Pianist to keyboardist?

Question

Okay i'm 15 years old i've been playing piano since i was 4. I am modest, but i will say i'm good. I played fur elise at 10, i'm playing some burgmuller now and trying out some bach. I'm more of a burgmuller type of guy though. If you met me at my school i guess you wouldn't expect i play piano. I play football basketball and lacrosse. I really want to make a transition from a classical pianist to a keyboardist. As a classical pianist, i look at what the best keyboardists in bands play and it's laughable. I just think i could be a good keyboardist, i can sight read almost anything that's like a modern popular song, unless it has a key signature of more than 4 notes, and it takes some getting used to but i can play it. I just want to know how to go about becoming a keyboardist instead of a pianist. I have a steinway grand piano but i also have a nice keyboard. I don't really understand, are their any like technique differences, is it a hard transition to make?

Answer 1

hmm..if ur good as u say u are, u'll be able to play well on the keyboard/synth-the piano is a keyboard too..

btw, ur not an advance pianist..fur elise is an easy piece

Answer 2

some jazz chord studies would help alot! try "PATTERNS FOR JAZZ" by jerry coker. it will help you develop chord/arpeggio skills and improvisation too!

learn all the different bells, whistles, buzzers, and lights on your keyboard so you know how to use them!

technique is pretty much similar,...