| If I have to choose between buying an acoustic | | | | practice silently. A digital piano usually has a |
| piano or a digital piano what is the best choice? let's | | | | headphone jack so by using headphones you can |
| take a look at the different choices if you want to | | | | practise as much as you want without disturbing |
| learn to play piano.Personally I haven't been forced to | | | | neighbours or family members.3. Midi interface. A |
| make the decision between buying a normal upright | | | | digital piano usually has a midi interface which makes |
| piano and a digital piano as I have both in my home. I | | | | it possible to connect your piano to a computer and |
| can see advantages in both types of pianos when | | | | use music software like notation programs or a |
| practicing the art of learning to play piano.A normal | | | | sequenser program or a software synthesizer.What |
| upright piano produces sounds with hammers that | | | | then are the disadvantages of having a digital piano?1. |
| strikes the strings. A digital piano on the other hand | | | | The sounds in an acoustic piano are produced by |
| tries to duplicate the feeling of playing an acoustic | | | | strings vibrating and the different pitches interact in |
| piano.Most people are familiar with the normal upright | | | | ways that you cannot copy on a digital piano. The |
| piano but what advantages has a digital piano?First let | | | | sound quality of the sounds produced by digital |
| us describe a digital piano.A digital piano consists of a | | | | pianos are becoming better and better but it is still a |
| keyboard with weighted key action, sensors that | | | | completely different way of producing sounds.2. A |
| detect the velocity when you play the keys and a | | | | digital piano is limited when it comes to producing |
| set of sounds you can choose from. To make it | | | | different tone colors by different ways of playing. An |
| possible to listen to the piano when you play you | | | | accomplished pianist might feel limited by the sampled |
| have an amplifier and loudspeakers and headphone | | | | sounds.There are many more things to say about |
| jacks.Here are some advantages with a digital piano:1. | | | | choosing a piano but this is a beginning.As you can |
| A digital piano doesn't need to be tuned. A normal | | | | see it is not so easy to decide what's best for you. |
| acoustic piano you should tune once or twice a year. | | | | If you can't decide what type of piano to buy you |
| If you can't tune a piano yourself you have to turn | | | | can do as I have done. Have both types of pianos |
| to a piano tuner. It can be quite expensive of course. | | | | and keep smiling.Peter Edvinsson is a musician, |
| Even a piano tuner has to pay his bills.2. You can | | | | composer and music teacher. |