Yamaha YPR50 76-Note Digital Piano

by Yamaha

Product Features

• 76 keys with touch sensitivity
• 20 piano styles with ulti-fingering
• 32-note polyphony
• Built-in metronome
• Left-hand accompaniment

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 45 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00002F5ND
• Item model number: YPR50
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,875 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Yamaha YPR50 offers all the basics in a full-sized, 76-key electric keyboard. It provides a unique touch sensitivity, so beginners learn finger sensitivity from the outset, as they would on a real piano. Among its many features are 32-note polyphony, a song library, five voices, and 20 accompaniment styles.

Full, 32-note polyphony lets you play complex sustained chords and passages without cutting off the notes. The pianist feature automatically chooses the most appropriate of 20 piano accompaniment styles. Simply hold down one key, or play the full chord, and the YPR50 will accompany in that style, instantly and effortlessly making your performances sound more professional.

Yamaha offers a variety of voices as well. Thanks to sophisticated stereo sampling, the grand piano voice is especially realistic; other voices include piano, harpsichord, organ, and string--each created from digital recordings of actual instruments.

A left-hand accompaniment feature can record and play two hands independently. The left hand records on track one while the right hand records on track two, letting you practice one hand at a time. The YPR50's built-in digital performance memory, with fast-forward, rewind, pause, and play, makes it easy to record practice sessions.

Also featured is a metronome with modifiable time signatures that you can turn on and off for practice purposes. Just for fun, Yamaha provides a built-in song library that consists of 20 popular piano songs and a companion music book for learning and playing along, using provided melody guides.

MIDI in/out jacks let you integrate your electronic piano with a state-of-the-art music production system. If the two speakers and their 3-watt amplifiers get too loud, Yamaha provides a headphone jack so you can create melodies without disturbing others (headphones aren't included).

The YPR50 comes with a keyboard stand, a music stand, and a sustain pedal at an affordable price. You can plug it into the wall with an adapter, or run it with six D-size batteries (not included).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

56 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great value for price!, December 21, 2000

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M. Yen (San Diego, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha YPR50 76-Note Digital Piano (Electronics)

This keyboard is an excellent product for what my needs and desires are. I am not a professional, just a recreational pianist who recently learned how to tickle the ivories. It is difficult to find an affordable keyboard that offers functions of a real piano or expensive unit. The market dictates that you must either chose a (cheep) or so unit that sounded lousy or a professional Roland/Korg/Yamaha unit that costs (an extravagantamount of money)! This was the perfect compromise. Unlike most inexpensive keyboards, this unit features 3 characteristics that are hard to find: 1) sustain pedal for more realistic playing, 2) pressure sensitive keys to convey mood, etc., & 3) 76 keys! Most keyboards have necessary keys absent from the instrument to play certain pieces. I like the fact that I can play all pieces without having to improvise or jump octaves. The cheap keyboards usually have 60 or so keys. The stand is made of pressboard, but is very solid and sturdy. My only negative (from what I expected) in this instrument is with the sustain pedal. During play, it's lack of grip on the floor causes it to move and turn under your foot. Yamaha sells an upgrade "piano-style" pedal that they say will stay put - so they are aware of the problem with the old pedal. Not a big deal, but a bit annoying.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Value for Money, July 9, 2001

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"digital-piano-man" (New Haven, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha YPR50 76-Note Digital Piano (Electronics)

For what it costs, the YPR50 is easily top of its class. Touch sensitive keys and a sustain pedal make for as a real a piano experience as possible for the price. The realistic Grand Piano sound and the hardwood stand give it an extra realistic appeal.

Weighted keys would have completed the YPR50. The absence of weighted keys is natural for the price but detracts from the real piano playing experience. For the beginning to intermediate pianist and even for the serious pianist on a tight budget, the YPR50 is a great value for money.

If you're willing to spend a little more though, you should look into a weighted key digital piano such as the Yamaha YPD series.

Draw backs : The sustain pedal is as flimsy as they get. With no weighted anchor, it flips around annoyingly.

48 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A little tinny, but quite versatile, April 25, 2000

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Glenn Fleishman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha YPR50 76-Note Digital Piano (Electronics)

The sound isn't perfect, but for the price and features, it's hard to complain. The "real piano" sound sounds a bit electronic and tinny to my ear.