Digital Piano

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The difference between a digital piano and a keyboard easily causes confusion.

In fact, people often use these terms interchangeably, not realizing that these are two different instruments designed with different purposes in mind.

While every digital piano can be called a digital keyboard, not every keyboard should be called a digital piano.

The main difference between these instruments lies in their purposes. Depending on your needs and experience, you will likely prefer one over the other.

Digital pianos come in all shapes, sizes, and forms, but a main goal unites them.

A digital piano aims to mimic the feel and sound of an acoustic piano as closely as possible.

The first thing you’ll notice is that all digital pianos come with a full set of 88 fully-weighted, hammer-action keys.

In fact, this is the most obvious distinction from keyboards, which usually have only 76 or 61 non-weighted or semi-weighted keys.

Another important aspect is the sound.

Digital pianos rarely have more than 20-30 built-in tones, and their main priority is to provide the natural, nuanced sound of an acoustic piano.

This is achieved by using high-quality multi-samples, as well as sophisticated modeling technologies that simulate organic elements of a piano’s sound, such as sympathetic resonance, damper resonance, key-off effect, etc.

Digital pianos are straightforward instruments designed as an alternative to their acoustic counterparts.

Generally, you won’t find hundreds of built-in sounds, songs, accompaniment styles, and interactive features on a digital piano.