Many children start learning music at a young age, for their parents
take place great emphasis on music education. People used to play the
harpsichord or the pipe organ to study music. However, due to the
invention of the electronic keyboards, more and more people accept the
idea that we can use this great invention to study music. There are
three kinds of electronic keyboards which are well-known and common
today.
The most popular kind of electronic keyboard is
the digital piano. Its appearance is like a traditional piano, namely
eighty-eight keys and three pedals. Many piano students who live in an
apartment like to buy it because they can control its volume. For
instance, they can practice playing the digital piano by a headphone in
early morning or at midnight, and it won’t drive their families or
neighbors crazy. Moreover, they can save money and the apartment’s
spaces, for it is cheaper and smaller compared with a real piano, and it
doesn’t require tuning.
The second kind of electronic
keyboard is the synthesizer. If we only take the sixty-four keys from
the piano and add control modes, these keys and modes will be like a
synthesizer. It is able to imitate thousands of instruments such as
guitar, strings, and drums in high quality, so a lot keyboardists like
to use it in a band. Another example of the synthesizer is that some
composers use it to make music demos before the orchestra begins
rehearsing.
The third kind of electronic keyboard is the
electone. It has three keyboards, namely a pedalboard, which is the
bass, and two manuals. In Japan, the electone is a popular instrument,
and the YAMAHA company even set up music schools for it. For instance,
many children start learning how to play the electone, for they can
understand a variety of instruments in a short time by using their hands
and feet. Also, some people want to be a one-man band for pleasure, so
it becomes the perfect solo instrument.
In conclusion,
three popular kinds of electronic keyboards are the digital piano, the
synthesizer, and the electone. Classical musicians still prefer pianos
to electronic keyboards because they think that the real piano
represents tradition. For the younger generation, they can freely select
many kinds of keyboards to study and perform with. Buy a electronic
keyboard for yourself, and you will have a lot of fun.
