[brudgers]

Most people don't have a place to put a Steinway, but you can put an MPK Mini MKIII and a laptop in a backpack.

And what comes out of the speakers is the only thing that matters.

Playing the piano means different things to different people.

[ghostpepper]

Playing the piano and playing music with a 25-key mini keyboard controller are both laudable goals but that doesn't mean they're the same thing.

[brudgers]

It doesn’t mean that people don’t mean, playing a 25 key mini keyboard when they want to learn to play the piano, either.

It just demonstrates the way in which people gatekeep music.

[ghostpepper]

There's a middle ground between the MPK mini and a steinway. You can get a used Yamaha P-series keyboard with 88 full-size, fully-weighted keys for a few hundred dollars. It won't fit in a backpack but it also won't teach you bad habits _if your goal is to learn to play the acoustic piano_.

If your goal is to learn music theory or produce music or anything other than learn to play piano, the mpk is fine. No gatekeeping here.