Facing weeks or months under lockdown, many of us have turned to hobbies. And while the internet seems to have decided baking bread is the name of the game, I saw being stuck at home as an opportunity to do something I’ve long put off: learning an instrument.

面对处于锁定状态的数周或数月，我们许多人转向了爱好。 虽然互联网似乎已经决定将烤面包作为游戏的名称，但我看到被困在家里是做我早已推迟的事情的机会：学习乐器。

I bought an electric piano — the Casio PX-160 to be precise — and I found an app to help teach me to play it.

我买了一架电子钢琴-确切地说是卡西欧PX-160-我找到了一个应用程序来教我弹钢琴。

Called Flowkey, it moves sheet music across the screen, and waits at every note of the song until you press the right note on the piano. That way, it can automatically detect the note using your microphone or USB connection.

所谓的Flowkey ，它移动SH E等音乐在屏幕上，并在每一个音符的歌曲等待，直到你按下钢琴了正确的音符。 这样，它可以使用您的麦克风或USB连接自动检测到笔记。

The free app provides video courses for the basics, like reading music and playing chords, along with a mode that lets you pick up popular songs, chords, and the other basics, one key at a time by demonstrating, then having you play it back to the app. For $19.99 per month, the premium version offers more lessons beyond the basics, and a wider song library to learn. Flowkey reminds me of those gimmicky electric pianos with the light-up keys, except instead of the lights telling you which keys to hit, it’s in an app that shows a keyboard and teaches you where to put your hands — futuristic, nonetheless.

这个免费的应用程序提供了一些基础知识的视频课程，例如阅读音乐和弹奏和弦，以及一种使您可以通过示范一次一次弹奏然后播放的流行歌曲，和弦以及其他基础知识的模式。到应用程序。 高级版每月收费19.99美元，提供了更多的基础知识以外的课程，以及更广泛的歌曲库供您学习。 Flowkey让我想起那些带有发光键的花哨的电子钢琴，它不是在灯光中告诉您要敲击哪个键，而是在一个应用程序中显示键盘，并教您将手放在何处-未来主义。

I’ve been using Flowkey for a few weeks, and while I’m not a piano virtuoso by any means of the imagination, I’ve picked up far more about music than I expected from an app, without breaking lockdown orders. The hardest part? Remembering to actually practice — which, ironically, is the easiest part if you’re forced to learn with a human in a physical place every week.

我已经使用Flowkey数周了，尽管我不是一个想像力的钢琴演奏家，但我在音乐方面的投入远远超出了我在应用程序中的预期，而且还没有违反锁定顺序。 最难的部分？ 记住要练习-具有讽刺意味的是，如果您不得不每周在一个物理场所与人一起学习，这是最简单的部分。