The Mellotron Group

I've been playing piano since an early age, and if nothing else it gives your hands a certain 
amount of dexterity, and (if you're doing the theory too) a pretty good grounding in -er- 
theory.  In my teenage years I headed for keyboard land, and swamped myself with synth 
pads and samples, etc - it's wasn't the same kind of playing style at all - two different 
worlds, but with the same basic interface.

I headed back to piano land in later years, simply  because it gave me a lot more 
expression than any of my old keyboards - and a much more personal relationship than a 
synth or sampler: I imagine it's similar with a Tron (like you MTron and the MA CD are my 
only Tronnish access just now).

Playing classical piano pieces on a Tron probably won't work very well, but keeping up the 
piano lessons for a while might just give you different perspectives on your playing later.

I don't think any of that made sense.

Owen

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mark Pring <markpringnz@...> wrote:
>
> I've been having piano lessons for the last few years, originally with the idea of helping 
me to play the mellotron and more recently just for the fun of it. Whilst waiting for the 
happy day that #1565 is playable I've been practicing with M-tron and I am not sure that 
classical piano lessons are a good preparation for mellotron playing. If my teacher could 
see some of the hand positions I get forced into I don't think she would be impressed.
> 
> I've read somewhere that often the best mellotron players are not always the best 
keyboard players. I don't think Mike Pinder or Woolly are the most gifted keyboard players 
I have heard but they are great tron players. Rick Wakeman and Dave Greenslade I think 
are better pianists but I can't really speak about their tron playing.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Mark
>