Step 1: The layout of black and white keys has been standard on most piano and keyboard instruments for centuries, but how do you find your way around it? With 88 keys, a full-size piano keyboard ...

Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds was in a hotel lobby somewhere in Asia when he first saw a modern version of a player piano. This particular one was tapping out The Beatles' "Yesterday." He ...

Like so many parents, I have fantasies of my children mastering musical instruments, even though my own musical talents are limited at best and memories of my short-lived piano lessons still fill me ...

Partly thanks to the pandemic resulting in many more of us having more spare time on our hands than usual, there have never been more people interested in taking up learning the keyboard. This has in ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There's a big chance that you're in one of two camps when it comes to electric pianos versus keyboards. You might find that only those ...

ROLI, a U.K.-based music technology company, was founded in London in 2009 and is focused entirely on innovative keyboard products. New for 2025, the ROLI Piano and Airwave system is an A.I.-powered ...

Want to add elements to a GarageBand composition by playing a piano, but don't have access to a MIDI keyboard? Save money on buying a new instrument by taking advantage of the built-in Musical Typing ...

A Romanian concert pianist has unofficially broken a Guinness World Record for the most notes hit on the piano in 30 seconds, hitting the highest note on a piano a staggering 500 times. Thurzó Zoltán ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Yamaha is known for its finely crafted, innovative pianos ...

Each piece of music, be it a song, symphony or concerto, is written in a specific ‘key’. But what do we mean when we refer to a musical key, why are there 24 of them, and how do composers choose which ...