I don't know if this could help but when I shifted to the guitar as a primary instrument but still wanted a piano-layout to work on harmony, I got a MIDI controller keyboard that pretty much worked for me out of the box. Granted, it is not great for building technique, but having a portable MIDI keyboard like the CME X-key which you could carry around in a standard laptop case could help practice when you're on the move or away from a real piano. I use Sampletank 3 with my controller and am very satisfied with the sound. You could work on understanding the sounds of diatonic chords in all 12 major scales, play simple melodies with chords and transpose them to different keys, or even work on something easy and rewarding like learning the blues scale. This is not a substitute for practice on a real piano, but this is the least I can think of considering your situation. Happy playing!
manpreet
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2 years ago
Last year, at 35, I started learning to play the piano from absolute beginner level by attending private classes once per week.
The teacher mixed practice with music theory and learning Solfeggio (I'm meaning sight reading the notes from a music sheet).
Currently, and for work reasons, I spend 5 days a week overseas and I can't play the piano at all while I'm there as I don't have a permanent residence where I'd put a cheap digital piano.
My question is whether you have ideas or advice on how I could still use some time while I'm abroad to keep learning more about music theory and other useful knowledge that I could later apply to the piano in the future. Furthermore from not forgetting the knowledge I already had.
I accept any idea: books, software, websites, mobile apps, ...
If it helps, I'm from Europe so I'm learning with what I believe is called Fixed-Do.