Monday 22 August 2011

What Is The Best Starter Digital Keyboard?

By Andrew Strauss Laeddis


To become a pianist you need three things: talent, training, and an instrument. Even the greatest piano virtuoso will find it difficult to reproduce his award winning pieces on a piano that is below par to begin with.

Some do not pursue a piano training simply because they think that pianos are expensive. If you are a beginner, getting a good quality but less expensive digital keyboard would be a much better option.

Digital keyboards have five general types. 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. While not as feature rich as an arranger, the sound it generates is much bolder. Advanced piano players can tinker around with workstations and synthesizers. More work can be done on these systems such as sequencing, recording or editing music as well as manipulating 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. They are best known for their topnotch beginner pianos which come built in with step-up learning systems. 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 beginners, getting the CTK-2100 is a wise decision. It is a good buy at $170 because you already get a 61-key unit which already feature-rich. Tutees will find the voice fingering guide on the CTK-2100 very helpful during practices. Using AHL audio technology, these keyboards provide almost the same sweet tunes produced by a real grand piano.




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