Beginner Keyboards

Learning to play the piano often starts with a beginner keyboard, recent tech advancements with this instrument have given new players the opportunity to access built-in keyboard lessons.

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  1. MAX Rhapsody61P Electric Keyboard with Pitch-Bend - 61-Keys Touch Sensitive
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    MAX Rhapsody61P Electric Keyboard with Pitch-Bend - 61-Keys Touch Sensitive
    • 61-key music keyboard with pitch bend
    • Equipped with 61 touch-sensitive, full-size keys and a pitch bend wheel
    • Offers 300 timbres, 300 rhythms, 8 percussion settings, and 40 demos
    • Includes USB MIDI functionality for connectivity
    • 6 months free Gigajam keyboard lessons, sign-up information is provided with your order.
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  2. Max KB3 Electric Keyboard with Stand - 61 Keys
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    Max KB3 Electric Keyboard with Stand - 61 Keys
    • 61-key beginner electronic keyboard
    • Touch-sensitive keys for a dynamic performance
    • 200 timbres, 200 rhythms, and keyboard percussion
    • Record/playback and 20 demonstration songs with a metronome
    • 6 months free Gigajam keyboard lessons, sign-up information is provided with your order.
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  3. Max Rhapsody61P Electronic Keyboard with Stand, Stool & Headphones
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    Max Rhapsody61P Electronic Keyboard with Stand, Stool & Headphones
    • 61-key starter keyboard kit
    • Touch responsive keys and pitch-bend wheel
    • Three styles of teaching: demo, one key and follow teaching
    • Adjustable stand and stool
    • 6 months free Gigajam keyboard lessons, sign-up information is provided with your order.
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  4. MAX Rhapsody61 Music Keyboard with Headphones, X-Frame Stand & Bench
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    MAX Rhapsody61 Music Keyboard with Headphones, X-Frame Stand & Bench
    • Beginners keyboard package
    • 61 keys with tuition modes
    • 300 timbres, 300 rhythms, 6 percussion
    • Foldable stand and padded bench seat
    • 6 months free Gigajam online lessons
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  5. MAX Rhapsody61P Music Keyboard with Pitch-Bend, Double X-Frame Stand & Bench
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    MAX Rhapsody61P Music Keyboard with Pitch-Bend, Double X-Frame Stand & Bench
    • Electronic keyboard beginner package
    • 61 keys with pitch control and MIDI
    • 300 timbres, 300 rhythms, 8 percussion
    • Adjustable stand and padded bench seat
    • 6 months free Gigajam online lessons
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  6. MAX Rhapsody61M Electric Music Keyboard, Double X-Frame Stand & Bench
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    MAX Rhapsody61M Electric Music Keyboard, Double X-Frame Stand & Bench
    • Beginners electronic keyboard set
    • 61 keys with tuition modes and MIDI control
    • 300 timbres, 300 rhythms, 6 percussion
    • Foldable stand and padded bench seat
    • 6 months free Gigajam online lessons
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  7. MAX Rhapsody61L Music Keyboard with Light up Keys, X-Frame Stand & Bench
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    MAX Rhapsody61L Music Keyboard with Light up Keys, X-Frame Stand & Bench
    • MAX beginners keyboard package
    • 61 light-up keys with tuition modes
    • 300 timbres, 300 rhythms, 6 percussion
    • Foldable stand and padded bench seat
    • 6 months free Gigajam online lessons
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  8. MAX Rhapsody54 Electronic Music Keyboard, Keyboard Stand & Seat
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    MAX Rhapsody54 Electronic Music Keyboard, Keyboard Stand & Seat
    • MAX Rhapsody keyboard package
    • 54 keys with a record/playback function
    • 300 timbres, 300 rhythms, 8 percussion
    • Foldable stand and padded bench seat
    • 6 months free Gigajam online lessons
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  9. Beginner Keyboards with 61 Keys - MAX KB12P
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    Regular Price £135.00 Special test Price £120.00
    Beginner Keyboards with 61 Keys - MAX KB12P
    • 61 full-size velocity-sensitive keys give you a real piano experience.
    • 3-way stereo speaker system provides great sound.
    • Midi keyboard with large LCD screen
    • Rhythm programming function with recording and playback
    • 6 months free Gigajam keyboard lessons, sign-up information is provided with your order.
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Keyboards for learners are a frequently bought gift for Christmas, birthdays and other generosity-driven events that occur over the calendar year. Beginner keyboards tend to be the jumping-off point for thousands of children due to these gifts, incorporating sound during playtime is very common behaviour. Encouraging the use of an electronic keyboard for beginners promotes hand-eye coordination and creativity early on in life.

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The keyboards we stock have many ways for new players to develop, with various voicings that alter the tone of the notes played and preloaded songs to play along too. Much of today's music is rooted in keyboards for learners, many artists have used a starter keyboard to develop their music ideas at some stage in their careers. A lot of attention has been given in the building and design stage of all of our electronic keyboards for beginners to keep new players interested and enhance lesson effectiveness.

The electronic keyboards that we provide are excellent for all new players, the brand names may not be immediately recognisable in the United Kingdom but the tech within remains uncompromised. With excellent value prices suiting all budgets, learning to play this instrument has never been as easily accessible, although it may take a while to master it. Some beginner keyboards come packaged with a stand, stool, music sheet and headphones, this ensures correct posture for comfortable rehearsal.

Eventually, beginners are likely to get to a stage where they would like to play with other musicians that they know. Performing with others really is great fun and can be a superb help while learning the musical nuances of the keyboard. The more you rehearse your parts together the better you will play those parts if you ever play a live show

Electronic keyboards for beginners

There are 61 note and 54 note keyboards available, each has dozens of features and some are supplied with a wired microphone for additional sound-based play. Some items contain over 250 sounds to get to know and perform with, inclusive of sounds that resemble keyboard-based instruments. For example, the clavichord, organ, harpsichord and celesta, these sounds can help emulate certain stylistic feels, if a song has a Brazilian samba style then select a Latin piano sound.

We recommend considering the keyboards packaged with a stool and stand for comfortable play while learning, these kits complete the keyboard experience and as mentioned, improve posture and enhance technique. Some of the keyboards have all of this and some headphones thrown in too, this headphone input on the keyboard allows late-night rehearsal with no noise. It is worth remembering that these keyboards are not built to be toys and are specifically for beginner usage

Learning any instrument takes hard work, dedication and most of all patience so be prepared put in a fair bit of your time to learning and studying different keyboard practises. Beginners may occasionally feel overwhelmed and that is OK, some websites teach you exactly how to play the keyboard and sometimes there is also a slow playback function. This will also change the speed of the sound output giving you a larger scope to identify and improve the parts that give you any trouble.

Keyboards for learners

As mentioned, each of the keyboards is a starting point when it comes to learning and keeping up with the instrument. As beginners get comfortable experimenting with the many different sound options they can use they can familiarise themselves with the record function. This allows players to record what they have played and listen back to pick up on sections where the performance could be better.

Hiring a professional keyboard or piano teacher can be unnecessary, with most conducting their lessons online in the modern day. Good tutoring comes from having the teacher there with you watching your every technique, so it is just as easy to find free online lessons. While it may be a good idea to upgrade to a touch-sensitive piano in a few years' time, these keyboards will help you to learn the basics

The trick to learning any song is muscle memory, repeatedly practising a song is essentially the only way to perform it to the best of your ability. This does sound monotonous, but the old saying practise makes perfect couldn’t be more true when it comes to the keyboard. This makes the headphone-friendly options a much better choice as this allows for more time to rehearse without making noise.

Best songs to start learning the keyboard

There is a lot of simplistic songs that can be played by beginners once they have learned their main chords. In actual fact, there exists a four-chord structure that fits a huge amount of modern pop music, so you could start there. This chord structure is as follows E - B - C# Minor - A, research how to play the C sharp minor chord before doing an internet search for the 4 chord song by the axis of awesome

This act uses the chords to highlight just how often this structure is used across many different genres of music. You can get inspiration from these chords and if you are a vocalist, sing along to your own keyboard playing. Doing two things at once can be difficult at the best of times, but with practise, we are confident you can make it happen.

Beginners remember, practise makes perfect and you will fail a lot but it is all necessary to achieve your development goals as a musician. Nobody should be rushing you to get better, so whenever possible take your time and grow at your own pace.

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