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A digital piano (not to be confused with electric piano and electronic piano), also known as piano synthesizer, virtual piano or weighted keyboard, is a modern electronic musical instrument; a special type of electronic keyboard or synthesizer designed to serve primarily as an alternative to the traditional acoustic piano, both in the way it feels to play and in the sound produced. It is intended to provide an accurate simulation of an acoustic piano. Some digital pianos are also designed to look like an acoustic piano, both the upright or grand piano body style. While digital pianos may sometimes fall short of a real piano in feel and sound, they nevertheless have other advantages over acoustic pianos. == Features == The following is a list of features that typify the digital piano: *Sound level/volume knobs, headphone outputs. *Typically low maintenance, unlike acoustic pianos. *Many incorporate a MIDI implementation. *May have features to assist in learning and composition *They often have a transposition feature *They do not require the use of microphones *Are often easily portable *Depending on the individual features of each digital piano, they may include many more instrument sounds other than regular piano samples. Many less expensive or average-priced digital pianos often include basic instruments such as strings, guitars, electric pianos, pipe organs, and harpsichords, while a more expensive and advanced digital pianos may have a wider range of instruments such as synthesized sounds, tonewheel organs, wind instruments, drums/percussion set, and a variety of effects, similar to that of a portable keyboard or synthesizer. *Typically feature weighted keys to mimic the feel of a traditional piano, thus earning the term ''weighted keyboard''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Digital piano」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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