Are keyboard and piono the same thing? do they have any differences?

Question

besides one being really big and the other smaller??

thanks so much!

Answer 1

well pianos use hammers to strike the string and produce the sound but keyboards use digtal sound that comes from a circuit board and through speaker. basically pianos are analogue and keyboards are digtal.

Answer 2

Professional keyboards have 88 keys, the same as a piano and they have proportional sensing and tactile feel.  A cheapo keyboard from some bottom end electronics store will drive you nuts trying to play it, but a good (read: EXPENSIVE) professional keyboard can play just as well as a piano... AND they have a whole lot more voices are are much more flexible than a straight piano.

I'm like you though... I still like the feel of a piano... but you can't haul a full size piano in the back of a SUV or toss it up in the Vee Bert of a boat.

Answer 3

Piano uses hammers and strings to produce the music.

Keyboards use digital sounds.

Also, keyboards can do different sounds.

Mine can do drums, harp, flute, music box, organ, and more =)

Answer 4

Yes, of course keyboards are smaller than pianos. Keyboards are electronic, because they are plugged in. But a major thing to note is that though the range of a piano is much larger because it has more keys (usually it can go higher and lower than a keyboard), the keyboard can give you different tones. Usually you can press a few buttons and voila, your keyboarding can sound like a church choir. Press a few more buttons, and you get a drum. My old keyboard from the late 90s even has fireworks, so any new keyboard should probably have cooler tones.

Another major difference is that in most cases, a keyboard's keys aren't as hard to play as a piano. With a piano, the strike of a key makes a hammer hit a string on the inside, which makes the sound. On a keyboard, one touch of the key simply registers an electronic pitch stored into the "computer" of the keyboard.

I started piano on a keyboard, then graduated to an upright piano. For beginners, it is usually more cost-effective to buy a $50-$100 keyboard that can easily be donated or thrown away if the student chooses not to continue than to purchase a $10,000 beautiful baby grand piano that would be heart-wrenching to get rid of. If you plan on learning to play the piano, I recommend that you start with a keyboard first so you don't end up wasting precious money if you don't continue.

Other than that, the keys are the same, and people don't have a problem transitioning from keyboard to piano or vice versa, aside from the weight of the keys.

Good luck!

Answer 5

pianos feel my better to play, i find them easier because of the weight of the keys. i find keyboards verrryyyy difficult to play and hate the feel of the keys. next time your around either press the keys and you should be able to see a difference. Also they sound different.