Just past the year since UDO launched the DMNO synth comes the DMNO ON, a compact sans-keyboard synth ideal for desktop use if you already have plenty of keyboards to control it. Like its bigger sibling, it’s an 8-voice, 2-part multitimbral synth built around two independent analog-hybrid synth engines. It […]
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Behringer is drip-feeding information about two new controller keyboards, one of which has built-in sounds — the JAM and JAM PLAY. JAM PLAY A recent video shows off the JAM PLAY 32-key MIDI/USB controller keyboard with built in sounds, and more recently it has appeared as a linked product on […]
Using a DAW‘s built-in or plugin alternatives for creating take folders, noodling with ideas by copying and pasting, setting up MIDI triggering, programming, routing and all other kinds of computer and mouse-driven methods is all very well, and has its place, but how about being able to stay in the […]
Playcard System In the early 1980s, Yamaha brought out a handful of home music keyboards featuring an advanced card-based digital system designed to load interactive accompaniment, melody and other musical data into the instrument. The Playcard system was heralded as groundbreaking when the first model, the PortaSound PC-100, was launched […]
A curated selection of synth, music keyboard, and electronic musical instruments and associated accessories from eBay and other auction sites. Newest listings are at the top of this page. Bear in mind that ended auctions may mean the linked product is no longer available. Disclosure: Some of the links are […]
Honestly, I’ve not heard of the Synido brand until today, but perhaps that’s not too surprising as they’re a young company (launched in 2021), with a mission to building a series of voice and live audio products, particularly aimed at younger and beginning musicians and content creators. So their latest […]
Yamaha has been involved in the manufacture of pianos and other keyboard instruments for well over a century — including acoustic pianos, reed organs and fully transistorised organs — but it isn’t until the mid-1970s that it started its journey with the kind of synths and home keyboards we know […]
Introduction The Nord STAGE 4 (88-key model) and the Yamaha YC88 are both high-end, advanced, feature-laden digital stage keyboards offering high build quality and ease of use. In this article we compare the two instruments, looking at the kind of features most musicians, particularly those who may be performing, would […]
Introduction The national anthem of the United Kingdom — currently God Save the King (changed to God Save the Queen with a female monarch) — is an instantly recognisable piece of music. Heard by Britons on a regular basis, even if their sporting teams don’t win as much as they […]
Recently we were asked a question about keyboards/digital pianos with fewer than 88 keys, and which notes are missing. It’s a really interesting question and one I honestly hadn’t considered before, even though I grew up playing an 88-key acoustic upright piano, bought 61-key and 49-key keyboards and synths, and […]
Contents Introduction When it comes to budget-friendly, feature-rich home music keyboards, two names consistently sit at the top of the pile — Yamaha and Casio. They are both known for producing high quality instruments at reasonable prices and with plenty of interesting and useful features built in to make learning […]
Introduction Budget online retail sites like Temu have taken over popular culture and online buying habits in the past few years, potentially giving the big boys like Amazon, eBay and more traditional online retailers a run for their money. With cost of living being a real issue for many people, […]
Introduction Here we present a simple arrangement of the Christmas song Little Drummer Boy. It was originally known as “Carol of the Drum” and written by Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. Famously it has been sung as a duet with an almost ad-libbed “Peace on Earth” by Bing Crosby and […]
Introduction Here we present a simple arrangement of the Christmas carol Here We Come A-Wassailing. Also known as “Here We Come A-Caroling”, “Here We Come A-Christmasing”, “Wassail Song” and by many other names, it is a traditional English Christmas carol and New Year song, typically sung whilst wassailing, or singing […]
Introduction Here we present a simple arrangement of the Christmas carol Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel. It is a hymn written for Advent. The 1851 translation by John Mason Neale from Hymns Ancient and Modern is the most prominent by far in the English-speaking world, but other English translations also […]
Introduction Here we present a simple arrangement of the Christmas carol Angels We Have Heard On High. It’s from a traditional French song called “Les Anges dans nos campagnes”, with paraphrased English lyrics by James Chadwick. It shares many similarities with the carol Angels From the Realms of Glory, having […]
Introduction Here we present a simple arrangement of the traditional English Christmas carol God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen. This is part of our mastering Christmas carols on the piano and keyboard series. Format Written in a minor key, we have found versions in G minor. However, we have chosen A […]
Introduction The Sussex Carol is a popular British Christmas carol, sometimes referred to as “On Christmas night all Christians sing” which is the first line. Its words were first published by Luke Wadding, a late 17th-century poet and bishop of the Catholic Church in Ireland. There are alternative versions of […]
Introduction As part of our series on mastering Christmas carols on the piano and keyboard we look at Carol of the Bells, a popular carol based on the Ukrainian New Year’s song Shchedryk. The song has been altered and performed in a variety of ways, so there is not one […]
Introduction A very popular Christmas carol is Oh Holy Night (sometimes O Holy Night). Translated from Placide Cappeau’s original 1847 French poem “Cantique de Noël” by John Sullivan Dwight, the English version has a few variations with minor lyrical and melody changes. Composer Adolphe Adam originally set the poem to […]