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Hello Jeremy - Thank you for educating me on what keyboard to buy. I kinda decided to go with the PSR-E363 and wanted to use your Amzon Link to purchase. But the link seems not to be working. Possible to send the link? Cos I want to give you the due credit for giving me the info.
@@peggykhoo2433 Thanks Peggy, Amazon Singapore doesn't have a good selection. You can go ahead and order direct from Yamaha showroom. Do let the sales people know that I have helped you in your decision. Have fun!
I'm just soo grateful that someone out there understood why i wanted an 88 key keyboard and wasn't calling me stubborn for not wanting to buy a 61 key one 😂❤️ THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR THIS I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS AAAAAH ❤️❤️❤️
Yamaha P45 was my beginner piano for the first 18 months, and it was great. I managed to get almost 60% of its value when I did the trade-in to get a Roland FP-90.
Best digital piano under $1000 is the Kawai es110 it is $699. It is a bit pricier but for the under $1000 range it has the best scaled hammer action and the best sound. As opposed to the artificial sound of other pianos this piano has extremely detailed realistic and natural sounds. Also the hammer action mimics an acoustic piano almost perfectly. It is not as heavy as a real acoustic. But besides it being a bit lighter it mimics an acoustic almost perfectly. This piano also has all the basic features like a metronome and all that. It also has matte keys so they are not cheap plasticy feeling. This is a more luxury piano and for the under $1000 range this piano mimics an acoustic the best.
To all beginners ! Listen to his tips ! They are very useful ! I bought my first « piano » without doing any researches before... I ended up with a 61 key, keyboard, with no weighted keys.... After 3 months i am now looking to buy the Yamaha P115. Buy an 88 key, weighted digital piano !
Great review/advice. Thanks, Jeremy. I'd recommend Casio for beginner digital pianos. They sound good, they are very robust and easy to open for repairs. My 10 years old Casio CDP-100 still plays nice (4/5 specs, it does not have a built-in metronome, sigh...).
Scaled hammer action is also known as graded hammer action (Yamaha, Kawai, Fatar) or Progressive hammer action (Roland) or Real weighted hammer action (Korg).
@WhyMaro I agree, Graded Hammer Action is a Yamaha trademark. When I heard Jeremy use the words scaled hammer action, I thought this was a prefect generic description.
I've been watching so many videos like this trying to decide what to buy for my first piano. This video was by far the most informative and helpful. Also, thanks for the tip about the scaled keys. I knew I wanted a digital piano with weighted keys, but I didn't even know about some being scaled or that the keys change like that from left to right on an acoustic piano. Very helpful thank you. Will definitely be watching more of your channel.
Alesis Recital Pro also seems to have an option to make particular octaves respond more or less depending on how hard you press them, so while it's not a fully scaled hammer action, you can get an effect sort-of similar if you put volume register higher on higher octaves and lower on the lower ones.
I just placed an order online for Casio CDP S100 which is highly recommended by you. It cost me 300 bucks after discount. Hope it will be a satisfying digital piano for my self-learning process.
Thank you for your excelent review that was so helpfull. Here is my advice : TRY, TRY and TRY piano on a shop. Dont ever buy an instrument only on advise read on internet. At least, review and articles can help to make a good selection and be aware about the important feature you need. But once you have all the information in mind, you have to test and try by yourself the instrument. For exemple, I went to the shop to buy the Yamaha P45 (based on what I read on internet) but the seller advised me to test different piano before making my choice. Conclusion : I bought the Casio DCP S100. Not because it was better than the Yamaha. Just because it was more suited to me. So please test and try by yourself
Great video! Lots of good advice. Before I watched your video, I had talked to a musician friend of mine. He recommended to me the Yamaha P45 and the Roland FP10.
Thank you so much for providing such vita information. I’m considering buying a digital piano and I can now make a much more informed decision. You videos are amazing!
Thank you for taking the time to make this. Ive been interested in the piano all my life but never gave it a chance and recently ive had a rough time and felt lost and was looking for something that i could make a new hobby so i decided i was gonna finally learn the piano. This vid helped me a lot
Good conclusion on Roland. The FP-30 is the best beginners digital piano, and FP-10 is almost the same and within budget. Personally I would invest a bit more and choose a better piano action, but if budget is a constraint, you made the right conclusion. I would love to see a video on the different scaled Hammer actions in different price categories. It could allow decisions like "how much more do you need to pay for a better more realistic piano action“? So, comparing the different Hammer actions and what you need to pay for it? Is it worth it? Etc.. Could be interesting, you will be the 1st to do this!
Even actions on acoustic pianos feel different across brands and upright action is quite drastically different from grand piano actions. DPs feel closer to a grand piano action than a cheap upright. For the same price you pay with a budge acoustic upright, a DP in the same price range as the budget upright could actually offer a better touch and sound (though some purists will disagree with me). Casio and Roland simulates the feel of escapement even with their very low end models.
Thank you Jeremy for this video. This helped me a lot since I'm planning to start learning to play and to enroll for a piano lesson. Cause I couldn't afford to buy the real acoustic piano. 😊❤😘
I recently bought an Alesis Recital Pro digital piano based upon your review of same. The piano arrived promptly and I am very pleased with its sound, touch and user-friendly feel. Truly gratifying to get such a good instrument for such a reasonable price. Thanks for the review.
Nice video! I was looking for a digital piano a few months back! Decided to get a second hand yamaha p255 in the end mainly for the better action. Will refer to this video again for my next purchase.
After a few days searching, I have come to short-list few digital pianos for my son as follows: - Casio CDP-S150 - Yamaha P125 - Roland F10 and F30 Leaving the price issue on the side, which one would you buy?
Fantastic video man, you’re great. Thanks for the help. I can’t wait to get back into playing again, I played a lot growing up but had to move away from my piano a few years ago when life got crazy, but now I have some time to play again and am about to buy my first digital piano. Thanks again for the help! Cheers!
I like my Casio Privia PX-S1000 For the first time in my life I have a piano that feels and sounds like a real grand piano. My major need was touch sensitivity and weighted action.
@@JeremySee thank you for your replies. Their are keyboards with more options but I don't need most of the things that a pro musician would require. Your a very talented musician so all the bells and whistles are not a waste of your money. It would be fun to have but I would not have the ability to make it shine. I really like the shiny black clean look of my Previa PX-S1000. Thanks for your reviews. I still enjoy seeing all the other keyboards.😁
I needed this video 5 weeks ago.. lol Thankfully I blindly bought a Yamaha P-45 since it was on sale and I got it + a $150 stand for only $550 AUD.. Probably the best $500 i've ever spent since I've spent about 50hrs last month playing :D
Excellent review covering a whole range of digital piano's. Very useful as i'm looking to buy a digital piano. It's Roland FP -10 vs Casio CDP S-100 for me. Thank you Jeremy.
I like the look of the Casio brand out of these ones, that texture on the keys would be helpful, I often find on my current plasticky keyboard, my fingers can easily slip off the black keys, that looks like it would be much less of a problem here.
I’ve had similar decision to make - I’ve decided to completely ignore sound and focus solely on mechanical side of things - how keys felt. Why? Two things. First, I’ve never played piano before and decided that fully weighted keybed with aftertouch feature would be the way to go to get feel similar to actual piano. Two, MIDI controllers are cheaper than pianos/keyboards with integrated sound libraries and speakers - and I already have PC, laptop and iPad to use it as source of my sound. There are some free VSTs that sound “good enough” and could always purchase high end sound library (for iPad mere 14.99 for Synthology’s Ivory Mobile American D). After long consideration I’ve decided to settle for rather underrepresented (at least I couldn’t find much info about it but specs looked great on paper) StudioLogic SL88 Grand. I suck immensely and don’t spend nearly enough time practicing (I’ve started it as a hobby, because I just love the sound of piano) but given my extremely limited experience with pianos I would say this was the best decision I’ve made with the money I had. The only real cons I’ve found is that it weights 20kg and thus moving it around is a pain but I guess this is the price you have to pay for fully weighted, wooden keybed.
Was so scared. I just bough the Roland FP-10 and it arrives Wednesday, and I went 4 pianos in your list and was getting nervous you wouldn’t even mention it. Phew. Am glad
Crazyfish66 I just got a Yamaha p-45b and it sounds very good and I tried the Roland fp-10 and it didn’t feel as good to me. And the p-45b has a bit heavier keys and the sound sounded a bit better. Would definitely recommend either for a first piano (or beginner).
I agree that the GO:Piano is not a good choice for a beginner piano, but FWIW I do find it a good portable piano to take with me when I'm away from home, it weighs next to nothing, and at least 2/3 of the pieces I've learned in my first 2 years on piano do not exceed a 61 key range.
Love this video I was raised up a musician and born into that and started playing the piano at 2 years old. I would have to say I am with the old school way of teaching piano. Beginners really shouldn’t bee looking at digital pianos. It is much better to learn and bee trained on an acoustic piano. Hence the digital piano does have many things on it that do help with your music,,,, but the problem is for beginners they are really not suppose to beee playing a digital piano when they can’t even play the acoustic piano. I play both. Acoustic and digital. At work, I am gigging on baby grands but at home I have the digital piano with me. The thing is that a lot of pianists only play the acoustic piano which really is the way to go, but their are people like myself who play both. Digital pianos are played differently than an acoustic piano and that yes their is metronomes on board that is a good thing of course, but for just inspired on piano or learning to play a digital is not the way to go for beginners. Plus in a concert hall you are not going to see the digital piano around. You are going to see acoustic pianos. Now digital pianos are what make up all of our music today if you see people playing smooth jazz well, that is all done on keyboards, synthesizers, and digital pianos. For me beeing trained on a digital piano is not the way for a beginner. That is almost like flying a plane without learning how to drive a car first. Beginners should learn how to use the acoustic piano’s keyboards and learn first before getting on a digital piano. The digital piano is a different level and playing it is different than playing on an acoustic piano. If you don’t know how to play the piano then why should anyone learn on a digital piano. I.k. Yes. Maybe the cost and the space but their again. We are not thinking about this. We are thinking about the piano here. When you are playing a digital piano, you have to think about more than just the piano. You have to use different parts of your brain where as on the acoustic piano you are using much of your brain to play of course different passages but with a digital you have to pay attention to it all the time. You have to have thought process of a band and orchestra so playing it is a bit different than playing an acoustic. So yes it is cheaper to buy a digital but should a beginner who doesn’t know a thing about piano learn on it???? I.... I am with the old school way and the correct way to learn. I say learn on an acoustic before you learn how to use a digital because the digital is not going to make any sense to you if you don’t know how to play a piano. Like I stated. You have to do more things with a digital piano. It is not just their are lessons I can learn that way. No. It doesn’t work that way. Doesn’t matter how good or cheap the digital piano is. Beginners shouldn’t even learn on a digital in the first place. Learn on an acoustic first and then if you want to play a digital piano then go for it and learn the piano. Study it first. Then the digital will make sense to you because you are not just dealing with the piano with a digital piano. You are dealing with other instruments and you have ego have the understanding of how those work. With a digital pian you can’t just think about the piano part. You have to have a mentality of every musician and instrument. How is the guitar beeing strummed. How is the trumpet beeing played. How do sections of orchestras sound so all this is stressful but in a good way. So for a beginner it is really not recommended to play a digital piano..... if their is no other choice and the money is an issue well then you have no choice but really digitals for beginners even with the modern day app and things it is really not wise for nobody to start on a digital yes. Learn piano but you have to work your way up. Even back then in the 1980’s I was playing acoustic pianos then, after I got really good at playing the piano and having the mastery of it, then I was introduced to synthesizers and digital pianos but not right away. Really a digital piano is just going to throw the beginner off and they won’t really know what to do with everything and that is my point. The acoustic piano is not going to throw anyone off who is just starting. That is why I say. Learn on an acoustic first and then when you get good with your understanding of how to play then maybe consider playing on a digital piano.... you will bee better off that way.... this is why many people see me and they get so discouraged because they see me just sitting down at an acoustic or digital and playing it like i am not thinking about it. Well, i have been play all my life and I have the understanding and knowledge on how both function. It didn’t come over night.
Jeremy See Yea. This really is a good way to learn and a lot of beginners don’t realize that but if they. We’re to start on the acoustic piano because they may or may not get classically trained that is O.k. This is the foundation of piano playing. If they want to learn various types of music they can the digital piano will help them do so, but to start out the acoustic piano to get the hang of the piano is much more simple because you don’t have to worry about everything else like a digital piano. They just have to work on their technique and skill. Some people believe that they should use the digital piano first because they will help with learning the acoustic piano but this is actually not true. The acoustic piano is good to start on because you get just the piano and one sound which is its main sound coming from the sound board. After mastering the instrument yes. Then go to digital pianos and start exploring with the digital world because yes. Their is a lot of software to enhance the experience of course but to start off????? No....
Thanks for this video, Jeremy. I had been considering an arranger keyboard rather than a digital piano as my first buy. Initially, I only wanted to play more contemporary music, but the more I think about it, I think I'd like to learn more complex pieces, such as music from Nobuo Uematsu. I was wondering, do any of the pianos in this video feature additional voices, such as organ or flute?
Although I love classical music, I want to learn to play church music, and some songs by Josh Groban and Taylor Swift. I know that It would take years to learn those beautiful classical pieces. I wish my parents had put me in piano lessons as a child. :)
I just tune in this channel, this is so great, also the information is very informative. Thank you for uploading this :) But i wanna ask, You dont mention if Yamaha PS-45 fullfilled all the 5 criteria that you've mentioned. Does the Yamaha have all the criteria?
thank you so much for all this information, i have had a really difficult time trying to decide what digital piano to buy for my first one, there is hundreds of them in hundreds of configurations and sizes and i was getting overwhelmed because i have no idea about pianos at all, i know nothing, except that i love piano music so much and i want to start learning to play, and if i had bought a piano that was cheaper and doesnt sound like a piano , or feel like a piano, would i even want to keep trying to learn when the reason i want to play is because i love how pianos sound. so i think it's important that my first one should sound and feel very similar to a piano, because i cant afford a real one lol. i wish i would have looked sooner, this video would have saved me weeks of searching
Very cool. Coming from a sales guy in Yamaha music shop I would say the only thing you’ve been missing is the speaker. The piano itself has to contain the speaker for convenient purpose. I do encounter customer buying some of the stage piano without knowing it doesn’t comes witn speakers, nor do they have their own amplifiers at home. Most of the customers who are watching digital piano video are possibly parents who never learn about amplifiers and wanted to buy one for their kid. Solution for them to plug the piano into the hi-fi might as well damage their sound system speakers. Hope my little information helps. Cheers from Malaysia.
Very well done. Thank you so much for all your hard work, research, analysis and reasoning you put into this video. All in all outstanding and greatly appreciated. One of the features I'm looking for is that it will have built-in speakers which I assume all do if they have a built-in metronome function. However, I could be wrong in that assumption. During your review of these digital piano's did you play them and listen to the sound quality and observe that it was, in fact, making it own sound generation as well? Again thanks so much for all your hard work and time you spent putting this video together.
Thanks for watching Eric. Yes, i have played and reviewed all the pianos I listed and they have built in speakers and are generating their own sounds from samples of renowned expensive pianos.
Thank you again, Jeremy, for a really outstanding video presentation, for all your hard work and time you put into that great video. And thank so much for the reply.
This is such a great video that it woke me up like a double-shot espresso cup! Thank you Mr.See. I am also shocked, in a good way, to learn that you are in your 50s....
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Do you know the difference between a keyboard and a piano?
For home use, on a table, would you recommend the Korg B2 or the Rpland FP-10?
Hello Jeremy - Thank you for educating me on what keyboard to buy. I kinda decided to go with the PSR-E363 and wanted to use your Amzon Link to purchase. But the link seems not to be working. Possible to send the link? Cos I want to give you the due credit for giving me the info.
@@peggykhoo2433 Thanks Peggy, Amazon Singapore doesn't have a good selection. You can go ahead and order direct from Yamaha showroom. Do let the sales people know that I have helped you in your decision. Have fun!
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When he mentioned Bach, Beethoven and such, I was more or less thinking Zelda and Mega Man, but sure, it's almost the same.:P
EXACTLY! I want to learn to play for the Kingdom Hearts song: dearly beloved
i always want to play classic love song like fly me to the moon but no money to purchase even the cheapest on the list
@@winterrain1947 that was the reason why I got started aswell 3 months ago! Go for it!
Anime opening music too
Haha my son wants to learn Mario and Spider-Man music. Whatever it takes to get you motivated.
This channel is the best :-) excellent reviews , and great channel to know what piano or keyboard you want to buy. Keep up the good work.
I'm very curious how old Teacher Jeremy is. He has been teaching Piano for 25 years now and he looks to still be in early 30s.
Watch my other family videos featuring my 4 children. Oldest is already 20 years old. I'm almost 50, btw. 🤣
I have noticed this about a LOT of musicians. Even if they are up to 75 years old and have white hair, they seem to have this youthfulness about them.
@@JeremySee You do not look over 30 bro, good on you.
@@JeremySee WThell?!! your almost 50? i thought your 30+
Why all 45 to 55 years old people looks much youthful this dayys
This is probably the most accurate piece of advice around for buying a digital piano. Well done and thank you.
Thank you Grace.
88 keys
Full Size Keys.
Scaled Hammer Action.
Left to Right
Damper padel
I will note on this
Just upgraded from a Korg B1 (fantastic beginning piano) to a Yamaha P-515 and I'm so excited for it to get here!
I'm just soo grateful that someone out there understood why i wanted an 88 key keyboard and wasn't calling me stubborn for not wanting to buy a 61 key one 😂❤️ THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR THIS I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS AAAAAH ❤️❤️❤️
They all have their purposes. Most of the people here are looking for acoustic piano emulation, which means 88 keys.
Yamaha P45 was my beginner piano for the first 18 months, and it was great. I managed to get almost 60% of its value when I did the trade-in to get a Roland FP-90.
Best digital piano under $1000 is the Kawai es110 it is $699. It is a bit pricier but for the under $1000 range it has the best scaled hammer action and the best sound. As opposed to the artificial sound of other pianos this piano has extremely detailed realistic and natural sounds. Also the hammer action mimics an acoustic piano almost perfectly. It is not as heavy as a real acoustic. But besides it being a bit lighter it mimics an acoustic almost perfectly. This piano also has all the basic features like a metronome and all that. It also has matte keys so they are not cheap plasticy feeling. This is a more luxury piano and for the under $1000 range this piano mimics an acoustic the best.
How can I be more thankfull.....you are like a guardian angel that shows path with clarity..
Since u r here....I wanted to ask that it's 2020...is Casio cdp-s100 still preferably according to ur list???and thanks for the like...
To all beginners ! Listen to his tips ! They are very useful !
I bought my first « piano » without doing any researches before... I ended up with a 61 key, keyboard, with no weighted keys.... After 3 months i am now looking to buy the Yamaha P115.
Buy an 88 key, weighted digital piano !
My parents bought me my first 61 kry not weighted. It was yamahe but i had tp struggle with it for 4,5 years now im gettin an ap470 from casio
I didn't know the difference between a keyboard and piano until now. Thanks Jeremy!
I'm happy to help.
Great review/advice. Thanks, Jeremy. I'd recommend Casio for beginner digital pianos. They sound good, they are very robust and easy to open for repairs. My 10 years old Casio CDP-100 still plays nice (4/5 specs, it does not have a built-in metronome, sigh...).
Thanks for sharing!
Amazing man, truly helped me. Appreciate all the effort and quality, earned a fan
Thanks God I've seen this video before buying my first ever digital piano. Thank you so much!
Scaled hammer action is also known as graded hammer action (Yamaha, Kawai, Fatar) or Progressive hammer action (Roland) or Real weighted hammer action (Korg).
"Real Weighted Hammer Action" was my stagename as a porn star.
The phrase "Graded Hammer Action" I think is used much more often than "Scaled Hammer Action", at least here in the UK.
@WhyMaro I agree, Graded Hammer Action is a Yamaha trademark. When I heard Jeremy use the words scaled hammer action, I thought this was a prefect generic description.
I've been watching so many videos like this trying to decide what to buy for my first piano. This video was by far the most informative and helpful. Also, thanks for the tip about the scaled keys. I knew I wanted a digital piano with weighted keys, but I didn't even know about some being scaled or that the keys change like that from left to right on an acoustic piano. Very helpful thank you. Will definitely be watching more of your channel.
I'm attracted to the Bluetooth function of the FP10 and will go for it.
Chng Eng Wan some money more and you can have the FP 30...
@@pepitosbazzeguti5676 Money doesn't grow on trees :(
@@pepitosbazzeguti5676 it does not have bluetooth!!
I wanna get the Yamaha p115
Best advice I've gotten so far on this topic. Thanks so much!
I really appreciate your analysis, honest and straight to the point! Regards!
Have a yahama p-45 for 4 years I think. Still works like brand new
This video was just what I needed. Thank you! I'm ordering my Casio CDP S100 now.
Good job Jeremy... you covered all the basics!!!
Alesis Recital Pro also seems to have an option to make particular octaves respond more or less depending on how hard you press them, so while it's not a fully scaled hammer action, you can get an effect sort-of similar if you put volume register higher on higher octaves and lower on the lower ones.
Yea i think Alesis Recital Pro is better than Yamaha P-45.
Excellent presentation, very well explained and to the point. Thank you!
Thanks Jeremy you give the best piano reviews. Very detailed and easy to understand😊😊
I just placed an order online for Casio CDP S100 which is highly recommended by you. It cost me 300 bucks after discount. Hope it will be a satisfying digital piano for my self-learning process.
I just saw your comment about you being 50. WHAAAAAT? Can you tell me about your skin care regime so I can look 30 when I'm 50 too? 😂
Thank you for your excelent review that was so helpfull.
Here is my advice : TRY, TRY and TRY piano on a shop. Dont ever buy an instrument only on advise read on internet. At least, review and articles can help to make a good selection and be aware about the important feature you need. But once you have all the information in mind, you have to test and try by yourself the instrument.
For exemple, I went to the shop to buy the Yamaha P45 (based on what I read on internet) but the seller advised me to test different piano before making my choice. Conclusion : I bought the Casio DCP S100. Not because it was better than the Yamaha. Just because it was more suited to me.
So please test and try by yourself
So if i know nothing about pianos and what it should feel like or smth else what does trying do for me? What do i look for?
@@lm10n1 Was going to ask the same thing, I have no frame of reference in what to look for. ;c
How's the s100?
Great video! Lots of good advice. Before I watched your video, I had talked to a musician friend of mine. He recommended to me the Yamaha P45 and the Roland FP10.
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Thank you so much for providing such vita information. I’m considering buying a digital piano and I can now make a much more informed decision. You videos are amazing!
Hi! I am from Brazil and this video was so helpful.. thank you very much!!
Thank you for taking the time to make this. Ive been interested in the piano all my life but never gave it a chance and recently ive had a rough time and felt lost and was looking for something that i could make a new hobby so i decided i was gonna finally learn the piano. This vid helped me a lot
I'm happy to help, buddy.
Good conclusion on Roland. The FP-30 is the best beginners digital piano, and FP-10 is almost the same and within budget. Personally I would invest a bit more and choose a better piano action, but if budget is a constraint, you made the right conclusion. I would love to see a video on the different scaled Hammer actions in different price categories. It could allow decisions like "how much more do you need to pay for a better more realistic piano action“? So, comparing the different Hammer actions and what you need to pay for it? Is it worth it? Etc.. Could be interesting, you will be the 1st to do this!
Even actions on acoustic pianos feel different across brands and upright action is quite drastically different from grand piano actions. DPs feel closer to a grand piano action than a cheap upright. For the same price you pay with a budge acoustic upright, a DP in the same price range as the budget upright could actually offer a better touch and sound (though some purists will disagree with me).
Casio and Roland simulates the feel of escapement even with their very low end models.
I’m so happy with my Casio CDP-S100. It serves double duty as a premium MIDI controller.
Truly. It is very good as a premium 88 key weighted controller.
Thank you Jeremy for this video. This helped me a lot since I'm planning to start learning to play and to enroll for a piano lesson. Cause I couldn't afford to buy the real acoustic piano. 😊❤😘
I recently bought an Alesis Recital Pro digital piano based upon your review of same. The piano arrived promptly and I am very pleased with its sound, touch and user-friendly feel. Truly gratifying to get such a good instrument for such a reasonable price. Thanks for the review.
Greta value indeed! Have fun.
Nice video! I was looking for a digital piano a few months back! Decided to get a second hand yamaha p255 in the end mainly for the better action. Will refer to this video again for my next purchase.
You would be going down to buy any of these after the p255.....256 note polyphony.....better action....etc. Congrats on your excellent purchase!
After a few days searching, I have come to short-list few digital pianos for my son as follows:
- Casio CDP-S150
- Yamaha P125
- Roland F10 and F30
Leaving the price issue on the side, which one would you buy?
FP30
Fp30 first. My second choice would be the Yamaha p125.
Fantastic video man, you’re great. Thanks for the help. I can’t wait to get back into playing again, I played a lot growing up but had to move away from my piano a few years ago when life got crazy, but now I have some time to play again and am about to buy my first digital piano. Thanks again for the help! Cheers!
I recently bought Yamaha p 45 ..thanks for the video.
Thanks for the great advise Jeremy.....bought a CDP-S100 today as a Christmas gift for my 12 year old grandson.
Great choice buddy.
I like my Casio Privia PX-S1000 For the first time in my life I have a piano that feels and sounds like a real grand piano. My major need was touch sensitivity and weighted action.
The PX-S1000 is indeed great value for the price!
@@JeremySee thank you for your replies. Their are keyboards with more options but I don't need most of the things that a pro musician would require. Your a very talented musician so all the bells and whistles are not a waste of your money. It would be fun to have but I would not have the ability to make it shine. I really like the shiny black clean look of my Previa PX-S1000. Thanks for your reviews. I still enjoy seeing all the other keyboards.😁
Fantastic video! Very informative and interesting, thanks very much for the great advice.
thank you so much king ❤️
Thank you for your advice!! 😍👏🏼
Very well explained. Hats off to your efforts. Keep it up.
The video was very educative. Thanks Jeremy!
thankyouuuu. This is so helpful
I needed this video 5 weeks ago.. lol
Thankfully I blindly bought a Yamaha P-45 since it was on sale and I got it + a $150 stand for only $550 AUD.. Probably the best $500 i've ever spent since I've spent about 50hrs last month playing :D
Great buy! Congrats & have fun.
Do you mind mentioning where you bought it from? I'm in Sydney and I don't know any good stores to check out
From AU where did you get the bargain? 😲
Excellent review covering a whole range of digital piano's. Very useful as i'm looking to buy a digital piano. It's Roland FP -10 vs Casio CDP S-100 for me. Thank you Jeremy.
Bruh that metronome part is so true. I have a metronome app on my phone but i never use it for my sheet music
Thank you Master, it helped me a lot.
Beethoven used a 63 key piano. Chopin, 73.
There should be more 73-note digital pianos for cramped bedrooms and light gigging.
Thank you very much. I was confused between Yamaha P45 & Casio CDP-S100. Now i am buying the cheaper Casio CDP-S100 for my son
One of the most important criteria is the polyphony and the type of sustain pedal.
I like the look of the Casio brand out of these ones, that texture on the keys would be helpful, I often find on my current plasticky keyboard, my fingers can easily slip off the black keys, that looks like it would be much less of a problem here.
thanks for the recommendations
i bought the alesis recital and i loved it so much
Thank you for sharing your experience with newbies like me. Greetings from Belgium, Europe
This was extremely useful! Bought the Casio. 😊👍
thank you bro for your honest reviews ...helped me a lot
Best review video yet!
I’ve had similar decision to make - I’ve decided to completely ignore sound and focus solely on mechanical side of things - how keys felt. Why? Two things. First, I’ve never played piano before and decided that fully weighted keybed with aftertouch feature would be the way to go to get feel similar to actual piano. Two, MIDI controllers are cheaper than pianos/keyboards with integrated sound libraries and speakers - and I already have PC, laptop and iPad to use it as source of my sound. There are some free VSTs that sound “good enough” and could always purchase high end sound library (for iPad mere 14.99 for Synthology’s Ivory Mobile American D). After long consideration I’ve decided to settle for rather underrepresented (at least I couldn’t find much info about it but specs looked great on paper) StudioLogic SL88 Grand. I suck immensely and don’t spend nearly enough time practicing (I’ve started it as a hobby, because I just love the sound of piano) but given my extremely limited experience with pianos I would say this was the best decision I’ve made with the money I had. The only real cons I’ve found is that it weights 20kg and thus moving it around is a pain but I guess this is the price you have to pay for fully weighted, wooden keybed.
Was so scared. I just bough the Roland FP-10 and it arrives Wednesday, and I went 4 pianos in your list and was getting nervous you wouldn’t even mention it. Phew. Am glad
How are you finding it?
Crazyfish66 I just got a Yamaha p-45b and it sounds very good and I tried the Roland fp-10 and it didn’t feel as good to me. And the p-45b has a bit heavier keys and the sound sounded a bit better. Would definitely recommend either for a first piano (or beginner).
Great review! Happy I stopped by here before making any mistakes! Wish you were my music professor!
Rock on and Stay Safe!
@ Jeremy See So i seen you're coming back to fast and furious 9 can you tell us how it is you survived?
Thankyou for experienced knowledge. It is so valuable to us beginning on piano. I'm a guitar player and it's a new area for me.
Hi Jeremy I’ve just got Yamaha PSR e463 an entry level as you said. And I’m using flowkey app to learn the basic.
Great choice. Have fun!
this video was very insightful! tysm
I am happy to share
I agree that the GO:Piano is not a good choice for a beginner piano, but FWIW I do find it a good portable piano to take with me when I'm away from home, it weighs next to nothing, and at least 2/3 of the pieces I've learned in my first 2 years on piano do not exceed a 61 key range.
Excellent video Jeremy, good work. Greetings from Colombia :D
Love this video I was raised up a musician and born into that and started playing the piano at 2 years old. I would have to say I am with the old school way of teaching piano. Beginners really shouldn’t bee looking at digital pianos. It is much better to learn and bee trained on an acoustic piano. Hence the digital piano does have many things on it that do help with your music,,,, but the problem is for beginners they are really not suppose to beee playing a digital piano when they can’t even play the acoustic piano. I play both. Acoustic and digital. At work, I am gigging on baby grands but at home I have the digital piano with me. The thing is that a lot of pianists only play the acoustic piano which really is the way to go, but their are people like myself who play both. Digital pianos are played differently than an acoustic piano and that yes their is metronomes on board that is a good thing of course, but for just inspired on piano or learning to play a digital is not the way to go for beginners. Plus in a concert hall you are not going to see the digital piano around. You are going to see acoustic pianos. Now digital pianos are what make up all of our music today if you see people playing smooth jazz well, that is all done on keyboards, synthesizers, and digital pianos. For me beeing trained on a digital piano is not the way for a beginner. That is almost like flying a plane without learning how to drive a car first. Beginners should learn how to use the acoustic piano’s keyboards and learn first before getting on a digital piano. The digital piano is a different level and playing it is different than playing on an acoustic piano. If you don’t know how to play the piano then why should anyone learn on a digital piano. I.k. Yes. Maybe the cost and the space but their again. We are not thinking about this. We are thinking about the piano here. When you are playing a digital piano, you have to think about more than just the piano. You have to use different parts of your brain where as on the acoustic piano you are using much of your brain to play of course different passages but with a digital you have to pay attention to it all the time. You have to have thought process of a band and orchestra so playing it is a bit different than playing an acoustic. So yes it is cheaper to buy a digital but should a beginner who doesn’t know a thing about piano learn on it???? I.... I am with the old school way and the correct way to learn. I say learn on an acoustic before you learn how to use a digital because the digital is not going to make any sense to you if you don’t know how to play a piano. Like I stated. You have to do more things with a digital piano. It is not just their are lessons I can learn that way. No. It doesn’t work that way. Doesn’t matter how good or cheap the digital piano is. Beginners shouldn’t even learn on a digital in the first place. Learn on an acoustic first and then if you want to play a digital piano then go for it and learn the piano. Study it first. Then the digital will make sense to you because you are not just dealing with the piano with a digital piano. You are dealing with other instruments and you have ego have the understanding of how those work. With a digital pian you can’t just think about the piano part. You have to have a mentality of every musician and instrument. How is the guitar beeing strummed. How is the trumpet beeing played. How do sections of orchestras sound so all this is stressful but in a good way. So for a beginner it is really not recommended to play a digital piano..... if their is no other choice and the money is an issue well then you have no choice but really digitals for beginners even with the modern day app and things it is really not wise for nobody to start on a digital yes. Learn piano but you have to work your way up. Even back then in the 1980’s I was playing acoustic pianos then, after I got really good at playing the piano and having the mastery of it, then I was introduced to synthesizers and digital pianos but not right away. Really a digital piano is just going to throw the beginner off and they won’t really know what to do with everything and that is my point. The acoustic piano is not going to throw anyone off who is just starting. That is why I say. Learn on an acoustic first and then when you get good with your understanding of how to play then maybe consider playing on a digital piano.... you will bee better off that way.... this is why many people see me and they get so discouraged because they see me just sitting down at an acoustic or digital and playing it like i am not thinking about it. Well, i have been play all my life and I have the understanding and knowledge on how both function. It didn’t come over night.
Great sharing of your experience Benjamin!
Jeremy See Yea. This really is a good way to learn and a lot of beginners don’t realize that but if they. We’re to start on the acoustic piano because they may or may not get classically trained that is O.k. This is the foundation of piano playing. If they want to learn various types of music they can the digital piano will help them do so, but to start out the acoustic piano to get the hang of the piano is much more simple because you don’t have to worry about everything else like a digital piano. They just have to work on their technique and skill. Some people believe that they should use the digital piano first because they will help with learning the acoustic piano but this is actually not true. The acoustic piano is good to start on because you get just the piano and one sound which is its main sound coming from the sound board. After mastering the instrument yes. Then go to digital pianos and start exploring with the digital world because yes. Their is a lot of software to enhance the experience of course but to start off????? No....
Thanks for this video, Jeremy. I had been considering an arranger keyboard rather than a digital piano as my first buy. Initially, I only wanted to play more contemporary music, but the more I think about it, I think I'd like to learn more complex pieces, such as music from Nobuo Uematsu. I was wondering, do any of the pianos in this video feature additional voices, such as organ or flute?
BRUH I CAN'T BUY SOMETHING LIKE 499 DOLLARS THAT'S SO MUCH ABOVE MY BUDGET !!!!!
Never knew Han plays piano
scu 121 💯
Although I love classical music, I want to learn to play church music, and some songs by Josh Groban and Taylor Swift. I know that It would take years to learn those beautiful classical pieces. I wish my parents had put me in piano lessons as a child. :)
Its never too late. Just practice everyday.
Great video, really helped me decide, thanks
Thank you for sharing - very useful video
I just tune in this channel,
this is so great, also the information is very informative.
Thank you for uploading this :)
But i wanna ask,
You dont mention if Yamaha PS-45 fullfilled all the 5 criteria that you've mentioned.
Does the Yamaha have all the criteria?
Best teacher!
Great info sire! Thank you ☺️
Thanks for the info! ❤
excellent advice, very informative video thank you !
just subscribed thank you for being honest and helpful!
thank you for this great tips....more power to u....yamaha p125 coz all the features are there and can you this intument...thank you again
Hay Jeremy, loving my new Yamaha S775. It far exceeds my expectations. Thanks again.
I still love the PSR-S775! Thanks for stopping by buddy. 😊
thank you so much for all this information, i have had a really difficult time trying to decide what digital piano to buy for my first one, there is hundreds of them in hundreds of configurations and sizes and i was getting overwhelmed because i have no idea about pianos at all, i know nothing, except that i love piano music so much and i want to start learning to play, and if i had bought a piano that was cheaper and doesnt sound like a piano , or feel like a piano, would i even want to keep trying to learn when the reason i want to play is because i love how pianos sound. so i think it's important that my first one should sound and feel very similar to a piano, because i cant afford a real one lol.
i wish i would have looked sooner, this video would have saved me weeks of searching
I'm happy to help.
i have a beautiful korg krome 88 and i love it!!
A great video, thanks very much.
I've decided to buy either the Roland FP30 or Yamaha P125. Which one would you suggest?
This channel is super thanks grts Marc
Very cool. Coming from a sales guy in Yamaha music shop I would say the only thing you’ve been missing is the speaker. The piano itself has to contain the speaker for convenient purpose. I do encounter customer buying some of the stage piano without knowing it doesn’t comes witn speakers, nor do they have their own amplifiers at home.
Most of the customers who are watching digital piano video are possibly parents who never learn about amplifiers and wanted to buy one for their kid. Solution for them to plug the piano into the hi-fi might as well damage their sound system speakers. Hope my little information helps. Cheers from Malaysia.
Thanks for sharing. That's true. That is why I don't really recommend those like the D1
Thank you. Good thing that I haven't bought one yet. This is the review that I need! ☺
Very well done. Thank you so much for all your hard work, research, analysis and reasoning you put into this video. All in all outstanding and greatly appreciated. One of the features I'm looking for is that it will have built-in speakers which I assume all do if they have a built-in metronome function. However, I could be wrong in that assumption. During your review of these digital piano's did you play them and listen to the sound quality and observe that it was, in fact, making it own sound generation as well? Again thanks so much for all your hard work and time you spent putting this video together.
Thanks for watching Eric. Yes, i have played and reviewed all the pianos I listed and they have built in speakers and are generating their own sounds from samples of renowned expensive pianos.
Thank you again, Jeremy, for a really outstanding video presentation, for all your hard work and time you put into that great video. And thank so much for the reply.
Watching this before buying my very first piano. 🇵🇭
This is such a great video that it woke me up like a double-shot espresso cup! Thank you Mr.See.
I am also shocked, in a good way, to learn that you are in your 50s....
Thank you so much!! 🙏🙏🙏
Jeremy, can you please give your opinion On Donner DEP -20 , for beginner ( elderly person) to buy. .Appreciate your feedback.