Can I use an electric keyboard as a means to learn the piano?
Yes and no. While you are at a very basic level, there is no reason why you cannot use a keyboard. How they are the same Music is read the same for right and left hands (as long as you do not use the automatic chord function of the keyboard) They are in the same key. The keyboard layout is the same (although you have less notes on the keyboard the chances of you using the ones you do not have are remote) How they are different The reason why the piano is such a beautiful sounding instrument is that the tone is different depending on how you play it. You can play one note on the piano soft, loud, sharp, dull, quick (stacatto), echoed etc etc etc. On the keyboard you just play a note (you can get expensive keyboards that are touch sensitive and therefore supposed to be able to perform these functions. I leave it to the listener to decide whether they succeed and they are usually more expensive than a piano). The keyboard is usually much more forgiving than the piano. You hit a key wrong
