I can't read music and i got a 22 key keyboard?

Question

im young but i want to master this keyboard befor i get a yamah one BUT I NEED TO LEARN TO READ MUSIC

Answer 1

to practice your sight - reading, try www.8notes.com

Playing eyboard is easy, if you can read the notes, you can play it.

when you play keyboard, the most important thing is remembering the chords. Major chords consist of the 1st, 3rd, and the 5th of the scales. You can learn all this stuffs on that website.

Answer 2

get a beginner piano book, your local music store will have some, and they should teach you basics of music notation and stuff as it teaches you the basics of piano. 22 keys is what, 2 octaves? you'd be ok for a while, because they only do one hand at a time for a bit, but once it starts 2 hands you'd probably be sort of limited.

also, musictheory.net is good, it has some lessons on basics.

Answer 3

Have you been taught any pneumonic devices to help you learn to read notes?  These might help.  Here's what I was taught in my early piano studies:

As you know, most piano music is written on 2 clefs:  the treble (or "G") clef and the bass (or "F") clef.  The treble clef is usually the top staff, and is generally played with the right hand.  The bass clef is the bottom staff, and is played with the left hand.  

Each staff consists of 5 lines and 4 spaces.  For notes on the lines of the treble (top) clef, remember this saying:  "Every Good Boy Does Fine."  Beginning on the bottom line of the treble clef, the bottom line is an E as in Every, the second line is G as in Good, the third line is a B as in Boy, the fourth line is a D as is Does, and the top line is an F as in Fine.  For the spaces, remember this:  each space spells out the word "FACE."  Starting with the bottom space, the first space is an F, the second space is an A, the third space is a C, and the top space is an E.

For the bass (bottom) clef, remember this saying for the notes on the lines:  "Good Boys Do Fine Always."  Beginning on the bottom line, the first line is a G as in Good, the second line is a B as in Boys, the third line is a D as in Do, the fourth line is an F as in Fine, and the top line is an A as in Always.  For the spaces, remember this saying:  "All Cars Eat Gas."  Beginning at the bottom, the first space is an A as in All, the second space is a C as in Cars, the third space is an E as in Eat, and the top space is a G as in Gas.

To correspond the notes written on the page to the keys on the keyboard:

Notice that the piano has two types of keys:  black ones and white ones.  Except for the sole black key on the far left side of the piano, the black keys are grouped into twos and threes, or as I like to call them, twins and triplets.  First you must find the middle of the keyboard.  Starting at the left side of the keyboard, find the first set of twins, and move to the right until you find the fourth set of twins.  The middle note on the keyboard (also called "Middle C") is the white key located to the left and below the first black key of the twin.  Keeping the thumb of your right hand on this white key (Middle C), place your pointer finger on the next white key to the right, then place your middle finger on the next white key to the right, then finally, place your ring finger on the next white key.  The key underneath your ring finger is an "F," the same "F" that corresponds to the first space on the treble clef. The next white key is a G, which corresponds to the first line on the treble clef.  The next white key is an A, which corresponds to the second space on the treble clef, and so on.  

This should get you started.  Try saying the letters out loud as you depress the key when you read the notes.  Eventually, it will become second nature to you, and you will not have to think about it.

Good luck!

Answer 4

When i was taking piano lessons a couple years ago, my teacher assigned me to these practice books by Alfred. Each level has a different color book, it starts from beginner to expert, and it teached me a lot ;)

now i can like play the titanic song and fur elise.

good luck!