Yamaha YPG 625 Digital Piano

The Yamaha YPG 625 remains a firm family favorite as you get so many different features for relatively small money.  It produces a great sound and has a nice keyboard feel. You do not get the impression you are playing on a plastic toy like you can get with some other digital pianos.

Yamaha have been producing musical instruments of all shapes and sizes for many years and their customer support is amazing.  This musical instrument comes with a USB port allowing you to connect to Yamaha’s website where you can download music, take lessons and so much more.  

 

The YPG 625 comes with over 300 built in voices although to be fair you will probably only use some of them. You can record your own songs with the easy to use keyboard split and dual voices features.  There is a large LCD display screen allowing you to see at a glance which features you are using.  The speakers produce adequate volume but you can drive them to external amps if you prefer it very loud.

 

For the beginner a useful feature is the fact that the controls on the Yamaha YPG 625 are well laid out making them easy to use.  It would be more helpful if the inbuilt lessons were a little more user friendly though.  

 

The built in metronome is great especially for beginners as proper time keeping is an essential skill to playing the piano correctly never mind the fact it helps the music you play sound much better when you are in time.  Played properly, you could think you were listening to a baby grand piano so long as you kept your eyes shut!

 

Regardless of whether you are buying for a beginner or a seasoned piano player, they should still enjoy this digital piano.    Quite a few people who purchased found that their piano playing abilities increased with use – practice really does make perfect!

 

You can buy many different accessories for this instrument.  Some people purchase the Yamaha PKBB1 portable keyboard bench whilst others prefer the PKBX2 double X stand.  A good investment is some stereo headphones so that you can listen to your muscial creations whilst sparing any other housemates.

 

If you or the person you are buying the piano for practices regularly, you may want to buy a proper piano seat to accompany this musical instrument.  Also as your skills improve you can upgrade different features including the pedal. In the meantime, it is a very handy instrument that is light enough to be moved around the house. You can’t say that about the acoustic varieties.

 

For most people, the Yamaha YPG 625 is an excellent investment as this musical instrument will last for years and years.  Yamaha has a wide range of electronic keyboards.