piano or keyboard?

[robman304]

Ok...I've been playing keyboard for a year or two now..(i also play guitar, bass, drums and sing) but I've just started getting serious about keyboard/piano...and I was wondering..for the songwriting purposes and the fact that I have limited room..which would be a better idea..an upright piano or a nice keyboard?(if I got a keyboard id want one of those nice ones with the built in stand..probably around 700-1200 bucks)

[PDWAB]

As much as I want to say the Piano, for right now you might want to get a keyboard... it'd be easier to move around, there would be less space and it would have the variable volume control.

[robman304]

ok thanks man sounds like a good idea

[*punk_rock_sophie*]

no! piano! 100 times better!

[Ned]

Ok...I've been playing keyboard for a year or two now..(i also play guitar, bass, drums and sing) but I've just started getting serious about keyboard/piano...and I was wondering..for the songwriting purposes and the fact that I have limited room..which would be a better idea..an upright piano or a nice keyboard?(if I got a keyboard id want one of those nice ones with the built in stand..probably around 700-1200 bucks)

A PIANO I-S A KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT. PIANOS H-A-V-E KEYBOARDS ATTACHED TO THEM.

[PianoDan]

Ok...I've been playing keyboard for a year or two now..(i also play guitar, bass, drums and sing) but I've just started getting serious about keyboard/piano...and I was wondering..for the songwriting purposes and the fact that I have limited room..which would be a better idea..an upright piano or a nice keyboard?(if I got a keyboard id want one of those nice ones with the built in stand..probably around 700-1200 bucks)
If you can, get an upright acoustic piano. For your purposes, an electric keyboard would certainly suffice. It'd be cheaper, most likely, and far more efficient space-wise, obviously. But in the long run, if you ever want to play the piano for the sake of playing the piano, you'll wish you had an acoustic piano rather than an electric keyboard. It depends how much you want to play it, and if you want to use it further than simply writing songs.

I'd never, ever, ever choose an electric keyboard over an acoustic piano.

[aussie_tom]

Hi, I dont know if anyone can help me, but I am looking for one of the keyboards that are held like guitars. Do they still sell them, or where can I find anymore information on them.

My sister really wants one!!!

thanks in advance.

Tom

[kong88888]

A PIANO I-S A KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT. PIANOS H-A-V-E KEYBOARDS ATTACHED TO THEM.

Ok smartarse, theres no need for that...we all knew what he was asking, so why take the piss?

And for the record, i much prefer acoustic pianos, but if you are short on space i understand peoples advice on the case for keyboards; either should serve you fine though if you are willing to spend as much on them like you said. :)

[Ned]

Ok smartarse, theres no need for that...we all knew what he was asking, so why take the piss?



There IS a need for it or I wouldn't have said it, and that need is a hell of a lot more important than his tiresome question (which has already been asked here at least twenty times in the past month alone), just as the apostrophe (learn how to use it) and the English language are a hell of a lot more important than whatever meaning we may discern through the fog of your abuse of them above.

[Iai]

Ned, you'd be useful and helpful IF ANYONE CARED.

[Priscilla Hernandez]

well i would say keyboard, yet again it depends on the type of songs you make, if you want to make extra arrangements with other instruments or if you want to make the sheet music out of a midi file, or collaborate with other musicians using a midi file ivia the internet, a keyboard connected to the pc is always necessary whether you decide to purchase a piano or not. A piano is a valuable thing for a lifetime

[kong88888]

There IS a need for it or I wouldn't have said it, and that need is a hell of a lot more important than his tiresome question (which has already been asked here at least twenty times in the past month alone), just as the apostrophe (learn how to use it) and the English language are a hell of a lot more important than whatever meaning we may discern through the fog of your abuse of them above.

Ok ned, i apologize profusely for my misuse of apostrophes...but only if you apologize for your unneccesarily long sentence (maybe YOU should learn how to use full stops...oh and speak less bulls*** :lol: )

Anyway, enough of this petty argument, i'm off to play my 'keyboard instrument'...(which may or may not be a piano...there is a difference you know :thumb: )

[Shackled~Angel]

Piano!!! More expensive - yes....but the sound is infinatly better.

[abstractremedy]

For your purposes, id get a keyboard, but if u wana make a piano sound, get an acoustic piano. Keyboards will never make a piano sound as well as a real piano, but u will b beta using a keyboard

[P120Dude]

A Stage Piano

Stage Pianos sound and feel exactly like an acoustic piano, and they have many other superb instruments built in. They are also very light and portable.

P120Dude

[vincethesk8r]

drums

[freakmeeko]

drums? o_0

But I'd say keyboard. If you can't plug it in, what's the point?

[witch doctor]

keyboards save a lot more space, but personally, I am more comfortable with a piano. I am guessing that space is more important in your case, so I'd say go with the keyboard.

[lightning243]

I'm sorry to dissapoint all you piano lovers out there but the fact of the matter is pianos are gay. KEYBOARDS! 100%. Lot more you can do with it, takes up less space, and just for the record ur not gonna get ne chix for playing the piano. So im out~
Lightning fast keyboarder

[freakmeeko]

123 w00t lightning

(Though I hate it when people misuse the word gay)

[thelemon32]

well, i'd have to say piano. keyboards are cool cause you can add the effects which can sound cool in things, but it's so weird for me to switch to a keyboard after playing piano my whole life. it feels different

[Seafroggys]

Uh, like you're gonna get chicks anyway from playing keyboards!

Actually, if you want to get the classy babes, be a singer/pianist. They'll fall for you like apples in September!

[freakmeeko]

Who are YOU talking to, froggy?
Besides, Keytars beat ALL the competition.

[P120Dude]

Quote from lightning243

but the fact of the matter is pianos are gay.

Excuse me?

That is the most ridiculous statement I have heard. It is also untrue. It is not a fact, but it is your opinion.

You need to get your facts straight.

Chris

[HNLzero]

I will buy a keyboard the day they finally get the keyboard pressures like that of a piano

[Seafroggys]

Who are YOU talking to, froggy?
Besides, Keytars beat ALL the competition.

I was talking to the person who said pianos were gay.

[freakmeeko]

OK, maybe I was a little biased at first. Really this whole thing is like how the guitarists argue over acoustic and electric guitars. Right now we've noticed the dif between acoustic and electric pianos.

Keep in mind, the guitar WAS modeled after the piano...

[Pheonix15]

I personally say you should get a keyboard. If you get a good enough keyboard, it will have a synthasized piano that sounds pretty good, and the keyboard is more portable.