This review is from: Casio LK-100 Lighted Keyboard with Premium Accessories PackageWe recently started suspecting that our 2 year old has perfect pitch, like her father and her grandmother before her. So all the little toy keyboards that she loved to play with which were all off-key were become problematic. However, it was almost impossible to find a toy keyboard that was actually in tune and not off key. We bought and returned probably a half dozen. Then, the grandparents stepped in and started laying pressure to buy her an actual keyboard. This was the result.The keyboard has a wonderful sound and plenty of demo songs to keep young children busy. I love that it lights up and it helps illustrate the concept for children who are just learning about music and notes. The keyboard is lighter than I expected. And for the price, it was a good compromise over the toy keyboards. It's also great that it comes with a stand, headphones, and an adapter. Many of the high-end casio keybaords, for some reason, do not even include an adapter.I do warn, however, that this is a beginner keyboard. It's good for exposing your child and just to test drive to see whether or not your kid's piano interest isn't going to be just a passing phase. However, the keyboard is not going to grow with any serious piano players. There is no touch sensitivity, which is so important to learning to play the piano adequately. And I was disappointed to see that there was no USB connectivity, which you can get with the slightly more expensive Casio models. But, all in all, I'm satisfied that I'm getting my money's worth. But if you want more features and more piano-like sound/feel, then you'll have to pay more.If you found this review helpful, please let me know!...
This review is from: Casio LK-100 Lighted Keyboard with Premium Accessories PackageThis is a great package for the price. This is an easy keyboard to learn to play for both children and adults alike. The Casio Key Lighting Keyboard LK-100 is as fun as it is practical. It's an ideal learning tool for young pianists and a fun way to experience music.The keyboard has 61 full-size keys. We love the keys' optional light-up function, and we enjoyed being able to immediately "play" the keyboard. The lighted keys help beginners become familiar with the timing of the notes that follow one of the 100 built-in tunes from the keyboard's song bank. A songbook (included) allows kids and adults to view the printed musical notes for each song. The tempo of the songs can be slowed as you learn to follow the keys, which is a nice feature. The key lighting feature can be turned off as desired. This is particularly important for advanced players who wish to use the instrument as a traditional keyboard.We like the Casio Key Lighting Keyboard's high-tech look. A large LCD screen indicates function and song title. There is a tempo control, a volume slider, rhythm buttons and other controls. The Casio Key Lighting Keyboard's song bank is a fun feature. The keyboard has 100 popular songs stored and they can be heard at the push of a button. Songs include holiday favorites like Jingle Bells, as well as a peppy rendition of Happy Birthday to You and a variety of classical songs. Younger kids will be thrilled to hear a theme song from the Finding Nemo movie.This feature-rich keyboard includes 50 built-in auto-accompaniment patterns (kids will feel like rock stars!). Additionally, users can choose a chord and the keyboard will automatically produce a matching bass, chord and rhythm. Advanced players will find it easy to change keys, and a microphone jack makes it a breeze to sing along with tunes. The premium package with the Casio LK100 is a great buy for the money.The Casio Key Lighting Keyboard has plenty of bells and whistles to immediately attract children and adults. It's fun. It lights up. It plays music. The best part, however, is that the attraction doesn't end there. This is a well-built musical instrument on which children and adults can really learn to play music.Only negative thing is that it does have MIDI but in order to use this feature, you will need to couple it with a PC to use, since it doesn't have a built-in disk drive....
This review is from: Casio LK-100 Lighted Keyboard with Premium Accessories PackageOnly four keys will light at a time on the Casio LK-100, which is contrary to the product description on the CasioUSA website:"Key Light System: Can be turned on and off (up to 10 keys can be lit at the same time)"Yet, in the product manual, under Specifications, we find..."Key Light System: Up to four keys can be lit at the same time."Hmmm... The only Casio model I can find that has the capability of 10 lighted keys is the LK-270, which costs twice as much.I do not fault the Amazon for their (incorrect) description "up to 10 keys can be lit at the same time" which echoes the manufacturer's description.I suspect the 4-light limit may also be the cause of some confusion among the reviewers here who have stated that only 4 "notes" can be played at the same time. (Up to 12 notes can sound at the same time.) These reviewers are perhaps confusing "notes" with the number of keys that will light at the same time.Actually 12 notes ("Polyphony 12 notes maximum") is a bare minimum these days. The LK-270 (again the more expensive model) has "Maximum Polyphony: 48 notes (24 for certain tones)" I suspect that more than one "voice" is layered into a single note for "certain tones". I presume the LK-100, similarly, only has 6 note Polyphony for "certain tones".One last Caveat - This keyboard does not have "velocity" sensitivity, also known as "touch sensitivity". The only way you would know this is by comparing the product description of the keys with a higher model number, or by reading the reviews here. No touch sensitivity means you can't convey "expression" by hitting the key harder or softer. Even the higher LK models don't have true...
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