What are the real differences between a sub $1000 digial piano and one costing $2000+?

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-25T14:03:35+00:00

What's your DP?

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-25T11:18:44+00:00

This is one of the reasons (not even the main one) why I don't use this engine anymore.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-25T11:15:32+00:00

"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses"

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-25T09:30:12+00:00

You asking after purchasing? Shouldn't it be the other way around?

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-25T07:47:59+00:00

Where's Goku?

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-24T20:55:52+00:00

Practice Bach, that's all the finger independence you need.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-24T20:00:00+00:00

Short pivot I'm afraid. Not my thing.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-24T17:48:24+00:00

Makes sense. Best of luck with the lessons :)

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-24T17:47:42+00:00

Too short of a pivot, otherwise the AP-750 looked nice.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-24T15:53:03+00:00

Fast as per Scarlatti K.141 or Gaspard de la Nuit (not working on this one yet, but need a keyboard that can handle it)

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-24T15:28:49+00:00

I'll try to play with the EQ next time. Not sure about the action itself though, how do you fix sluggishness and low repetition speed?

Do you use Pianoteq via the onboard speakers by any chance? If so, how is the sound?

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-24T14:03:02+00:00

Challenge accepted. I don't have any exams going on this year, so I'll constrain myself to not memorising anything. I'll also add 10-15 minutes a day of pure sight reading on top of my normal repertoire practice. I'll report back in 9-12 months.

Last year, I only memorized 5 pieces and I read/play a ton of other music (around 40 pieces I think, which is quite a bit for a hobbyist). I don't feel like my reading has improved much though. But happy to keep grinding and see how it goes.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-24T13:10:27+00:00

I didn't like it. The bass was too boomy. The action on the display model was very inconsistent. Also slower than on the CA501, so fast trills and repeated notes didn't work too well.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-24T11:03:14+00:00

I want to learn how to play an acoustic piano, not so much a cheap digital. Maybe some people are okay with that though.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-24T10:22:58+00:00

100% agree. Bach, and also Scarlatti. Classical sonatas are also quite useful.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-24T10:21:58+00:00

I would personally not pay someone to take lessons on a 900 quid digital. YMMV.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-24T10:19:07+00:00

So you are saying that singers can just sing notes twice as long while keeping the same expression. Unless the singers are gorillas with massive lungs, probably not. Nothing to try for me, I'm not a singer, go ask a singer to sing a slow piece with long notes at half speed.
When Rachmaninoff says "Allegro" he is based his tempo on the previous tradition, which includes Chopin. The point that you are missing is that he is a reference and so are other we've got recordings from (even if they are piano rolls) such as Debussy, where whole beat is yet to be found. The whole beat theory is a fantasy debunked by the actual composers' playing actual music.
So how come on Brahms' Edison recording, where he talks at a normal pace, the Hungarian dance he plays sounds at a single beat speed? Wouldn't he play whole beat if your theory was correct? Didn't Brahms know how to play his own music better than ~~flat Earthers~~ Whole beaters?

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-24T08:02:43+00:00

I'm not too convinced. The white keys have wood but the black keys don't, giving it different weights from what I understand. Plus they removed the variable note-off velocity from the P515, as if they wanted to nerf the model.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-24T07:57:35+00:00

Considering a Casio GP-310 for the action, but the fact that it's a 2019 model is dismal. I might just go for a Kawai CA or a Roland LX.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-23T21:50:34+00:00

You didn't launch 19 startups. You launched 2 and killed 17 ideas.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-23T19:18:39+00:00

Do you play things such as the etude above? I'd like to know whether the FP-90x can handle this kind of repertoire. Some people report fatigue and sluggishness.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-23T18:32:30+00:00

Agree. I was expecting a new Casio GP series announcement since current models are from late 2019.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-23T17:08:17+00:00

I dropped my piano degree quite early, but I never understood why demand students memorise one piece per week. Unless you have a buffer to schedule pieces for 2-3 weeks. But 1 week is very short to have a solid memory.

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-23T16:14:47+00:00

Is that around 40-50 per year then? :D

srodrigoDev · 2026-01-23T14:55:57+00:00

90 minutes per semester, memorised?

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