Help on buying a keyboard!

[DimoChan]

Hmm well, Im very certain that I have an interest in piano that is fairly strong.

Erm maybe but I think I would find it really strange if the sound is like totally off/not like what its supposed to be when playing.

Ok, will go to the showroom asap.

[Cheez]

Rollie Pollie, I would say that if one doesn't want to do it (ie forced), then no point going grades. If one is interested, then doing grades (classical) is has advantages. Many advantages. Speaking from a classically trained background playing jazz/pop/comtemporary.

[Cheez]

DimoChan, with your interest in piano, do try to get a weighted keyboard. What pf mention about lower keys heavier than higher keys doesn't matter for you at this stage. There are 2 types of weighted keys - graded (what pf is saying) and non-graded (ie weighted but keys are same weight throughout the keys).

It's easier to move into unweighted after learning from weighted. The other way (going from unweighted to weighted) is not usually easy.

[pf]

Its funny how we don't appreciate what we have to get to where we're going to or where we're at sometimes.

Its really quite tough to play the blues and sustain a mean bass line with untrained fingers that slip all over the place and cannot sustain the amount of strength required to keep time.

[DimoChan]

Oh man all these starts to confuse me again O__O
I've been looking at the buy/sell section for a while though.

I want to get a P85 too but that would have to depend on my dad. If he thinks it's too expensive, he'll ask me to get a cheaper one and go on harping about learning for fun and just to practice my fingering ._.

[Cheez]

If P85 too expensive, and DGX620 (which is the only weighted version of the DGX series) is too expensive, try the higher-end YPG series. I believe the YPG-600+ series are weighted, but I've not tried them myself. They may be cheaper. Don't know the price. So....go and try them out!

[DimoChan]

Well, are they viewable on the Internet? So far.. I've been referring to www.yamaha.com.sg and http://www.play-by-ear.net/index.html which is given by pf.

[pf]

DimoChan, you've got to go to the showrooms to check them out. Some models are not available in Sg.

Go go go!

[DimoChan]

Ok ok I will !
When my dad is free. LOL which he would be soon.

EDIT : when you guys say weighted/unweighted keys, it means whether or not a keyboard has the graded hammer thingy right?

EDIT 2 :
Omg omg. I just told my mum that the P85 at the authorised dealer would be about 700 - 850 instead of the 900 one at the official yamaha website and she said it would be ok ! Should be going down to the showroom this Saturday. Shall let you guys know if Im successful or not

[pf]

DimoChan.

You go to the showrooms this Sat and whack all the keys you can see.

Immediately, you will know what we're talking about, ok?