Music education and interactive software for digital pianos is pretty incredible these days and can help speed up the learning process by not only making piano practice a lot more fun, but also more intuitive. You can take that sheet music from your computer and edit it in a number of useful ways, print it out fully notated, or even play it back automatically to listen to your performance. With computer music software, you can play your piano music and then see it in sheet music form on your computer. You can also connect to a computer or iPad using inexpensive music software or apps which I use and enjoy. Many digital pianos have USB flashdrive options for saving your song recordings and/or for playing songs back so you can evaluate your performances or play along with other people's performances to learn music better. If you can only afford to pay somewhere around $500US to $1000 which is the case with many shoppers, then a new digital portable (with stand, pedals, and bench) or a fuller cabinet piano in that price range from Yamaha, Casio, Kawai, or Roland would normally be a much better option than an old used acoustic piano since an old one is the only option for an acoustic piano in that price range.and then that used acoustic piano would likely have playability challenges and issues as well. But for all practical purposes and for most families, good digital pianos offer so much more in terms of flexibility along with a satisfying piano playing experience that the newer generation of digital pianos has far surpassed what has been available in the past and in fact will make some acoustic piano owners "jealous" in not not having one for themselves!Īs far as comparing quality piano tone and key touch between a new digital piano compared to a new or used acoustic piano, that's really a matter of personal preference and the price range you need to be in. That's OK if no one else is home, you live alone, if no one is watching TV nearby, sleeping, on the phone, or just needs it to be quiet, etc. Playing an acoustic piano in a typical living room, family room, or bedroom is a "loud" thing to do and it always has been. Music! The younger generation also wants their piano to give them a complete interactive music playing and listening experience which only digital pianos can really do in a big way through interactive USB/MIDI connection to external devices.Īlso, as I mentioned earlier, in days gone by I was limited to the amount of time I could play my acoustic piano as I was growing up and still even now because the volume an acoustic piano puts out competes with other family activities in the home and studio. They are surrounded by music technology and are not "put off" by playing a good digital piano because when it comes down to it, that digital piano gives them musical enjoyment and that's the goal, the enjoy playing However, those reasons are starting to disappear fast for the younger generation because many of them just want to play music and their goal is not become a pianist. But you would need to be in a position (musically) to understand that difference and if you are, then there are still good reasons for people to enjoy playing and owning great acoustic pianos. There is no question that I do love playing great, in-tune acoustic grand pianos such as Steinway, Bosendorfer, Kawai, Yamaha, and others because they allow for a pure organic piano playing experience not yet found in any digital piano that I have played.
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