When to introduce different keys

[ari]

Greetings to matt and all!

I am a new keyboard player. I have some very limited musical background playing percussion, including playing some xylophone and stuff like that.

As I practice keyboard reggae style, a question comes up about practicing in different keys. My issue is this: Let’s say I’m a good little piano student and I master playing two octaves of the C major scale with proper fingering, then I take the time master all the voicings of all the triads typically used in C and practice switching between them, then master the C pentatonic scale with proper fingering, etc. etc.

After all that, am I supposed to go straght to starting that whole process over with the key of G? then Bb??? When do I get to jam??????

My question, I think, is:

Should my learning steps be like this:

1) C major scale, all the voicings of triads used in C major, alternative C major scales (pentatonic, blues, etc.), THEN
2) G major scale, all the voicings of triads used in G major, alternative G major scales … , THEN
3) Bb major scale, all the voicings of triads used in Bb major, alternative Bb major scales …
4) …

OR should my learning steps be like this:

1) C major, G major, Bb major scales, THEN
2) all the voicings triads in C major, G major, Bb Major, THEN
3) Alternative C, G, and Bb scales (pentatonic, etc.)
4) …

Many thanks,
ari

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