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How to Build a Piano Keyboard for PC

Piano playing is no longer a craft solely available to those who have the purchasing power for a musical instrument. Download a program that converts your computer keyboard into a piano, make a few adjustments to your keyboard and you have the perfect musical tool to start the learning process. This is a solution for both novice and practiced piano players. Learn rhythm, note recognition and music reading skills by using this learning method.

Instructions

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      Locate a spare desktop keyboard you no longer use.

    • 2

      Download a software program like Piano FX, KB Piano or ARPTON Synthesizer (see Resources). Follow the on-screen installation instructions.

    • 3

      Connect the external keyboard to the USB or PS2 port on your computer. If you are using a desktop computer, disconnect your regular keyboard and connect the one you will use as a piano keyboard.

    • 4

      Open the piano program. Press each keyboard key to identify the note generated by the piano program. Write the note each key plays on an adhesive label. Cut the keynote from the label to the size of the keyboard key. Make your cut keynote slightly smaller than the keyboard key, so that the adhesive label doesn't interfere with other keys. Stick the marked keynote label over the key. Repeat the procedure with all the other keys on the keyboard.

    • 5

      Play your newly made piano keyboard on the computer.

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