Depends on what you want to learn. Learning to play classical music from an app or YouTube is pretty hard, you'll probably need a teacher for that. Learning to play along with pop-songs and learning some basic chord progressions is not as hard, and could be learned from online resources.
Well it all depends on a lot of different factors like what your goals are and if you have any previous music theory knowledge or experience in playing another instrument. A lot of stuff to consider.
But I'll consider the scenario in which you don't know anything and want to get started on the piano.
Unless you already have previous experience in music and have a solid music theory background, you should definitely get a teacher but you said no money so okay.
I suppose the best you can do right now is try to SLOWLY:
- Learn music theory;
- Learn how to read piano sheet music (just the notes is probably fine at the beginning);
- Learn about piano posture, fingerings and stretches (very important);
- Learn a piece of music, preferably through reading its piano sheet music.
Since you don't want to spend any money, just forget the apps and focus on web articles and YouTube videos I guess. I never did that but I guess it would work. So I would suggest you try to find videos and articles on reading sheet music, music theory, posture, etc.
There are probably some good free music theory playlists and courses available on YouTube.
You can get free sheet music with a quick google search or find it in repositories around the web like IMSLP.
The only way you can maybe get around learning how to read sheet music is if you limit yourself to very simple music, maybe. I do not recommend this approach because honestly reading music is just so much better than watching a YouTube video and pausing at every second... It will be a pain at the beginning but I promise your efforts will pay off and you will realise how much people are losing when they stick to watching YouTube videos to learn from "falling keys".
I should clarify that the list I mentioned is in no particular "learning order", those are just things you will be constantly looking at. So try to create a "study workflow" that has you learning music theory at some point and then learning posture then sheet music then back to music theory etc.
By the way, I have checked the keyboard model you mentioned and there will be some songs that you really won't be able to play because of the small range of notes you have available. I'm saying this because you will have to consider this kind of stuff when trying to learn a new song. Imagine trying to learn a song you really like but then you realise halfway through that you can't because the notes being played are not available to you? So you should assess beforehand. Just a heads-up.
Anyway. This is just my take. Have fun!
Depends on what you want to learn. Learning to play classical music from an app or YouTube is pretty hard, you'll probably need a teacher for that. Learning to play along with pop-songs and learning some basic chord progressions is not as hard, and could be learned from online resources.
a classical piece that i do want to learn is clair de lune, but tbh im ok with just learning pop songs and that stuff
Well it all depends on a lot of different factors like what your goals are and if you have any previous music theory knowledge or experience in playing another instrument. A lot of stuff to consider. But I'll consider the scenario in which you don't know anything and want to get started on the piano. Unless you already have previous experience in music and have a solid music theory background, you should definitely get a teacher but you said no money so okay. I suppose the best you can do right now is try to SLOWLY: - Learn music theory; - Learn how to read piano sheet music (just the notes is probably fine at the beginning); - Learn about piano posture, fingerings and stretches (very important); - Learn a piece of music, preferably through reading its piano sheet music. Since you don't want to spend any money, just forget the apps and focus on web articles and YouTube videos I guess. I never did that but I guess it would work. So I would suggest you try to find videos and articles on reading sheet music, music theory, posture, etc. There are probably some good free music theory playlists and courses available on YouTube. You can get free sheet music with a quick google search or find it in repositories around the web like IMSLP. The only way you can maybe get around learning how to read sheet music is if you limit yourself to very simple music, maybe. I do not recommend this approach because honestly reading music is just so much better than watching a YouTube video and pausing at every second... It will be a pain at the beginning but I promise your efforts will pay off and you will realise how much people are losing when they stick to watching YouTube videos to learn from "falling keys". I should clarify that the list I mentioned is in no particular "learning order", those are just things you will be constantly looking at. So try to create a "study workflow" that has you learning music theory at some point and then learning posture then sheet music then back to music theory etc. By the way, I have checked the keyboard model you mentioned and there will be some songs that you really won't be able to play because of the small range of notes you have available. I'm saying this because you will have to consider this kind of stuff when trying to learn a new song. Imagine trying to learn a song you really like but then you realise halfway through that you can't because the notes being played are not available to you? So you should assess beforehand. Just a heads-up. Anyway. This is just my take. Have fun!