Digital Keyboards For Amateurs And Professionals: How To Choose
To become a pianist you need three things: talent, training, and an instrument. A pianist no matter how talented or how trained he is, will still produce unimpressive tunes if he plays on a substandard piano.
Some individuals who would like to learn how to play the piano are immediately dissuaded by the prices, especially on acoustic ones. If you are a beginner, getting a good quality but less expensive digital keyboard would be a much better option.
There are five general types of digital keyboards. First of which are digital pianos, which are good for those who are still starting out, because they are simple and easy to use. Arrangers are loaded with features that allow you to be a one-man band, that is, it can provide you automatic drum, bass and chord accompaniment. Stage pianos, as the term implies are made for those who intend to use it for onstage performances. It typically has fewer functions as an arranger, but offer a more professional keyboard sound. Advanced piano players can tinker around with workstations and synthesizers. These types allow you sequence, record, edit music as well as manipulate waveforms. Because they are the most feature-rich of the bunch they also command the heftiest price tag.
Among the many brands of digital pianos available these days, low-priced but feature-dense Casio pianos remain to be in demand. Their intuitive step-up learning systems make them popular choices among novices. Casio also incorporated a music challenge feature to most of their beginner keyboards to provide a fun learning experience. Tri-sensor scaled hammer-action keyboards which have an ivory feel similar to concert pianos are common features of pianos made by this company.
For those who are just starting out, the CTK-2100 is already a good piano. It is a good buy at $170 because you already get a 61-key unit which already feature-rich. The step-up learning program installed in every CTK-2100, assists tutees with fingering and notes. It also has the AHL audio technology which reproduces the rich buttery tones of a real grand piano.