Keyboardist – for Keyboards, Synths and Digital Pianos
Looking for a new Digital Piano, Keyboard or Synth? We started out in music retail more than 30 years ago and are more than qualified to advise you on the best instrument to suit your needs.
If you’re not sure of the differences between instruments and don’t know where to start, then try our handy keyboard guide that outlines the major characteristics and best uses for each type of keyboard instrument. If you’re an advanced player then we are working with a number of the main manufacturers and are introducing a series of first hand product reviews. We’ll also be setting up a series of roadshows so that you’ll have the opportunity to try instruments before purchase.
A word about quality – there are some lesser known and cheaper brands on the market but in our experience these have tended to develop issues and break quickly, so we mostly deal with established manufacturers that have years of expertise and experience behind them. As we discover new trusted brands, we’ll introduce them to our pages.
We believe that everybody should have the chance to learn to play so from August 2020 we’ve started adding free piano / keyboard lessons. Check back weekly for the latest lesson!
Keyboardist Articles
NEW: XLN Audio Life Plug-in
AI technology has really been presenting us with some amazing new tools to use over this past year and Life from XLN Audio is the latest intriguing offering to be released. Drop audio into the Life desktop app either from existing audio and video files or by using the...
Practice Track – Mercy Mercy Mercy
We're planning on bringing a lot more practise tracks your way in the coming year but in the meantime you can check out this older one that we did for the Joe Zawinul track Mercy Mercy Mercy. This is an intermediate level piece and has been recorded with a live band....
Cherry Audio Synthesizer Expander Module Free Plug-in
Cherry Audio are offering a very generous Christmas gift - the Synthesizer Expander Module as a free download! This is your chance to get your hands on a software emulation of the classic Oberheim® hardware from 1974. We've already tried it and the sounds are as...
Let’s Play Our First Tune
Lesson 4 Let's Play Our First TuneOK, so it's not going to be Cory Henry or Jordan Rudess (or whoever your favourite keyboardist is) just yet. Let's start with a bit of Beethoven instead - Ode To Joy. The reason that this is a popular piece to start with is because...
Using The Correct Fingers
Lesson 3 Using The Correct FingersIn the previous lesson we learned how to find the C note on your keyboard and to identify which is Middle C. I hope you were able to memorise this! As you'll see from this point on, the left hand will mostly play to the left of Middle...