A digital piano is a modern electronic musical instrument, different from the electronic keyboard, designed to serve primarily as an alternative to a traditional piano, both in the way it feels to play and in the sound produced. It is meant to provide an accurate simulation of a real piano. Some digital pianos are also designed to look like an acoustic piano. While digital pianos may fall short of a real piano in feel and sound, they nevertheless have many advantages over normal pianos:
- Compared to acoustic pianos, digital pianos are generally less expensive.
- Most models are smaller and considerably lighter, but there are large ones as well.
- They have no strings and thus do not require tuning. They also easily accommodate different temperaments on demand.
- Depending on the individual features of each digital piano, they may include many more instrument sounds including strings, guitars, organs, and more.
- They are much more likely to incorporate a MIDI implementation.
- They may have more features to assist in learning and composition.
- They usually include headphone output.
- They often have a transposition feature.
- They do not require the use of microphones, eliminating the problem of audio feedback in sound reinforcement, as well as simplifying the recording process.
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