So your family just purchased a piano or keyboard – congratulations! Now you’re wondering how to keep it looking (and feeling) as beautiful as it did when it first arrived. Which part of the keyboard needs the most cleaning? If you guessed the keyboard, you’re right. Sure, you might want to give the top of […]

Finding the answer to the question of Kawai vs. Yamaha digital piano requires us to go back to the beginning of the story. Digital pianos are just one of the ‘new’ types of instruments we have seen developed ever since digital age took over. At first, they were these crude piano lookalikes which were anything […]

If you’ve come across this article and intend to read it, then there’s only one thing that’s on your mind. Do I buy a Yamaha, or a Casio? Both are good brands, true – reputable and relatively inexpensive – but both offer slightly different benefits. So let’s get right down to it.

Much music of the past 250 years, and most popular music is homophonic, meaning that a melody is supported by an underlying voice that offer harmonic and rhythmic support. If you have been playing piano for a little while, you probably have heard of a chord. To bring us all up to speed, a chord […]

The DGX-660 is Yamaha’s premium portable keyboard. Dubbed a “Portable Grand”, the DGX-660 features a full 88-key keyboard with high quality grand piano sounds as well as a number of other features for education, performance, and fun. In this review, I will focus on the keyboard physical features and connections, how the keys feel from […]