Picking Out Music Keyboards

Nowadays, no one but the wealthy and serious concert players buy pianos anymore. Music keyboards have simply gotten too good to resist. Keyboard music is more versatile and interesting than ever, and the possibilities will only continue to grow. Buying a music keyboard is not an easy thing, however. With all of the dazzling features, differing technologies, and impressive layouts, it can be difficult to pick out what you need. Without the guidance of an expert, you could end up with something not suitable for your purposes.

When I bought my first musical keyboard, I didn't really have a clue. I knew that I wanted to be in a rock band, but I didn't really understand what that entailed. The music keyboard that I bought was pretty good in some respects. It was a midi keyboard that was excellent for composing. The problem was that it didn't have a lot of built-in effects. It was a sort of home workstation keyboard, not a performance one.

When I finally saved a little more money, I started looking at Moog keyboards. I knew that they made some of the best music keyboards – particularly for electronic musicians. I didn't really need a touch sensitive keyboard like you do in classical music. I could control my velocity with switches, and it wouldn't show up in most of the kind of music I was playing anyway.

The funny thing is that one of my good friends actually had a completely parallel experience with music keyboards to me. Unlike me, however, he was setting out to study classical music. He bought a keyboard synthesizer that looked pretty cool, but couldn't do a lot of the things he needed. The keys were not weighted, and the triggers were not so sensitive. He could do impressive things with the layering and sampling, but he couldn't practice concert piano. As a result, his expensive foray into music keyboards was for naught.

Fortunately, we knew each other. We decided to trade music keyboards. Our keyboards were approximately equivalent in price, and we both had what the other needed. He had a really fancy electronic synthesizer keyboard That was great for playing live rock 'n roll music. I had a touch sensitive, midi keyboard that was excellent for home recording and concert piano. We made the switch, and were both happy with what we got. Now he's studying Beethoven and I'm playing rock 'n roll.