送給自己的生日禮物：CASIO Privia 電子數位鋼琴 Birthday present for myself: Digital Piano CASIO Privia

發文作者：Joyful Element | 9 七月, 2010

送給自己的生日禮物：CASIO Privia 電子數位鋼琴 Birthday present for myself: Digital Piano CASIO Privia

想要有一台電子數位鋼琴的想法已經好幾年了，雖然小時候學過一點電子琴(雙層琴鍵+腳踏bass的那種)，不過後來出國後就中斷了。一直到大學時，在朋友家 (幾乎每個朋友家都有耶…) 接觸到鋼琴，又重新愛上鋼琴層次分明的音色，即使家裡沒琴練習時，自己也跑去學了幾堂課，也真是充滿莫名的積極。工作後所租的小套房也沒空間放部琴，因此一直以來想要有部琴的奢求就沉寂在心裡的某個角落，直到…

It has been many years since my first idea of getting a digital piano. When I was little, I have learned to play electone (synthesizer with three keyboards: two manuals and a pedal board), but the learning stopped when I moved to NZ. Then at the time I was in university, most of my friends have piano at home, I was keen on watching them play and was attracted by the broad range of tones produced by this instrument. It is probably physically less engaging than electone, though still requiring considerable dexterity and coordination of hands, ears and a foot. I even went to attend some piano lessons with no piano for practice at home. It was until then I had the thought for getting a piano to play at leisure. However, the idea never turned into reality until…

在好市多網上所訂購的CASIO PX-730電鋼琴，兩天後就到了！

The Digital Piano CASIO Privia PX-730 I ordered from Costco.ca two days ago has finally arrived!!

花了好幾個鐘頭小心的組裝…

It took few hours to finish putting it all together…

完工! 掀開琴蓋瞬間… Done! The moment of revealing the piano keys…

簡潔的琴鍵 The 88 keys down to its last detail

送給自己的生日歌曲則是：
The song I played for the birthday were:

『淚的卡農』
卡農是我最喜歡的古典樂曲之一。彈起來節奏不快、曲調優美、簡潔又對稱的伴奏旋律(C-G-Am-Em-F-C-F-G)，很適合像我這樣的鋼琴初學者。

Pachelbel Canon Of Tear
Canon is one of my favourite classical music at all time. It has a compelling melody, despite its rhythmic simplicity. The tempo of the piece was moderately slow, and its symmetrical stepwise notes with repetitive chord (C-G-Am-Em-F-C-F-G) suit my playing ability as a beginner.
『絢香おかえり』 (Okaeri 的日語意思是” 歡迎回來”是家裡人對回家的人的應答)
這是是日劇『絕對彼氏』的主題曲/配樂。當初看了這部日劇後覺得主題曲搭配得恰到好處，留下深刻的印象。除了很符合劇情，在片尾由日本歌手絢香唱起來時也變的很輕快溫馨。不過我還是喜歡把它當配樂彈，放慢的音符可以凸顯它特有的抒情感，勾出劇中讓人感動的片刻。也蠻適合為目前在國外一人的生活中，添加點思鄉情愁和對幸福的期許。

Ayaka – Okaeri (The Japanese “Okaeri “ means “Welcome home”. The common phrase people use to greet someone when they are back home)
This is the main theme of the Japanese drama “Zettai Kareshi” (Absolute Boyfriend). At the time I watched this romantic comedy, I was impressed by this piece which fits the scenes just right. It gives the warm-hearted home sweet home feeling when it was sang by Ayaka (Japanese female singer). However, I prefer playing the notes at the slower tempo, to express the bittersweet feeling of the song, as well as the sympathetic moments in the drama.

採購重點

當初要購買電子鋼琴時也考慮了好幾個重點：
I considered quite a few factors when getting this new instrument:

音色 Quality of Sound
琴鍵 Weighted Key
功能 Functionality
空間 Dimension
價位 Price

音色與琴鍵 Quality of Sound & Weighted Key
往年雖然有些專業的音樂老師不建議學琴的初學者使用電子鋼琴，原因是因為音色的差異和琴鍵過輕等等，會導致之後彈奏真正的鋼琴時會造成一定的落差。不過近年來因為科技的進步，電子鋼琴的發展也日新月異，新的AIF線性式的取樣技術，讓每個音符的音量變化更為細膩、不失真、相較於傳統鋼琴，定時的調音保養變得不再需要。如果它的音色能滿足*專業演奏家，對我來說肯定已是綽綽有餘。新一代的電子鋼琴也幾乎採取了多重感應自然琴鎚設計，讓琴鍵含有像鋼琴般的重量，並使得彈奏時低音顯得承重，高音顯得輕盈。琴鍵也可以感應按壓的力度，讓音色的強弱轉換變得更加靈敏。

It has been many years that professional piano players and teachers would not recommend using digital keyboard for novice players in practicing and skill development due to its lack of quality in sound and unweighted keys. This would impact the performance of player when they get to play on the acoustic piano. However, this situation may not be the same with the advent of digital piano in the recent decades.

In the new Privia model by Casio, thanks to the new Linear Morphing AiF sound source technology, it delivers a grand piano sound with seamless transitions and a superior dynamic range without any distortion. It no longer requires regular maintenance with sound tuning in contrast with traditional acoustic piano. Because the sound quality has passed a certain threshold, therefore it is now even accepted by the professional players*.

In addition, the new Privia digital pianos feature a new Tri-Sensor 88-note scaled hammer action keyboard. It is a weighted keyboard that provides more resistance at the lower end and the keys are lighter as you move towards the top. An authentic piano touch such as this allows repeated playing of notes without having to return the key completely to the unweighted position.

功能 Functionality
數位鋼琴的另一項強項就是多功能。除了有時尚、古典的鋼琴音色可以選擇，它還有內建其他16種音色 (如：電子琴、電顫琴、爵士管風琴、弦樂器、貝士等等)、60首demo名曲、節拍器、和使用USB與電腦的連接功能。

Another advantage of digital piano is that it provides wide range functionality. Apart from Grand Piano (Modern, Classic) tones, there are many build in tones such as elec piano, vibraphone, Jazz Organ, String, Bass…etc. It contains 60 Music Library tunes for demonstration, digital metronome and can be connected to a computer with USB interface.

空間 Dimension
相較於傳統鋼琴，輕巧、不占空間的數位鋼琴成為當初考量的首選。
In comparison with traditional piano, the digital piano was lightweight and compact.

價位 Price
有天，在逛Costco (好市多) 時有注意到一部在特賣的琴：CASIO PX-130 賣CAD$599.55+Tax，當時沒想太多，先拍照記錄下來，隔了幾週後想再去看看時發現已經沒有現貨了，只好從網路下單，不過卻發現另一款琴大特價： CASIO PX-730，相較 PX-130規格高了幾階，卻也只賣近CAD$700 和之前CASIO PX-130特賣時同價。只能說真的太幸運了。

I was going after Casio PX-130 with $599.55+Tax at the first time I visited the Costco. However, I was still researching around so did not get it on the spot. When I visited Costco the second time, Casio PX-130 was already sold out, so I could only place the order online via costco.ca. To my surprise, costco.ca had another digital piano sale for a slightly different (advanced) model: Casio PX-730 with the same price. I recon it was really a bang for the buck bargain.

總結 Worth it?
如果有人問電子鋼琴究竟值不值得購買？它會比傳統鋼琴好嗎？我會說以這樣的價錢它提供的功能已遠超出我的期望。畢竟以初學著的角度，我對音質的挑剔不多，而且喜歡有時玩玩不同於鋼琴的音色，和接上電腦做MIDI的編輯傳輸。雖然電子鋼琴的發展已達到一定的水準，它的音色畢竟有別於傳統鋼琴的原音(大概需要絕對音感的耳力才能判別:p)。不過最重要的是，當你/妳聽到一首演奏曲時，如果當下不知道演奏所用的琴款，你/妳是否還會享受音樂所帶來的美好？

我可以很高興地說，今年我送給了自己一個最棒的生日禮物

So if you ask whether the digital piano is really worth it getting, and better than acoustic piano? I would say for the price, if offers more than I would expect as a novice piano player. I also like to play around with different tones other than piano and have it connected with the computer for MIDI editing. Even though digital piano is catching up, there is no doubt that the acoustic piano has a better sound quality (for those ones that can distinguish the difference). The bottom line is, when approaching a piece of music “if I didn’t know how this music was created, would I still enjoy the sound it is making?”

All in all, I am glad that I have bought myself a great birthday present