Susan Kline wrote: > >>Tony, Lynn and list... > >> > >>"Well Mrs.. Smith...if you can get a working piano, that is great. But an > >>electronic keyboard from Wal-Mart will suit a beginner student nicely." > >>Flame if you wish... > >>Mitch Ruth > > > > > >Grrrrrr... I wish to flame. > > Me, too. So much of musicality is learned behavior. I remember the misery > of trying to help a cello student who started on the violin. That first > month or two sets up habits and conceptions that become indelible for life. > The feedback, both in tone and touch, from playing a real piano will > influence the approach to both music and the piano from then on. An > electronic keyboard, with no or poor touch response and a plastic-sounding > unvaried tone is a terrible influence on a young player. > > Of course, if they are going to play chopsticks and the Star Spangled > Banner and a few hymns, so what? But you never know which one might > actually be musical, given the chance. For that matter if they are going to play on these ill kept wrecks some people insist on calling pianos they might just well be better off with a keyboard... sadly. > > > My 6 cents' worth ... > > Susan -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway
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