are all Piano the same?

Question

can i play a song with a electrical piano my dad bought at best buy? or do i have to by a professional Piano? I want to play beethoven

Answer 1

An electric keyboard will never fell or respond exactly like a real piano. I should know - I own 5 really good keyboards, and a Steinway grand. You can play some of the easier Beethoven works on keyboard, and get and estimation of them - but you will want to progress to a real piano.

Answer 2

You can certainly play it on the electric piano - unless it's missing some octaves, but Beethoven doesn't usually go insanely high - but it won't sound even a quarter as good as it would sound on a grand, or even an upright. You will also not have nearly as much control over the dynamics, touch and expression as on good-quality pianos. If you're looking to just have fun playing Beethoven, go ahead, but if you want to practice hard and get sounding really good I would definitely reccomend an acoustic piano.

Answer 3

Yes, with right type of digital piano. Must have 88 keys with hammer action. I use Roland FP series of digital piano that feels and sounds real. The only difference is that at professional level (several hours of playing per day) it does not last. The keys feels the same, and has weight. But they are made out of plastic. if you hit it hard enough, it will split into pieces and you would lose the hammer action (or sometimes the key just sinks to the bottom) Something like that rarely happens with a real piano.

Also remember to use ear protection. It isn't like real piano, the volume can be raised up enough to damage your ears. So you want to get a good musicians ear plugs.

Answer 4

You can play almost any song on any piano. The deal is how you want it to sound. Every brand fo piano sounds different, so you just have to settle for what you want (Beethoven will sound fine on an electric piano, but it's more fun on a grand).

Answer 5

Perhaps you and your father should look into "renting" a small grand or full upright piano so you can experience the fulness of an acoutic piano. Beethoven would be proud to hear that his music is being played on a regular piano rather than on any "electronic" piano.

Good luck!

Answer 6

Is it a true electric piano with 88 notes, weighted key action and 3 pedals? Or is it a keyboard with 61 notes?

With the first kind you can take a stab at Beethoven, or any kind of music.

But the second kind doesn't have the pitch range or functionality that you need. So you will run into it's limitations rather quickly.

Good luck

Answer 7

You can, but Beethoven won't sound as good on an electrical piano. His music wasn't made for the electronic piano because there wasn't such thing when he was alive. Classical music always sounds better on a real piano. In my opinion, playing by ear, jazz, contemporary music sounds best on electronic pianos. Simpler music sounds better on an electronic piano.

Answer 8

you can play almost any song on any type of piano... you might have to change the octives or possibly play higher or lower then you would usally depending on what type of piano it is

Answer 9

Yes indeed they're all the same, well
one is electrical and one is with strings