for certain challenging instruments like violin of course u need a teacher... but piano i think is one of the easiest instruments to self-learn.

the notes are arranged neatly left to right, not like guitar or violin where its harder for beginners to make sense of the fretboard.

also i'd prefer that you get a keyboard with semi-weighted keys also. Semi weighted keys give you a more accurate feel of a real piano. When you press keys on a piano you feel a certain "resistance", or weight from the keys as you press down. It gives much better control over your playing and you are able to handle both keyboard and piano.

If you didn't train with semi-weighted keys you'd probably learn to use less strength to press down on the light, plasticky keys, and you might feel akward when facing a real piano.

Since you stated you wanted to learn piano, not keyboard right? XD

This post has been edited by Boolean: Dec 21 2009, 04:04 PM