Playing in the Key of G



"In the key of G" What exactly does that mean? If you don't know any more than I do, then we're both ripe for music lessons! Fortunately, Yamaha has come up with an intelligent piano that is both music equipment and piano teacher.

Allow me top introduce you to your new piano teacher...the Yamaha YPG 535 88-Key Portable Grand Piano with 32-note polyphony. Let's just call it the YPG 535 for short. The main feature of this portable digital keyboard is the Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.). This outstanding piece of educational software offers user-friendly interactive lessons and a highly effective learning method. The notes are displayed on a large, easy-to-see LCD screen. A chord dictionary helps you become familiar with the various chords. In addition, the Easy Song Arranger allows you to select and modify styles of playing your song. When you purchase this Yamaha digital piano, you'll never have to worry about not knowing what to do with it! The music lessons come free!

Once you have grown confident in your piano playing skills, you'll be looking for a new challenge. You'll naturally want to learn how to compose and arrange your own music. Enter the Yamaha YPG 635 with its 64-note polyphony. This model also has 88-keys, except they are heavier, more like the keys of an actual acoustic piano. Beginner pianos usually have a soft-touch keyboard. More advanced digital keyboards for players at intermediate skill levels simulate the weighted hammer scales of acoustic models. Like the YPG 535, the YPG 635 also has interactive teaching modules. The Performance Assist feature enables you to play melodies and chords like a pro! The backlit LCD screen displays not only notes and chords but lyrics as well. A cool new DSP feature lets you experiment with lots of cool sound effects.

Both models allow you to record your songs on a built-in 6-track sequencer. So, what are you waiting for? Let's start tickling those ivories! For starters, let's watch this video to figure out where to find the "key of G"!