Are you searching for an acoustic piano? Many piano beginners wish to have acoustic piano when they start taking their
piano lessons. However, if you are beginner in piano lessons you must think twice before buying an acoustic piano. The basic reason is it’s expensive. Before investing you need to think how much time you will spend on practicing, whether you really want to go for the further levels of learning and so on. Even if you are taking
online piano lessons, it is a good idea to invest in an electronic piano or keyboard.
Acoustic Piano vs Electronic Piano
If you desire to master the traditional acoustic piano in future then beginning with electronic keyboard is a good idea. Having a portable electronic keyboard in the initial stages of your learning is economical too. These portable keyboards are useful if you living in modern apartments where the space is major constraint. Nowadays you have the option of a digital piano which is bit expensive. But they are good enough as they emulate the feel of the traditional acoustic piano. Even the sound is much closer to that of traditional one.
There are lots of options available in market like digital piano, synthesizer, electronic keyboard, controller, arranger and workstation. Let us see what all those terms actually mean and where you can find them easily. This discussion will help you to choose a keyboard as a piano beginner.
How many keys should your keyboard have?
You should go for the keyboard having minimum 61 keys, so that as you grow in learning stages you can play many songs. These sixty one keys can be a combination of black and white. The keyboard with 61 keys is good enough for your kid who is learning piano.
Lighted keys or Weighted keys?
In the initial few weeks of piano learning, light weighted keys are helpful. Playing song with light key becomes easy as you have to just follow the keys that light up on the keyboard.
Weighted keys means keys on your keyboard are heavier. They are much similar to the keys of a traditional piano. This feature is needed if you planning to graduate to an acoustic pianist in future. You will find keyboards with weighted keys more expensive to that of lighted keys.
Does size of keys matter?
If your future plan is to go for traditional piano learning then go for the full-sized keyboard. However, you can buy a keyboard with smaller-sized keys like organ-sized keys for your kids.
What should be Polyphony of a keyboard?
Polyphony means the total number of notes pressed to generate sound at once. For beginner 32-note polyphony is more than enough.
What should be the type of sensitivity for keys?
It is recommended to select the touch-sensitive keys keyboard. As such types of keys, the individual notes volume depends on how hard you hit the keys. Its all depend on whether you treat it, as keys of traditional acoustic piano.
Whether to get AC adaptor or not?
Most of the time keyboards are not supported with AC adaptor power supply. You will need to buy it separately. So do not forget to add this item in your budget.
Hope, this discussion will help you to buy your electronic piano.
