How To Choose A Beginner Digital Piano/Keyboard

YAMAHA
These are fantastic in this price bracket

▶ P-45 (MOST AFFORDABLE)

▶ P-125
The next model up features more sounds, FX and easier to use buttons to change sounds

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ROLAND
These are my personal favourite entry level digital pianos
because of the piano sounds and feel of the keys

▶FP-10

▶FP-30x
The next model up features more sounds, FX and easier to use buttons to change sounds

Beginners often ask me what is the best thing to be learning piano on. Whilst you don't need to spend a fortune, a small investment in a few key features like weighted keys will have massively improve your practice sessions, your playing and maximise the effort and time you spend learning.

Here's an honest guide on to help you choose and some specific suggestions for beginner digital pianos/keyboards below.

Here's the M-Audio Pedal I mentioned available from Amazon

Best BUDGET Universal Sustain Pedal

▶ MIDI
Not as much experience with these but I have heard great things about the new M-Audio Hammer Pro, 88 weighted keys MIDI controller

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TIMESTAMPS ⏰

0:00 Intro
0:31 Acoustic Vs Digital piano Vs Keyboard
1:39 What size keyboard?
2:39 Weighted keys vs non-weighted keys
5:16 Other things to consider - speakers, stand, pedal
7:44 Be careful buying bundles

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[PianoFromScratch]

What are you learning on at the moment? Let me know below!

[andy]

After a month of doing research I bought a Yamana P125B. It is fantastic! The feeling on the keys and the sound on that piano and a real one are so similar. I practice on the digital piano and have no issue playing the same songs on a grand piano.

[mikebittick]

I bought a Yamaha ypt 240, found it at a goodwill store works perfectly fine only paid 13.00 dollars for it now comes the fun part learning to play

[wetherby]

A Yamaha from years back, PSR-E223 with 61 keys. I know it's considered a toy, but some of the sounds are impressive. I do like the feel of it and would like to go up a few notches eventually. Yamaha makes a decent product, I also have an acoustic guitar that fits me perfectly.

[tonyhomfray]

I went for the Alesis Pro Recital. It's not perfect but I'm really happy with it having been learning for 2-3 months at this point. I'm only playing for my own entertainment and satisfaction and it more than meets my needs.
Very glad I went for fully weighted!

[davidpails]

Really helpful advice, thank you. I have just discovered your channel and love the clear, helpful lessons. I'm 59 and always wanted to learn the piano/keyboards. Cost and space are issues and I play guitar so I bought an Alesis Q88 MK2 midi keyboard and play through Reaper daw and free Bigcat Salamander Piano virtual instrument and a Yamaha TR10 guitar amp. Yes, it is a cheapskate set up but sounds great is easy to dismantle for space and I seem to be learning ok. It inspires so when I get better I will upgrade but to get me started it has been a great introduction to playing. I hope this may help someone. The keyboard was less than £130 so worth a risk from my end and i haven't been disappointed. Keep on rockin' and enjoying the pleasure that is great music.

[Irys]

I got a Yamaha P-125, and it is perfect for a beginner I think. However, as I go to my teacher's real piano, it seems like a digital piano's actual weakness is that it's *too* perfect. The keys are weighted, and they are perfectly uniform. You'll never play a real piano that feels like this, real pianos always have some keys that feel stickier or slower or heavier than others. The tone of digital is always perfectly uniform, forever, which again is completely impossible on a real piano. Even when a real piano is perfectly tuned, there are always some notes that resonate differently than others. Like on my teacher's piano, the middle B just somehow resonates off her wall like it is amped, just a quirky bit of accidental physics. And of course, the sustain pedal on digital can never exactly mimic the effect of not just sustaining the notes played but the resonating effect across all the neighboring strings.

A digital piano is a godsend, without which I would not be able to learn at this time. But nobody should fool themselves that even the best can really match a real piano. If you are on the fence, you can often find someone who is looking to give away a piano for free, if you can transport it. (Yes, that's a big if)

[terrycollins]

Down to earth comments/ideas. brilliant

[mathiasp.]

I straight bought exact the pedal shown in ur video (the M-Gear) without knowing much bout it or got the advice out of the video yet.. hehe... and i can just advise it.. it does the job..😊

Thank you for your videos though, they are really helpfull...🙏🤓👍

[MindzOM]

I bought the Casio Privia PSX 1000! It has a bunch of features that others don't have in that price range. The keys feel like a real piano from experience! Not exactly but your playing a digital piano. This thing still works jus as it dose when I unboxed it!

[Gordon]

This Channel is a Godsend! The information is clear and concise. Subscribed! I will now proceed to work my way through all of your videos... In between Practise sessions, of course😀

[gavenosborne]

I want. Electric keyboard piano. For Christmas 2023

[GeeDeeBird]

Love your passion for teaching and your ability to communicate some rather technical subjects in such an accessable way. Thanks for that. I've got a Casio Previa PX-160, and it's got great features at a very reasonable price. You can pick up a used one for under $300. Cheers!

[Johnson-Unknown]

I have a question
is vault caeser mk2 good?

[trilobitemmmxxx]

I love arranger keyboards, much more versatile than digital piano.

[mcheimler]

Piano is the best instrument in terms of what your hands can do with an instrument. You can do so much more on a piano than you can with other instruments.

[khunuzgen]

Ur explanation of each and every nuances of piano for beginners are spot on! Love ur vdos❤️...m a beginner..bought myself a Casio ctx 700 keyboard to learn..howz that for a start?

[DragosStefan]

The Studiologic SL88 Studio (and SL73 Studio) are amazing weighted MIDI master keyboards at a great price (same keybed that's in the Nord pianos)

[Gaddidishaan]

Hey is Casio c200 or c300 good enough for beginners as I can only get those.
And is yamaha e373 fine too?

[robflores]

I ended up going with an Arturia Keylab 88 MKII cause I really wanted to start learning piano legitimately. Big dreams of Rachmaninov and Art Tatum haha. So I needed a fully weighted keyboard with a hammer action and 88 keys. But I also like producing and wanted to get back into hiphop and film scoring as well as guitar based music which is my first instrument. It has a nice Fatar keybed and a ton of controls within the daw. I’ve been using Arturias Piano V2 software that it came with which is pretty decent but I’ve recently discovered Pianoteq which by just about everyone in the community, even hardware biased reviewers gets 2 thumbs up and it’s also endorsed by Steinway and a few other big piano manufacturers which I’ve heard is a big deal. So I’ll be purchasing Pianoteq very soon as I agree that the sound can really make a huge difference.