THE BEST DIGITAL PIANOS FOR BEGINNERS

Our pick of the best instruments for a range of needs and budgets

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As we’ve already mentioned, keyboards and digital pianos can vary wildly, from slight and portable with a focused feature set, to beefy all-in-ones with sizeable speakers and no end of bells and whistles. Picking the perfect piano for your needs shares more in common with selecting a new smartphone than it does choosing an acoustic instrument, as the sound, functionality and play style each offers is as unique as the potential pianist playing them.

To help you out, we’ve put together a medley of some of the best pianos and keyboards available for beginner and intermediate players, highlighting each of their respective fortes.

THE REAL FEEL

ROLAND FP-30

The FP-30 offers a ton of useful functionality at a fair price. First off, its full-size 88-key ‘Ivory Touch’ keyboard adds a grain to the surface of the keys for a more piano-like feel. Coupled with 2 x 11-watt speakers, 35 decent ‘bread and butter sounds’, Bluetooth connectivity, an ideas recorder, playback of audio files from USB stick, dual headphone jacks and a microphone input, there’s a lot to work with. LIGHT KEYS, LOW COST

Roland FP-30 Digital Piano With Stand The affordable FP-30 offers Roland's acclaimed sound, feel, and modern features in a top-quality 88-note instrument that fits any space with ease.