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Electronic piano generally refers to electronic keyboard instruments in a broad sense in China. In a narrow sense, it refers to elementary arrangement keyboard.

In the music environment, keyboard refers to black and white keyboard instruments, including traditional acoustic piano, organ, organ and so on.

It is a keyboard instrument that uses modern high-tech electrification, including electric piano, electronic organ, etc.

With the technical progress, increasing user demand and market competition, in fact, some keyboard manufacturers do not strictly follow these types of definitions to manufacture keyboards with strict distinction, so there is no single standard in definition. It doesn't matter what type a new product belongs to, but it is important to know its detailed functional parameters and whether it has the functions you need.

The commonly used electronic keyboard instruments are as follows:

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1. Synthesizer

Main features: rich and excellent timbre, And powerful editing and expanding functions. It can be divided into two categories: digital synthesizers generally have sequencer arpeggios, but there is no automatic accompaniment. Analog synthesizers generally focus on electronic timbre or synthetic sound effects, and are also divided into pure analog synthesizers and virtual analog synthesizers

Common brand models: digital synthesizers YAMAHA Motif series, ROLAND Fantom series, JUNO series, KORG TR,TRITON,Kronos series. KURZWEIL PC series

full series of virtual analog synthesizers NORD LEAD and G, full series of KORG MICROKORG, full series of ROLAND SH, full series of pure analog synthesizers MOOG, KORG MS2 series

2. Arranging keyboard.

Main features: built-in excellent and rich rhythm style, and powerful editing and expansion functions. Generally, there is no timbre editing and expansion function or it is relatively simple.

Common brand models: YAMAHA PSR four digits, PSR S series, TYROS series, KORG PA series, ROLAND G,GW series, E-series.

3. Electric Piano (digital piano)

Main features: generally, it is a graded keyboard with 88 standard piano sizes imitating the feel of the piano. Piano Piano and electric piano EP have excellent timbre. Generally, there is no editing expansion function. Stage electric steel generally has professional timbre effect adjustment function.

Part contains automatic rhythm function similar to arranging keyboard, such as YAMAHA DGX,KBP, CVP series ~ CASIO Piaoyun PX 3** series

Common brand models: YAMAHA P,CP,YDP,CLP,CVP series, CASIO PX series. CDP series. ROLAND RD series. KORG SP, LP series, KURZWEIL MARK series and top brand NORD series.

4. Electronic organ

Main features: basic arrangement keyboard with automatic accompaniment. Generally, there is no expansion function of rhythm and timbre. Some models have simple synthesizer function (such as YAMAHA PSR E413)

Common brand model: YAMAHA PSR (three digits), KB, PSR E series. CASIO CTK,WK series. ROLAND E9.

About MIDI keyboard, in fact, its application principle is exactly the same as that of our common computer typing keyboard. They are just input terminals. That is to say, you must load soft sound sources with the help of computer software or connect hard sound sources to make sound. Of course, the four electronic keyboards mentioned above can also be set to play the role of MIDI keyboard.