A smaller size, such as a 61 or 76 key piano might make more sense. Sometimes you can even find mini keyboards at 25 and 49 keys. Number of Sounds/Tones. These days almost ALL digital pianos offer a ridiculous variety of sounds (other than the piano) to choose from. These may include.
- This video tutorial is all about how to Play Piano in computer using computer keyboard.-.
- Simulation piano keys keyboard with 61keys and MP3 player function. Keys are specially designed as the shape of piano key, which make the electronic keyboard produce rich Includes 128 timbres, 128 rhythms, 8 percussions and 12 demonstration songs. Produces high quality sounds and effects. Demonstration songs help beginners imitate and learn quicker.
Of my 10+ years obsession studying keyboard efficiency, including steno,i think nothnig beats using piano for typing.
Pubg mobile official website. more video:
Inspired by the high keying rates of skilled pianists,we study the design of piano keyboards for rapid text entry. We reviewthe qualities of the piano as an input device, observing four designopportunities: ① chords, ② redundancy (more keys than letters inEnglish), ③ the transfer of musical skill and ④ optional soundfeedback. Although some have been utilized in previous text entrymethods, our goal is to exploit all four in a single design. Wepresent PianoText, a computationally designed mapping that assignsletter sequences of English to frequent note transitions of music. Itallows fast text entry on any MIDI-enabled keyboard and was evaluatedin two transcription typing studies. Both show an achievable rate ofover 80 words per minute. This parallels the rates of expert Qwertytypists and doubles that of a previous piano-based design from the19th century. We also design PianoText-Mini, which allows forcomparable performance in a portable form factor. Informed by thestudies, we estimate the upper bound of typing performance, drawimplications to other text entry methods, and critically discussoutstanding design challenges.
The learning time required to achieve 80 word per minute is lessthan learning touch-type on QWERTY keyboard.
And, the learning time to achieve 200 wpm seems comparable to Stenotype Machine.
[see Stenotype Machine]
Basic Key Maps
If you don't know how to read music, it's pretty easy. See
Get Software and Try It
Their website ishttp://annafeit.de/pianotext/
You can download software to try it.
I haven't tried it yet.
It seems the primary author is Anna Maria Feit. On twitter at https://twitter.com/AnnaFeit
Here's the academic research report, published by Association for Computing Machinery:
[PianoText: Redesigning the Piano Keyboard for Text Entry By Anna Maria Feit, Antti Oulasvirta. At http://xahlee.info/kbd/PianoText_DIS14.pdf , accessed on 2016-05-09 ]
How to Shop a Piano Keyboard for Typing
You'll need a MIDI keyboard with at least 3 octaves (36 keys).(1 octaves has 12 keys. 5 black keys and 7 white keys.)
If you never had a music keyboard before, here's a introduction.
(MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is standard for musical instruments to connect.It's analogous to USB. Today's MIDI devices use USB interface.)
For a basic MIDI keyboard at a price range of a cheap mechanical keyboard, this one is best seller on amazon. Good reviews. Only 6.7 pounds (3 kg) shipping weight.
Note, the above is a MIDI keyboard controller. It doesn't have any sound by itself.
If you want something that also have sounds as musical keyboard, get some cheap one, above $100 and below $200.
you can go for more pro, but gets expensive.
Desired features for typing use are:
Make Keyboard A Piano
- light-weight. (you probably don't want those 'weight-keys', which emulate accoustic piano key feel. Because they are heavy.)
- 49 keys (4 octaves) so it's smaller. (as opposed to more common 5 octaves 61 keys or bigger)
- Compact. Ideally, not much extra space behind keyboard. No speakers, or just tiny one.
- Good if it includes sound. (not just a controller)
Here's some varieties.
- Yamaha NP12 61 Key Lightweight Portable Keyboard Buy at amazon
- Roland JUNO DS61 61 key Synthesizer. Buy at amazon
- Yamaha MX49 Keyboard Production Station Buy at amazon
If you are serious about using piano keyboard for typing, i onlyrecommend the pro stuff. Get MIDI controller such as the above, orsynth keyboard. Don't buy the consumer stuff. Because, the keymechanism of a piano keyboard or digital/synth keyboard is a HUGE DEAL, far bigger deal than computer keyboard mechanism. You want a pianokeyboard that you can type for long, can feel it, control the keyvelocity (expressiveness), etc. Your hand will get tired if you usecheap consumer keyboard of few hundred dollars.
I would actually just recommend you buy a 'MIDI Controller' for typing. That is, when you search amazon, just search 'MIDI Controller'. MIDI Controller is just a keyboard dedicated as a input device. It is meant to connect to a synthesizer to actually create sound or perform.MIDI Controller is particularly suited for use as typing, because it is actually a dedicated device for it. You pay for the quality key and mechanism only.If you want sound or actually learn music, i recommend that being a separate process.The one i recommend above, the:M-Audio keystation 49 MIDI keyboardBuy at amazon,is actually perfect. Cheap, small, light weight, just right for our purpose.
Programing MIDI to Type Text
here's some video and articles about how to turn a midi keyboard to type text.
These articles are not related to the above.
http://elekslabs.com/2014/06/programming-on-a-keyboard-a-piano-keyboard.html
Alternative Input System
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The Mind-Blowing Virtual Piano Keyboard App
New version! Play, learn, and record using the most advanced virtual piano keyboard app. Session Town has the best online piano games, including the piano simulator. But, to be honest, this is much more than a game.
These are some of its features:
- Change the sound of the online keyboard.
- Play the online piano with a mouse, with your fingers if you have a touch screen, with your computer's keyboard, or even with a real piano (to learn the songs).
- Record your songs.
- Search among thousands of songs.
- Learn to play piano songs with an easy step by step method.
Want to play the piano but don't know how?
- Check out this fantastic lesson to learn how to play the piano at home.
- Learn how to play any song with the tutorial about piano chords for beginners.
The Sounds of the Online Keyboard
The Virtual Keyboard can produce many, not only piano. These are the available sounds:
- Piano
- Organ (such as church organs)
- Sawtooth (used widely in Rock)
- Flute
- Vintage
- Electro
We would love to hear from you. If you are interested in new sounds, please follow us on social media, or please leave a comment at the end of this page.
Play the Online Piano with your Computer's Keyboard
You can use the keyboard of your computer to play the online piano. To see which letters and numbers activate each note, please enable the 'physical keyboard' button. Use the following image for reference.
As you can see, we have highlighted some keys in red and others in black. You can change the pitch of the notes using the arrow keys. The left and right arrows change the tone of the black keys. The up and down arrows modify the red keys.
Record Your Songs Using the Virtual Piano Keyboard
Record your songs online. We will use your Facebook account to store your songs. But don't worry, we will never post on your Facebook account. We only use your Facebook account to be able to save your music.
When you record a song, you have two options:
- Mark the song as public. This way, your song will be included in the library, and people will be able to search for it.
- Mark the song as private. Your song won't appear in the search results.
Don't mark as public any song that may have copyrights. Keep in mind that you are responsible for every public song that you record. You are legally liable if there are copyright claims.
To start recording, click on the 'Record Song' button. Then play your song. When you are done, click on the 'Stop Recording' button. Now you can write a title for your song and select if it is a public or private song. The app will store the notes and also the sounds that you have chosen.
Learn to Play Piano Songs Online
Search among thousands of songs. We are not overreacting. Our users have recorded more than 50.000 songs!
You can learn to play piano songs online with the virtual keyboard. When you click on the 'play' button of any recorded song, you will see the played notes highlighted on the keyboard. If that is too fast for a given song, you can try the previous or next note buttons.
With the Learning Mode turned on, the following note will be highlighted. If you play the right notes, the piano app will highlight the following note.
Play with a Real Piano using MIDI
If you have a real piano, the virtual keyboard is a great addition to learn new songs. You can play the Online Piano using a real piano keyboard that supports the MIDI technology (Most of them do). MIDI is the technology that makes it possible for musical instruments to communicate with each other. Connect your real musical keyboard using a USB cable.
If it is not working, click on the 'MIDI' button, this will detect new connections. Or try reloading the page.
The Notes on the Piano Keyboard
If you want to learn the piano notes and keys in-depth, check this awesome guide.
The musical notes' names are A, B, C, D, E, F and G. We use the white keys on the keyboard to play those notes in that same order. If you see a music keyboard, you will notice that black keys make groups of two black keys followed by a group of three black keys. It is always a pattern of two and then three black keys. The white key that is just before the last black key in the group of three black keys is the note A.
The musical notes on the black keys use the same names but adding accidentals: sharps (#) and flats (b). The black key after A is A sharp. Think of the term sharp as the closer note to the right. That is why A sharp is after A. That same black key is B flat. Think of the term flat as the closer note to the left. That is why B flat is the note just to the left of B.
Keyboard Piano On Computer
You can also name the musical notes using syllables:
- A: La
- B: Ti
- C: Do
- D: Re
- E: Mi
- F: Fa
- G: Sol
You can find many keys on the keyboard that use the same note name, but when played, they don't sound exactly the same. The complete set of music notes names is called an octave. The piano keyboard has many octaves. Our virtual piano has six octaves.
Learning music theory is very useful to play any instrument, including the virtual piano. Learning the musical notes on the piano is the perfect starting point.
If you don't know anything about music, we have the solution. You have two options:
- Complete our free and easy music theory course.
- In a hurry? Learn the musical notes on the piano on YouTube.
Solving problems with the Online Piano
We have tested the online piano keyboard in many devices to ensure the best experience. Including smartphones, tablets, iPads, laptops and desktop computers. The best Web Browser to play the virtual piano keyboard is Google Chrome.
But we know that things can go wrong. If by any chance you are not able to play the virtual piano, the following tips can help you:
- Be sure to use the latest version of a modern browser like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge.
- Facebook has its own browser that does not support the technology of the virtual keyboard. If you got here using Facebook, please copy the link and paste it in your favorite browser.
Some common problems and solutions:
- If you don't hear any sound, the volume might be too low. When only some keys of the piano are not producing any sound, it is because of your device speakers. Please use headphones instead.
- Sounds come late (Latency): when you play a key and the sound does not play immediately, but after a second, that is because your device is running out of memory. Try to close all other apps or restart your device. If that does not solve the latency, then you will need a more powerful device to play the keyboard.
- If you get a message saying that the browser does not support the technology to play the virtual keyboard, your only option is to use another browser.
Please contact us below and leave comments if you have any problems.
More virtual instruments
We have other virtual instruments and piano games for you to play online. Play the virtual drum. Improve your timing using the online metronome app.
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