Popular Casio Portable Keyboard Series
Here are the popular Casio Portable Keyboard series:
- Casio LK Keyboards: 61 key arranger keyboards with lighted Keys that guide you through a song. Designed for the beginner player.
- Casio CTK Keyboards: 61-key arranger music keyboards. The low-end models in this series are suited to beginners, whereas the top-end models are for the intermediate/advanced players.
- Casio Mini (SA) Keyboards: These have less than 61 keys, mini sized keys, designed for kids.
These are great fr beginners because most of these keyboards are inexpensive and have enough features, including built-in lessons, to excite the beginner.
Please not that the lowest models in this series do not have touch/velocity response keys. Most teachers recommend that you buy at least a 61-key keyboard with touch sensitive keys.
The Casio portable keyboards in the CTK series are extremely popular among buyers; these come with 6 keys and is the perfect size to get started. Want more keys, you may take a look at the Casio WK series with 76 keys.
All these keyboards are extremely lightweight, affordable and most come without weighted keys. If you want a Casio keyboard with fully weighted keys (costs more), checkout the Casio Digital Pianos.
Intermediate level players should consider buying a portable piano, preferably from the Privia series, rather than buy a cheap CTK model. The top Privia keyboard like the PX-560 feel like a real piano, have 88-keys (allows you to learn more songs/styles). If you wish to further your piano learning, it makes sense to invest in a good model with better action, sounds and features. If you’re looking for better pianos (better keys, better sounds), take a look at the Casio Privia series portable pianos.
Casio Portable Keyboards: Guide
Casio portable keyboards have always been popular among first time buyers, these are affordable, lightweight, and come with everything that a beginner needs to enjoy playing music. Casio Portable Keyboards come with several built-in songs, voices, styles, lessons, effects and also has recording functions. In general, the more you pay, the better the keyboard gets, in terms of features and sound quality.
The Casio portable keyboards above are great for beginners to start learning the keyboards, have some fun, and also to check if they really like music. Almost all the Casio portable keyboards come with built-in lessons that serve as a great aid to learn to play the keyboards. These should keep beginners occupied for a few years, after which you should consider investing in a more expensive music keyboard.
Casio Portable Keyboards For Professionals
Casio portable keyboards for experienced musicians include the top arranger models from the Casio CTK series. These keyboards use top notch sound samples, have excellent built-in speakers, and offer many more features for the experienced musician. There’s also a difference in price between the beginner keyboard models (mentioned earlier) and these advanced keyboards.
While the Casio CTK series does have a few advanced keyboards, the offerings are not too many, compared to what Yamaha has to offer to the professional musician.
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