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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    Good points. I never played anything until age 10 - when I convinced my parents I wouldn't give up on piano (I was right, LOL).

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • jon-nycJ Offline
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      jon-nyc
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      I think it’s a great age

      Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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      • George KG George K

        G2 turned 5 in September.

        I'm wondering if it would appropriate, for Christmas, to get him a cheapo keyboard to see if he has any interest in music.

        Any thoughts, recommendations?

        MUST. BE. CHEAP.

        MUST. HAVE. HEADPHONE JACK.

        AxtremusA Offline
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        @George-K said in Cheapo keyboard:

        MUST. BE. CHEAP.

        Have you considered a kazoo?

        MUST. HAVE. HEADPHONE JACK.

        You want the girl to make music then not share it? Gasp!

        Age 5 is suitable to start piano lessons, so yeah, get her one. 🙂

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        • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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          Aqua Letifer
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          #6

          We have one for the kiddo. But no headphone jack. She'd never use them anyway.

          Please love yourself.

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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
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            #7

            I'm thinking something like this:

            Screenshot 2023-11-03 at 8.58.15 AM.png

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • 89th8 Offline
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              Way too cheap, but something to consider, and yes you're going to laugh. When our kid was like 2 a neighbor bought her a present of a cat piano (like this). It's annoying as shit, and no headphone jack, but recently our 5 year old asked me how to play songs like Happy Birthday or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. So I wrote out the notes on paper and she LOVED learning it. I wrote the notes like you see below (for row row row your boat...)

              So perhaps not a cat piano, but a similar "toy" piano might work for the next year as they learn the very basics of what note letters mean and how to play a simple song or two.

              7cc80905-bba9-42ec-9862-2cf8e7bc2c53-image.png

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              • 89th8 89th

                Way too cheap, but something to consider, and yes you're going to laugh. When our kid was like 2 a neighbor bought her a present of a cat piano (like this). It's annoying as shit, and no headphone jack, but recently our 5 year old asked me how to play songs like Happy Birthday or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. So I wrote out the notes on paper and she LOVED learning it. I wrote the notes like you see below (for row row row your boat...)

                So perhaps not a cat piano, but a similar "toy" piano might work for the next year as they learn the very basics of what note letters mean and how to play a simple song or two.

                7cc80905-bba9-42ec-9862-2cf8e7bc2c53-image.png

                George KG Offline
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                George K
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                @89th said in Cheapo keyboard:

                Way too cheap

                I'm not looking for a durable instrument. This is an experiment to see if it piques his interest. If it does, we can move to something more durable. For $50, I think it's worth the experiment.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • 89th8 89th

                  Way too cheap, but something to consider, and yes you're going to laugh. When our kid was like 2 a neighbor bought her a present of a cat piano (like this). It's annoying as shit, and no headphone jack, but recently our 5 year old asked me how to play songs like Happy Birthday or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. So I wrote out the notes on paper and she LOVED learning it. I wrote the notes like you see below (for row row row your boat...)

                  So perhaps not a cat piano, but a similar "toy" piano might work for the next year as they learn the very basics of what note letters mean and how to play a simple song or two.

                  7cc80905-bba9-42ec-9862-2cf8e7bc2c53-image.png

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                  @89th said in Cheapo keyboard:

                  ... recently our 5 year old asked me how to play songs like Happy Birthday or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. So I wrote out the notes on paper and she LOVED learning it. I wrote the notes like you see below (for row row row your boat...)
                  ...
                  7cc80905-bba9-42ec-9862-2cf8e7bc2c53-image.png

                  Consider using Arabic numerals rather than Latin letters for melodic lines, for the following reasons:

                  1. Helps develop her sense of scale, much friendlier to learn key transpositions later.

                  2. Music notation using Arabic numerals is a real thing. Even if she never learns to read the 5-line staff notation later, there is a large library of musical scores notated using Arabic numerals that she will be able to draw from.

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                  • 89th8 Offline
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                    89th
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                    #11

                    I almost switched to Arabic numerals but was too busy scolding her for playing Happy Birthday in syncopation!

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                    • George KG George K

                      I'm thinking something like this:

                      Screenshot 2023-11-03 at 8.58.15 AM.png

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                      kluurs
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                      #12

                      @George-K Can't add anything to the discussion other than to say that looks pretty cool. I may get that for our neighbor kids for Christmas.

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                      • George KG George K

                        @89th said in Cheapo keyboard:

                        Way too cheap

                        I'm not looking for a durable instrument. This is an experiment to see if it piques his interest. If it does, we can move to something more durable. For $50, I think it's worth the experiment.

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                        @George-K said in Cheapo keyboard:

                        I'm not looking for a durable instrument. This is an experiment to see if it piques his interest. If it does, we can move to something more durable. For $50, I think it's worth the experiment.

                        28 Casio options $50 - $500

                        https://www.casio.com/us/electronic-musical-instruments/portable-keyboards.filter.K84vKnGqtC0oykxO9ckv98hMzwAA/

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