to play whatever piano is at the event (barring the aforementioned digital pianos that are portable).
If all you have is a digital keyboard, don't let that stop you for learning it!
Re: Show HN: A platform for remote piano lessons based on the Web MIDI API
#26that is awesome. Thank you! I been wanting something like this to take lessons for a while.
Appreciate it! I'd like to hear how it works out for you! I'm reachable at jeremy@keyboardconnect.com
Re: Show HN: A platform for remote piano lessons based on the Web MIDI API
#27From what I've heard MIDI controllers are not good for learning piano. You really want weighted keys and a full 88 keys otherwise you won't learn the right habits or build finger strength. (I learned on a physical piano in person, so I can't speak personally about learning on a MIDI controller, but it sounds plausible to me.)
It's not a big deal imo. I started on digital piano, moved over a few years to a real piano. The brain adapts quickly.
Re: Show HN: A platform for remote piano lessons based on the Web MIDI API
#28Do you have any recordings of how a digital piano sounds to the other side - like if a teacher wants to demonstrate how to play dynamics?
I'll get to work on a video demo! The app has a sort of piano VSTI running in the browser, so what you hear will be reliably reproduced on the peer side.
Did you write your own VSTI, or what did you use?
Re: Show HN: A platform for remote piano lessons based on the Web MIDI API
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'll get to work on a video demo! The app has a sort of piano VSTI running in the browser, so what you hear will be reliably reproduced on the peer side.
Did you write your own VSTI, or what did you use?
Wrote it myself. It's a javascript object that loads in all the piano sounds and manages the audiocontext. When the MIDI note/velocity/pedal state updates, a method on the object is called to play the sound.
Re: Show HN: A platform for remote piano lessons based on the Web MIDI API
#30From what I've heard MIDI controllers are not good for learning piano. You really want weighted keys and a full 88 keys otherwise you won't learn the right habits or build finger strength. (I learned on a physical piano in person, so I can't speak personally about learning on a MIDI controller, but it sounds plausible to me.)
Weighted 88 key keyboards like Clavinovas are probably the most common pianos these days and they all support MIDI.