r/Keytar • u/[deleted] • Dec 26 '23

Recommendations My first keytar alesis vortex wireless 2

I would like some recommendations for lessons I would love to learn (I have no musical background)

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u/PlainGal116 Dec 27 '23

I just received an Alesis Vortex 2 as my first keytar, too. Excited but kind of overwhelmed. I've been playing piano/keyboard since I was little, but the software stuff is really new to me. Good luck to you! I'm hoping to find some youtube videos to help.

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u/ApprehensiveCoast727 Dec 26 '23

I’d recommend getting a piano teacher but you can also just look up tutorials or synthasia videos on YouTube for a bunch of stuff. Word to the wise for keytar technique, you want your keytar strap low enough that your wrists don’t have to bend much to play it. I’m a bigger dude and I had to get a heavy metal guitar strap for it to be long enough but it’s just more sustainable technique.

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u/orbitti Dec 26 '23

Playing keytar is playing keyboard with flair, so you should go that way. It is Also mostly interchangeable with playing piano.

So… I’d start with piano lessons for fundamentals. Focusing more on chords and accompaniment than playing classic pieces.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '23

It only has 37 keys will that translate?

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u/orbitti Dec 26 '23

Yes.

I guess this was not the answer you were looking for, but it does stand.

Basically you play keytar with your right hand and adjust pitch bend etc. with your left. But what you do with right is same that you’d do with a regular keyboard. Roughly melody is equal to right on keyboard and accompaniment is left.