subject: What Is Better - Keyboard Or Digital Piano [print this page] When taking piano or keyboard lessons, types of piano or keyboard should be considered. This is a requirement in order to progress.
Instructors prefer you to have keyboard consists of certain functions, standards and abilities. We will talk about it later.
Purchasing a keyboard affects you budget actually.
Old beat-up 1980s Casio electronic keyboard may not fit your choice when learning piano.But smaller one is yet better than nothing at all. All you need is you hands to get on and to physically put it on the instruments.
When you dont have any of these instruments, try to borrow a keyboard from your friend. Since you dont want to learn in year or months, there are limitation and missing necessities to know about piano.
What you want is here:
88 Keys- you can get it when you are playing seriously.
Touch-dynamic- nice thing closest to a piano.
32-note polyphony means you can have 32 notes
Speakers a nice thing that you should have since some of the higher end keyboards do not have this one.
A jack for pedals- a standard pedal that will after all suits your needs.
Listed below are some of the classifications of electronics keyboards and pianos.
Electronic Keyboards consists of sounds, rhythms and sensitivity keys.
Arranger Keyboards these keyboards are excellent in recording, production and in live performance.
Work Stations these keyboards are usually personal computers with keys and quite expensive.
Synthesizers - these is a small keyboards consists of only 25 keys.
Controllers- these keyboards are mainly suited for those who are using eternal sound modules
Digital Pianos these keyboards are excellent choice for those taking piano lessons.
Pianos- this is not portable and its quality is heavy or large.
Organs for those who desired the vintage organs sound
The above information mentioned varies in sizes, weights, prices, features and quality. Maybe you dont want to purchase when you just started learning about piano and just rent instead of buying. But if you can afford, you can buy your own. So make a choice!
