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Step by Step: Beginners Learning Guide to Play Keyboard

Are you more eager to create your own masterpiece tuning but not sure how to use a keyboard? Are looking for keyboard classes for beginners in Dubai? Here is a complete guide for the beginners for using the keyboard. So, let us discuss about the chords, strings, positions, scales and also let you create your own tune. So before availing any Keyboard Classes in UAE, you can go through the step by step guidelines and get clarity.


Step 1: Get a basic idea


The first and foremost thing that anyone should know before starting to learn keyboard is the difference between a keyboard and a piano. A piano is an acoustic instrument which has strings like the guitar. Whereas, keyboard is an electronic piano working with electrical power supply.


Step 2: Get all the necessary tools


Make sure you have all the essential tools required to play the keyboard. If not, kindly make the availability. The keyboard player should have a bench to sit and play the keyboard. Not a chair but a bench. Your body posture will get affected if you use a chair. Sustainable peddles that help you to drag the notes and play it in the background. A headphone which helps you to listen before anyone else could do. At last a hi-tech keyboard which has all the latest technology, so that you can learn quickly.


Step 3: Ensure the essential features in the keyboard.


Yamaha YPT – 240 is the best keyboard which is suggested for the beginners. This keyboard has 61 keys, 385 natural voicing, which includes the sounds of guitar, percussive instruments, organs, and sound effects. This keyboard can be easily connected with the iPhone, iPad, and iPod.


Step 4: Learning notes


Many beginners have an idea that all the keys on the keyboard have different notes. But in reality, all the keys in the beginner keyboard have the same notes. Just they are played different octaves. There are two black keys together, and after space, there are three black notes. The note next the first black key is C and the keys after the C notes are the consequence notes.

The white keys are the whole notes represented as C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. whereas the black keys are the sharp and flat which E and B.


Step 5: First scale


With C major, you can start your first scale with a simple melody. Place your right thumb on middle C, index finger on D, middle finger on E, ring finger on F and the little finger G. Only one finger should play with middle finger rest of the fingers should play different notes. The finger movement will take time. With a lot of practice, you can be on track.

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