Music Theory with Keyboard

Theory
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Thanks for the feedback and will keep it in mind once I get some skills up on the Bass​:smiley:

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I’ve got a 61 key keyboard and a little casiotone that I keep at hand to figure stuff out on…

Definitely helps me with theory stuff as it’s all laid out so clearly.

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Thanks Harry,
That’s really helpful. Is your keyboard touch sensitive?

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What do you mean by touch sensitive? Do you mean aftertouch? Are you asking about mono or polyphonic aftertouch? etc…

Or is this about MPE control?

All keyboards are “touch sensitive” in that you push the keys and they generate the note.

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My larger keyboard is touch sensitive. The harder you push the key the louder. The small one (Casiotone MT-10) isn’t, it is really old, came out in 1980 or so.

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Thanks Harry,
I’m going for Touch Sensitive keyboard and maybe one with built in learning :+1:

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Ahh - okay. So there’s a couple relevant terms here.

  • Velocity sensitivity - the harder or faster you press the key, it modulates something (usually volume, depends on the patch)
  • Aftertouch - Once you have pressed the key, pressing it harder modulates something - usually volume or filter cutoff, depending on the patch

To help you look, I think what you are looking for with “built in learning” is an onboard sequencer. Sequencers allow you to enter, record, and edit notes, and it will play them back. This functionality is also built in to all DAWs as their MIDI Piano Roll editor and is how synthesizer music is usually composed and recorded these days.