| When you are buying a digital piano is very easy to | | | | keys are heavier to touch than the typical electronic |
| feel confused about the different terminology and | | | | keyboard. |
| jargon used? Being digital pianos some of them have | | | | What is the best option? |
| lots of wonderful technology that helps create the | | | | When you buy a digital piano you have to make sure |
| sounds you hear. This doesn't help you understand the | | | | of one thing in terms of weighted keys - make sure |
| technology or help you to make the right choice. My | | | | they are Touch Sensitive. |
| article is going to help you understand the different | | | | What are Touch Sensitive Keys? |
| options for weighted keys. | | | | When pressing down a piano key softly it will provide |
| What are the different options? Almost all digital pianos | | | | a quiet sound. Equally when you press the key harder, |
| have different key weighting and you quite often hear | | | | you'll get a loud sound. There are varying degrees of |
| terms like: | | | | sensitivity in between. So the harder to play the keys |
| - Light-weighted | | | | the louder it gets, or the softer you strike the key, the |
| - Semi-weighted | | | | quieter it will sound. Simple eh! |
| - Weighted | | | | The main thing to remember is that if you practice on |
| - Fully-weighted | | | | a piano without Touch Sensitive keys, you'll end up |
| - Heavy-weighted | | | | playing with poor technique and the music you play will |
| First thing to point out is that all 61 and 76 key | | | | have very little expression. Digital pianos that come |
| electronic keyboards no matter what the brand, come | | | | with fully weighted or heavy weighted keys replicate |
| with light-weighted keys. Digital pianos on the other | | | | acoustic pianos more closely and would be the ideal |
| hand come with semi-weighted, weighted, fully | | | | choice for more advanced players. |
| weighted or heavy-weighted keys. These types of | | | | |