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61 Key Keyboard - Musical Keyboard for Serious Beginners

A 61 key keyboard is what you should buy as your first digital music keyboard, if you are serious about learning to play the keyboards!


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All set to buy a 61 key music keyboard? A portable digital keyboard with 61 keys is what you will need if you want to seriously learn the musical keyboard.

When I say seriously, it means learning to play the electronic keyboard with both the hands.

With a 61 key keyboard, you should be able to play a lot of songs and musical pieces of considerable complexity. It should keep you busy for a long time!


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Get At Least 61 Keys

Besides the standard 61 key (5 Octave) electronic keyboards, you do get keyboards with lesser number of keys (Casio makes them) but then your learning will be limited to playing with your right hand only.

You cannot use your left hand to play the chords, which is not a very good thing to do.

So, get at least a 61-key keyboard if you are serious about your keyboard playing!

Note: For synth-style keyboards, the keys should not be very stiff or very soft. So check if you find the keys responsive without being too stiff or too mushy


Musical Styles And Sounds

With these electronic keyboards, you will get hundreds of musical styles and sounds.

So after you know a few songs, you can play them with a variety of musical styles, ranging from classical to modern. You should be able to impress a lot of people with these styles and sounds.

These keyboards will even contain a basic sequencer to let your record your song, so just let your imagination go wild.

Note: It is always better to listen to ALL the sounds on a music keyboard before you decide to buy. To provide a realistic background accompaniment, you will need sounds that are authentic, full and rich.


Other Features to Look For

Here are some other features that can be useful to have in your 61 key keyboard. So check if the music keyboard has what you need.

  • Does the keyboard support external storage like Floppy disk, USB or Smartcard…so that you can load and save songs and styles?


  • Is the keyboard's sound good enough for you or will you need a Keyboard Amplifier?


  • Almost every keyboard comes with a built-in sequencer nowadays. You need to check how many tracks does it support? Do you need a 2-track recorder, 5-track recorder or more?


  • Is the display big enough, well lit and easy to read? Is it easy to locate the various functions on the display? Can you easily activate them?



  • Keyboard Accessories

    Accessories like Adapters, Stands, Cases, Headphones and Pedals are available, which can be bought.

    Though an Adapter is needed to switch your keyboard on, I feel the other accessories can be bought later as needed.

    For beginners, pedals are not needed at all but you can consider buying a stand and a case as it gives you the option to move around your keyboard.


    Various Brands

    There are a lot of manufacturers in the market who make good musical keyboards. For this size keyboard, you can explore Yamaha keyboards, Casio keyboards, Korg keyboards, and Roland keyboards.

    Casio's CTK-series, Yamaha's PSR-series and Roland's E-series have some of the popular 61 key keyboards.

    The cost of the models in these series will differ based on the features offered as well as on the quality of the sound. You can get a rough idea of keyboard & piano prices here.

    By the way, a keyboard with 61 keys is also known as a 5-Octave keyboard. One octave contains 12 keys (7 white plus 5 black) so this makes it basically a 5 Octave keyboard (the one extra key is ignored).


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