Don't get me wrong! I like keyboards. They can have so much more than Pianos, but im just saying that pianos often "sound" better than keyboards, for the simple reason that Pianos are "real", meaning they make the sounds from the actual strings, where as Keyboards make the sounds electronically, and they are recorded, so they just dont sound as good.

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When I said that it sounds terrible, is that I'm used to unweighted keys, so when I use a piano I can never get the piece to sound right.

Well the piano is the real thing and the keeboard is kind of a portable piano that bes played in bands for special effects.the piano also sounds richer and the keeboard sounds artificial.

I'm not saying that the keyboard is better(i'll choose the piano over the keyboard anyday) or anything but as linna6281 said, it is good for the sound effects...like you said boffcheese about the strings, you should have at least noticed that you can make it yourself if you wanted to like what i did(I DIDN'T MAKE IT MYSELF, MY CLOSE FRIEND FROM THAILAND MADE IT)and made it into A KEYBOARD...smart me!!!... it is also portable and even sounds better than the real thing and as linna6281 said, less artificial.

Don't think that i mean bad or that i'm boastin' or anything so don't be hatin'. lol

Pianoforte = WAY better dynamics
keyboard = have some dynamics if none at all

Get a piano.

A keyboard is NOT better for beginners because you don't build up the strength of your fingers and you neve learn how to play dynamics properly, that is you don't learn how to change the way you play by going softer or louder just useing your fingers, not a button. And if you learn to play on a piano you can easily revert to a keyboard. It is near impossibly to learn on a keyboard and be able to play on a piano just as well.

Also the keyboard is not as stable as a piano, if you hit the keys too hard you either knock your keyboard over or seriously damage it, playing moonlight sonata is particullary hard.

All said and done, get a piano, it's worth it in money because you'll never need another. The tone qualitly is far better, you'll learn faster and easier, it looks far more impressive to be able to play the piano, ther is a wider range of songs you can play and you can always play the keyboard if a piano is not around.

Whew!! Think I've made my point. Nothing against the keyboard of course, they are fun to play around with!!

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and little kids will find the piano keys easy to press down wheareas the keyboard is too easy and they end up pressing keys when their hands just brush over them, something that can't happen on a piano. I know cause I tried to teach my six year old sister on one and had to revert to the piano. I agree though that keyboards are better in bands. You can't lug a great big Piano on stage every time you have a concert, (how would you get a piano into most pubs anyway!!)

I reckon that you should either get a piano or a properly weighted digital piano. If you practice on a keyboard it's hard to play piano. If you practice on a properly weighted piano you can play the piano and it is easy to play a keyboard if you need to.

I'm going to be the first to take this forum in a completely different direction...

A "keyboard" is a actually a sub group of melodic percussion instruments that have a "board of keys" that are pressed with the fingers. So...the difference between a keyboard and a piano could also be that a piano is specific and a keyboard is any generic "keyboard instrument," such as organ or harpsichord.

As for "digital keyboards" I find that they are better than pianos when they are the really expensive ones that do have three pedals, sets of "real" sounds, and keys that are made to feel like real piano keys when pressed and depressed. The sound, though "fake" can be much more rich than a real piano and can be channeled through headphones, giving you a full, rich sound straight into your ears.

The weight and amount of keys plus the sound are the most important factors for me. I play with a digital piano, it's the best of both worlds! Of course it came with a pedal and the sound is wonderful. I'd recommend a piano to everyone who plays piano pieces on the keyboard. It does take a little while to get used to though... I played piano pieces on the keyboard for 6 years, until i bought myself a digital piano just recently. It playes like heaven!

they sound diffrent even the names sound diffrent too so thats the diffrent

dont understand? sorry what i meant to say was there is alot of diffrents about keyboard and piano


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Please understand that I HATE keyboards. They are plastic peices of *insert bad word here* Pianos are weighted so it's better for people who are learning because you improve your finger strength. Most keyboars aren't full legth but keyboards have their advantages. (Sound effects ect.) But my personal preferance is PIANO!

A "keyboard" is a actually a sub group of melodic percussion instruments that have a "board of keys" that are pressed with the fingers. So...the difference between a keyboard and a piano could also be that a piano is specific and a keyboard is any generic "keyboard instrument," such as organ or harpsichord.

Precisely. Thanks for pointing this out. It's too bad you were immediately ignored.

To put it slightly differently, there are various kinds of mechanical keyboard instruments such as the piano, the harpsichord, the clavichord, and the pipe organ; there are various kinds of electric keyboards such as the Rhodes electric piano, the Wurlitzer electric piano, and the Hammond B-3 and M-3 organs; and there are various kinds of electronic keyboard instruments such as the MiniMoog analog synthesizer and the Yamaha DX-7 FM digital synthesizer. All of these instruments are keyboard instruments or keyboards, for short.

Every instrument I've specifically mentioned above is a real, legitimate, valid instrument in its own right. An electronic piano is not a real, legitimate, valid instrument in its own right; it's a very flawed attempt to imitate a real piano.

I would prefer the piano over the keyboard anyday. There are now electronic systems for piano which allow you to listen through headphones, so that's not something exclusive to the keyboard any longer. There are also many pianos made with a very light touch that young kids can easily press, and more advanced pianists can use those same pianos to reinforce their technique (my teacher has one of those pianos - killer to play soft on)

The keyboard doensn't even do a good job at replicating the sounds of the other instruments in addition to the unweighted keys. Perhaps the only advantage a keyboard has is its portability factor.

Read my lips: A piano is a keyboard (instrument).

It really depends on the keyboard that you have. I have an electronic yamaha weighted key piano and its the same as a regular piano only smaller and not as heavy. Other keyboards are just junk. I hate playing on them.

I think an electonic piano would be the best bet, the reson being you get the advantage of the volume ajustment and its touch sensitive so you can play any peice at any volume. Also you get the cool advantages with the high tech ones =D with the metronome and other styles, like harpsicord and violin acomoaniments