The Digital Piano is a modern electronic musical instrument designed as an alternative to the traditional acoustic Piano. Digital pianos provide the look and feel of traditional pianos with the added convenience of modern features. The majority of music schools and professional musicians now use digital pianos. While digital pianos may fall short of a real piano in feel and sound, they nevertheless have many advantages over normal pianos.
- Relatively inexpensive.
- Smaller and considerably lighter than traditional pianos.
- Never need tuning.
- Generally produce several different piano timbres.
- Available additional features to assist in learning and composition.
- Usually they have Headphone sockets.
- Ideal for learning or practicing
When you play any of the keys on a digital piano you are hearing a digital recording of a Concert Grand Piano, depending on which note you play and how hard you play it, this will allow you to play with all of the dynamic range (soft and loud) of a acoustic concert grand piano.
Not all digital pianos are the same with various different electronics inside, above we have a small selection of digital pianos that we find to be a good balance between quality and cost, all have touch sensitive keys with hammer action. |