During the past decade the digital piano market has been transformed, now you have quality pianos being made by top manufacturers making them for rookies and expert players.

You can get included now incredible advantages even from the lower end as well as the higher end of the market. The accurate touch and tone of the majority of grand pianos is similar with a lot of brands obtainable at the moment.

Digital keyboards will not cost you as much as an acoustic and if your desire is to begin to learn the piano then you are now able to pick up a quality product for less than $300. One product like this is the Yamaha NP30.

The variety of products on the market has both 76 keys and also the full 88 keys. You should get at least 10 voices to choose from if not more. The big advantage to a digital piano as opposed to an acoustic is the fact it can be moved easily, you can travel with it to different locations, also storing them wont be a issue as they dont take up a lot of space. Most of the keyboards have a neutral design which wont cause them to look out of place.

Today the hammer action and sound of digital pianos is becoming more and more realistic. In general the more exclusive pianos have achieved this almost perfectly. Keyboards like this have been more carefully weighted close to a classic acoustic. The different companies unquestionably produce the higher priced keyboards so they look and feel more like the normal acoustic pianos. So it might just be worth spending that little bit extra. However if you want good value as well as top quality then go for one which is more middle of the road.

A number of other advantages which are quite universal are:

• Headphone ports. You will clearly hear that the sound is even richer and closer to an genuine acoustic. A lot of customer feedback on the web have emphasized the big variance of headphones to the speakers that are part of the piano.
• Two speakers (each side of the keyboard)
• Options when it comes to recording whats just been played so you can then check it. This is a great tool for beginners and learning.
• Your get certain settings which will give you sound effects and the options to layer.
• No tuning will be required, this is one benefit to the usual acoustic pianos.
• Authentic and realistic piano sound.
• Notes of polyphony will vary between from 32 to 64.
• Other qualities and advantages will include sheet music rests, sustain pedal included and the options to modify tempo and volume of metronome.