electronic pianos

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Mitch,

   From a composers point of view, in the educaional arena, other than for
'class piano' use, one great advantage of electronic pianos (via MIDI)  is
their ability to translate music  into multitrack / tambre sequence's for
composition students,  and their use for notation programs. They are great
tools. Their (ele. keyboards) success in the real world of commercial music,
(recording & performing)  and where the jobs are after graduation,  has made
it necessary to include them in a music program.  Not a substitute for a
piano though. 
   The theory and comp professors and students want some, right? The piano
majors want the real thing.

Dan Reed

PS  Kind of like comparing the differences between electric and acoustic
guitars...


on 2/21/01 10:00 PM, Mitch Staples at staples.13@osu.edu wrote:

This afternoon I was asked by the director of the school of music what I
thought of the idea of having
electronic pianos in the classrooms rather than acoustic.  They figure that
this way they could use
some of the mounds of money slated for technology i. e. computers to buy
pianos.  My reply was quite
predictably that I thought it was a bad idea.
 
I would like some input:
 
1.  Does anyone have experience with electronic pianos in classrooms?  Are
they working out?
 
2.  I would like to hear some opinions.  What do you see as the pros and
cons?
 

Thanks,
 
Mitch Staples
Ohio State University




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