“Digital Pianos” VS “Light Keyboards”

For piano lessons, we strongly recommend a digital piano for learning on, rather than a light keyboard.

Digital Pianos traditionally have a full set of 88-keys and simulated hammer action, which is crucial to muscular development for students learning piano.

Additionally, most digital pianos have “dynamic sensitivity” meaning that if you hit a key hard the sounded note is loud, and if you play a key soft the sounded note is quiet. This aspect is also important even at the beginning of the music learning process for students young and mature.

In Summary, we recommend purchasing a digital piano with these key features:

All 88-Keys
Hammer Action
Dynamic Sensitivity
Keyboards that exemplify these features include:
- Casio CDP-135
- Yamaha P45
- Roland FP-30

Some families may be looking for a piano that compliments a room the way a real piano does.

These Digital Pianos have real piano-like stand, encasing, and pedals:
- Casio Privia PX-770
- Yamaha Arius-143
- Roland RP102

Recommended Stores

For rent-to-own programs, we recommend:

Capital Music Center (www.capmusic.com) - 6101 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757 - (512) 458-1933.

For retail purchase, we recommend:

Strait Music (www.straitmusic.com) - 2428 W Ben White Blvd, Austin, TX 78704 - 512-476-6927

If you already have a light keyboard at home, our teachers are happy to work with whatever we have available to get started. If you are shopping for an instrument, however, we recommend shopping for an instrument that will yield the best results in music lessons!

If you have been taking lessons on a light keyboard and aren’t seeing the progress you expect, please consider attaining a digital piano for lessons and practice!