Why We Use a Keyboard

In modern music, keyboards come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. MIDI capabilities, or musical instrument digital technology, have made recording synthesized music with computers inexpensive and easily editable. Music producers heavily rely on keyboards to produce synths to use during the recording process

The keyboard is a multi dimensional instrument. It can mimic any instrument. That includes guitars, saxophone, trumpet and the piano. Keyboardists are adept at changing instruments and adding a whole new aspect to the orchestra. Adding color with quick and unpredictable changes is the job of a keyboardist. The keyboard can also produce sound effects, which are used in dramas and movies. For example the sound of some one falling or fighting.

The earliest keyboard appeared in the third century BC. It was known as the organ. The organ was the only type of keyboard till the 14th century AD. It did not have keys like today but it had levers, which had to be manipulated with the whole hand. As time went on, keyboards achieved better and better shape. Considerable work was done on the keyboard in the 20th century. Synthesizers developed from 1960’s and the moog synthesizers became popular. These gave a boost to the keyboards.

The keyboard was produced through working on a small piano. People wanted a smaller piano with its sound and quality but without its weight and bulk. This led to the electronic piano, which did not succeeded. A modern day keyboard consists of electronic circuits and is able to change and reproduce various instruments.