piano keyboards to keep you playing: what to look for in a keyboard

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Piano Keyboards to Keep You Playing: What to Look for in a Keyboard If you are just a beginner or you are planning to hit the stage to play a gig, there are a keyboard for your budget and skill level. If you are learning how to play the keyboard, you can go ahead with buying an inexpensive keyboard . However, if you are a serious musician, then you will have to buy slightly an expensive instrument. Making your decision easier, I have pulled out some tips to help you find simple ways for the different types of keyboards. Keyboard as a term is not only used to describe the instrument, but also the black and white keys. The keys on the keyboard are also referred to as the manual. Keyboards are available with many numbers of keys, starting from 25 keys, it goes all the way up to 88 keys. Models that have 88 keys offer the same full range of a piano. Many keyboard or teachers require that their students play a full range keyboard. Smaller keyboards like 25 and 33 keys are quite popular only because they are portable. Every keyboard has its own response and feel. The keys respond to your fingers in every way. Weighted and semi-weighted keys feel similar to a traditional piano. Hammer action uses a hammer mechanism, recreating the feel of a grand piano . Hammer action is also referred as graded action. As you go higher on the keys the action gets lighter. Synth action uses springs that balances the keys and making them more playable. They have a lighter action and they feel more like an organ. Unweighted action keys are mainly found in less expensive keyboards. These have a synth feel. Each and every keyboard produces certain sounds which are better than others. It is very important for you to decide which sounds are important to you. You can look at the polyphony and multitimbrality capabilities just to be sure if they meet your needs.Polyphony is a measure of how many notes the keyboard can play at one time, while multitimbrality is a measure of how many different kinds of sounds the instrument can play at once. You may also try each model that you are interested in or watch the demo of those keyboards because after all one must hear to believe the beauty of any instrument.There are many videos available online for your reference. You may also check various websites to buy keyboard online.Some keyboards have screens on it. If you want a keyboard with a screen, then you have make sure it is of decent quality. The screen should be crystal clear, easy to read and large enough to read the sounds and functions you would be using. Some of them have smaller screens that use acronyms or abbreviations that are not quite easy to understand.Presets should be easy to use, and sounds should be logically grouped so they're easy to find and remember.

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Piano Keyboards to Keep You Playing: What to Look for in a Keyboard If you are just a beginner or you are planning to hit the stage to play a gig, there are a keyboard for your budget and skill level. If you are learning how to play the keyboard, you can go ahead with buying an inexpensive keyboard. However, if you are a serious musician, then you will have to buy slightly an expensive instrument. Making your decision easier, I have pulled out some tips to help you find simple ways for the different types of keyboards. Keyboard as a term is not only used to describe the instrument, but also the black and white keys. The keys on the keyboard are also referred to as the manual. Keyboards are available with many numbers of keys, starting from 25 keys, it goes all the way up to 88 keys. Models that have 88 keys offer the same full range of a piano. Many keyboard or teachers require that their students play a full range keyboard. Smaller keyboards like 25 and 33 keys are quite popular only because they are portable. Every keyboard has its own response and feel. The keys respond to your fingers in every way. Weighted and semi-weighted keys feel similar to a traditional piano. Hammer action uses a hammer mechanism, recreating the feel of a grand piano. Hammer action is also referred as graded action. As you go higher on the keys the action gets lighter. Synth action uses springs that balances the keys and making them more playable. They have a lighter action and they feel more like an organ. Unweighted action keys are mainly found in less expensive keyboards. These have a synth feel. Each and every keyboard produces certain sounds which are better than others. It is very important for you to decide which sounds are important to you. You can look at the polyphony and multitimbrality capabilities just to be sure if they meet your needs.Polyphony is a measure of how many notes the keyboard can play at one time, while multitimbrality is a measure of how many different kinds of sounds the instrument can play at once. You may also try each model that you are interested in or watch the demo of those keyboards because after all one must hear to believe the beauty of any instrument.There are many videos available online for your reference. You may also check various websites to buy keyboard online.Some keyboards have screens on it. If you want a keyboard with a screen, then you have make sure it is of decent quality. The screen should be crystal clear, easy to read and large enough to read the sounds and functions you would be using. Some of them have smaller screens that use acronyms or abbreviations that are not quite easy to understand.Presets should be easy to use, and sounds should be logically grouped so they're easy to find and remember.