>>4631Nice find!
From what I could gather, it has a USB MIDI port, which is great, because it means you can use it as a MIDI master keyboard to play virtual instruments on your computer, once you get tired of the onboard sounds.
I personally recommend Pianoteq if you want realistic piano sounds and other stuff like harpsichord and vibraphone without having to download huge Kontakt sample libraries, it's available on rutracker.
It has also a sustain pedal input, which is pretty important, because when pressed, the notes that has been played ring out even if you don't maintain your fingers on the keys. I love abusing that stuff. I would recommend buying one, you can get something like a M-Audio SP-2 for less than $20.
There is also a basic sampler which is a nice gimmick, that kind of stuff is always fun to use.
It should take you a good while before you feel limited with 61 keys, so now you can start focusing on what truly matters: developing your technique.
It's kinda like rubbing your tummy while patting your head, it takes a bit of time to get used to play different things with each hand.
mp3 related is a little exercise I came up with today: my right hand plays the F major chord, then C# major and D# major, while my left hand plays a bassline that goes F -> E -> D -> C -> A# -> C. I doubled each note I play with my left hand by the octave with my pinky and my thumb, but you don't have to do that at first. I kept the sustain pedal pressed down the whole time, which is a bad habit but whatever. You can do that with 61 keys.
>>461725 keys are fine if you want to quickly find ideas for loops or chords, but you can't properly learn keyboard technique with it.
Also you are mostly limited to the key of C. For example, one chord I like to do is to play a minor chord with my left hand, and on the octave above a major chord one tone lower with my right hand, like E minor + D major. With 25 keys, you simply can't do that in the key of A#.
>>4621Keytars are a meme tbh.
Melodicas are kinda like a chromatic harmonica with a keyboard, which allow you to play multiple notes at once (polyphony) unlike regular harmonicas. They are neat little portable instruments, even tho I suck at playing them and barely touch mine. They aren't, let's say, "serious" instruments, but you can find them for pretty cheap, got mine for 50€.