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The Home-Keyboard evolved from electronic organs and electric pianos. The tones of this versatile keyboard instrument are produced electronically, electromechanically or digitally and are as varied as music itself. Modern Home-Keyboards are available in all price ranges. Manufacturers like Yamaha or Casio offer excellent models for beginners and professional musicians.
Which Home-Keyboard is right for a beginner?
Home-Keyboards are generally very good instruments for anyone starting out in music. They offer the big advantage of all keyboard instruments: notes are easy and clear to produce. As a beginner you only need to learn to associate the keys with the different sounds. A novice can actually teach themselves the basic skills for playing the keyboard using books or tutorial videos.
A Home-Keyboard for beginners shouldn’t have too many functions. With an entry-level instrument it’s better to invest your money in the right sound. That way the first successes are really enjoyable.
Good beginner instruments are, for example, the Yamaha EZ-300 or the Casio CTK-4400. Both instruments have a keyboard of 61 keys and impress with their high-quality tone. While the EZ-220 Keyboard with “only” 392 voices far surpasses a symphony orchestra in variety, the Casio CTK-4400 offers 48-note polyphony and a reverb-effect button. Both keyboards can be used with stereo headphones, so the player can practise completely undisturbed and unheard.
Professional Home-Keyboards
A particularly affordable and versatile keyboard for professionals and advanced amateurs is the PSR-E453 Portable Keyboard. The instrument, which was named Keyboard of the Year in 2016, offers 758 high-quality voices with 48-note polyphony, including “Sweet!” and “Cool!” voices.
Casio also produces excellent pro models, as the Casio CTK-7200 proves. With its 820 powerful AHL voices and 260 varied rhythms, the instrument delivers top-class sound.
Even as a solo entertainer you can play your own pieces with modern instruments from Yamaha or Casio, act as the disc jockey and provide the right sound for many different occasions. If you also have an illuminated-keyboard, you’ll add visual accents in addition to the musical enjoyment.
What should a good Home-Keyboard include?
It should have a keyboard with at least 61 keys and velocity sensitivity. That trains the beginner and gives the professional plenty of scope for individual expression.
It should also have a registration memory to record and store sounds and accompaniment arrangements. For a beginner it’s advantageous if the Home-Keyboard has built-in speakers. If you want to play your Home-Keyboard outside the home, make sure the instrument can also be battery-powered. Nevertheless, it’s important to check that the power adapter is included in the keyboard’s scope of delivery.
One more tip: if you can already play the piano, you should get a Home-Keyboard with 76 keys. With it you can play many more piano pieces than with the 61-note models. The 76-key models are available from both Yamaha and Casio.