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Hi everyone,

Newbie here, i really seek an advice regarding scales. i have been practice major and minor scale on keyboard for past 4 months on metronome. i had started with 60 bpm and now i have reached to 104 bpm. but, i never used touch function on keyboard while practicing . so ,whenever i try touch function my notes in which i tuck using thumb sound uneven. should i start learning it again with touch function ?

YES! Turn on "touch"!

To play piano well, you must be able to play _evenly_ -- each note the same loudness, no matter which finger plays it.

On organ and harpsichord, all notes play with the same loudness, no matter how hard you hit the key. Piano is not like that.

. Charles

If you wish to play piano, then I highly recommend using the touch function at all times. The unevenness often comes from your fingers being different lengths - as is the case for all of us. So the goal when playing scales is to keep enough curve to each fingers to level them out.

If you put your hands on a tabletop as if you are going to play piano, and then left your hands off while keeping the fingers in the same position, you will see they all are on a horizontal line. But some have more curve than others to achieve this line. Note: be sure that you aren't flattening your thumb all the way to play with the complete nail joint, but have it down just enough so the tip of the side touches. Same for the pinky, make sure it's curved and you're playing with the tip, not flat on the side.

When you are playing scales or anything in a stepwise motion, you want to keep your hand "soft" like this. If during your scales you lose this form, that could very well cause unevenness. Keep an eye out for fingers that tend to collapse the first joint or flatten out as you play. The goal is to maintain the arch.

Also bear in mind that your fingers are curved, but not tight. It takes only a little effort to keep fingers curved, but it does require attention.

mmmmm......what on earth is touch function?

Touch sensitivity - meaning the faster the velocity with which the key is pressed, the louder the volume. Standard on digital pianos and some synths, but some apparently can have it turned off.

Thank goodness that's explained, I thought for a moment the OP was involved in self experimentation, see here

You should get a set of keys that are weighted. The Yamaha model that can turn touch on and off is a poor model to learn on.

Thanks

Oh god, that was truly amazing , thanks for explain in such detail.

I have same yamaha psr-e403 , lol, notes feel weightless in that ..

Do you have a teacher?