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| | Features | 61 Full Size Keys32 Notes of Polyphony367 high-quality tonesLearn to play the "EZ" way instructional methodStereo Speakers
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| | Description | The Yamaha EZ200 lighted keyboard is a great sounding, fun, easy way to learn how to play!Designed specifically for beginners, the EZ200 61 Key lighted keyboard from Yamaha will have you playing songs from the very first day. Just call up a song from the 100 songs built in to the keyboard, select if you'd like to play the left or right hand part and hitStart. The keyboard will light up the key that you're supposed to play and , the song will actually stop and wait for you to find the correct key! All of the tools you need are found in the keyboard, including how to play chords.Yamaha Education SuiteThe included Yamaha Education Suite works in conjunction with the EZ-200's special guide lamps for a intuitive learning experience. The EZ200 has 100 built in songs for you to learn to play. The songs are separated into left and right hand parts, providing 7 levels of lessons plus a convenient chord dictionary. In addition, the correct fingering is indicated in the LCD display.Three keyboard lessons for each handLesson One - LISTEN & LEARN the melody or rhythm of a selected song.Lesson Two - TIMING mode allows you to play the melody or chord by pressing any key using the correct timing.Lesson Three: WAITING mode stops the playback of a song until you find the correct note and then continues.Lesson Grading - monitors your progress as you practice each lessons two and three and gives you a grade.Chord Dictionary - shows you how to play chords and tells you which chords you are playing by displaying the notes and chord name on the LCD screen.In addition, the Yamaha EZ200 includes 367 General MIDI/XGlite compatible voices, 32 note polyphony and nine reverb settings. The EZ200 also includes a chord dictionary to learn a | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 45.75 inches | | Product Width: | 9.5 inches | | Product Height: | 18.25 inches | | Product Weight: | 32.0 pounds | | Package Length: | 46.5 inches | | Package Width: | 18.5 inches | | Package Height: | 9.8 inches | | Package Weight: | 25.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 42 reviews |
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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Great keyboard and learning system but lousy stand Jul 17, 2010
I read many reviews of this keyboard before I purchased it, both good and bad, and I agree with a number of the comments others have made -- I love the keyboard, hate the stand.
First, I love this keyboard and the teaching system. I have found the multiple teaching methods to be very handy and clever. You have the option of learning by following along with a demonstration while the keys light up, or you can just sit and watch and learn, or you can practice tapping out the rhythm on any key just to get the pacing right, or you can use the "wait" method, where the keys light up and the song plays along with you, but if you stop or get the wrong key, the system waits for you, holds the song at that point, lights up the correct key(s) to hit, and does not proceed until you get it right, then continues. I like that you can turn off the demonstration at any point, and you can turn off the lighted keys if you like and just play the instrument like a regular piano.
You can also learn by following the diagram of the two hands in a window just above the keys, which shows which fingers on both hands are used to play each note. If you are a slower learner and prefer to learn one hand at a time, you can program the instruction to mute the left or right hand so you can concentrate on just one.
You can also learn by looking at the staves that picture each note and where it appears on the lines or spaces, which is great if you do not read music yet and have no idea how the black and white piano keys relate to the notes on the page.
I love the feature that allows you to set the tempo, and I have learned many a difficult passage by slowing down that particular section, then using the repeat feature to automatically run through that part over and over until I tell it to stop, then returning to the next section, at either the normal tempo or continuing in a slower tempo. I love the feature that allows you to have chords automatically accompany you using just one finger of the left hand while you focus on learning the right hand melody, OR, if you want to play the keyboard like a regular piano, you can turn off the auto-accompaniment and play the full chords yourself.
There are hundreds of voices and styles and tunes to choose from, and the instruction booklet that comes with the keyboard teaches you how to use all those features. One of the most amazing aspects is how the voice called "Grand Piano" makes your electric keyboard sound like just that -- like having a baby grand in the living room. Or you can make yourself sound like a church organ or violins or brass or woodwinds and on and on. You can add drumbeats and other backgrounds in absolutely any musical style you can think of. A legend printed above the keys offers numerous short-cut suggestions for choosing the style and voice you want. A keypad lets you choose which song you would like to learn, and those numbers correspond to the songs in the songbook that comes with the keyboard, and these songs are programmed into the listen-and-learn built-in songs. My only complaint with the song book is the notes are printed so tiny I have to squint. I guess they did that to squeeze in the songs on the fewest pages to save printing costs and to keep beginners from having to turn so many pages.
I've had my keyboard a little over a month, and I am already sight-reading and playing Chopin and Beethoven pieces, but I must admit I already had some musical background on a different instrument, and that helped some. But if you want a system where you can be playing a tune the very next day after your package arrives, this is the keyboard for you.
All in all, I love this keyboard.
Now for the downer: all the bad things that other reviewers said about the stand that comes with this keyboard are true -- this stand simply DOES NOT fit this keyboard. If you put your keyboard on top of this stand, your keyboard will slide off and crash to the floor. I knew this before buying and decided I wanted the keyboard anyway. I have to set my keyboard on a separate table, but it is not really the right height for proper keyboard hand position so I have to put pillows in the chair to bring me up to the right height. That's rather pesky.
If it weren't for this ridiculously wrong stand, I would have given this product five stars. What could Yamaha be thinking when they packaged this stand with this keyboard when it CLEARLY does not fit it? I'm amazed a company with as good a reputation in the musical instruments world as Yamaha has would risk their reputation this way. Shame on them for not fixing the problem, now that they know about it. (Numerous buyers have alerted them.)
Now back to the keyboard: I also wish to point out that once I got the hang of the Yamaha lighted keyboard system, which only took a day or two, I also ordered two more things separately. I bought the book offered on Amazon called "How to Play Keyboards" by Roger Evans, and I really learned a lot from this little book (under ten dollars). I'm glad I bought it because he offers some techniques that are a bit more advanced, and he has some great tunes in his instruction book. The book is a paperback and tightly bound so it does not lie flat on the music book stand that comes with your Yamaha, but I use two bean bags to hold my pages down.
The other thing I purchased (from [...]) was Will Barrow's "Learn and Master Piano" instructional package of 14 DVDs, 5 play-along CDs, and a 100-plus page lesson book, This is one amazing instructional method. It's much more advanced than the lighted-key method, but if you want to learn piano in a more complete way, this is one fantastic system. It isn't cheap, but you get a lot for your money. Note that there are one or two spots where your 61-key keyboard will leave you a bit in the lurch, since this system assumes you will be seated in front of 88 keys, but I did not find this to be too pesky, and it did not come up that often. He doesn't start with childish tunes like so many teaching methods do; he gives you Lennon-McCartney tunes, well-known rock piano segments (Lean on Me, Louie Louie, and so on), as well as classical pieces. The video instructor, Will Barrow, comes across as pleasant, knowledgeable, highly professional, and patient (not to mention that he is painfully good-looking, but I digress).
You don't have to buy that extra system to learn to play electronic keyboard; the Yamaha book will give you enough to teach you what you need to know and have you playing tunes in no time. You DO have to practice, though, to become proficient so set aside time to work on your techniques. You can plug in the headphones that come with your Yamaha so you won't disturb other family members while you are learning.
I hope you found my review helpful, and if you get one of these keyboards, I hope you enjoy yours as much as I am enjoying mine.
 Worth every penny Jun 20, 2010
I bought this as a gift for my partner whom I just learned had always wanted to learn to play a piano. Never had she had the room in her city apartment for a full-size piano. But this keyboard fits nicely in front of the window of our dining room and because it is not bulky, can be easily moved to a larger space for the lessons she has just begun. The Yamaha 200 has the feel and sound of a regular piano, plus other fun options a "real" piano can't offer. The booklet that comes with the Yamaha 200 is useful, too, for someone who has never played. Contrary to some posted comments, the stand has been plenty sturdy. Even the seasoned piano instructor found this instrument quite suitable. So far it's been worth every penny.
Yamaha EX2000 is a real pleasure to use Jun 18, 2010
In my humble opnion, the sound quality is good, especially on the grand piano mode. The song list is long and diverse. It includes many classics from Beethoven to The Beatles. Although the piano just "sits on" the accompanying stand, it is sturdy and the keyboard stays put. Have not had a problem with the headphones. If I could add anything on to this product it would be some kind of light indicating that the piano is turned on. My kids tend to forget to turn it off. All in all, this package is a nice value and quality made. I bought this for my daughter to practice her piano lessons on. It arrived within two days and seems to be very well-made. I particularly like that this has full-sized keys that are touch-sensitive, which is very important when first learning to play. The keys light up when played, which I thought was a little hokey at first, but soon discovered that it really does help my daughter find and retain the notes.
Learning Piano/Keyboard for first time Jun 12, 2010
I was very impressed with this keyboard as soon as I pulled it out of the box. One feature that is really helpful is it had the music staff on the screen so when playing chords you can make sure you are hitting the correct keys. It also has many other features which are interesting, but I am using it mostly to learn to play and it sounds great. Others have said the headphones are terrible, I couldn't disagree more. They aren't BOSE but they are more than adequate for their purpose. The stand is nice too. Overall I am very happy with this product.
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Keys For Kids May 12, 2010
This keyboard was purchased for my 5 year old daughter who had just began piano lessons. We were in the process of trying to get a full-sized upright piano we were offered to our home from where its location. This proved nearly impossible due to the lack of man-power (we had 4 men). The piano was well over 1000 lbs. and proved to awkward and heavy to mount on the truck. So we skipped it. Meanwhile, my daughter had already began her first 2 piano lessons and had nothing to practice on at home. With her third piano lesson rapidly approaching we decided to find something that we could afford and was also of suitable quality to practice upon.
Enter Amazon. After reading many reviews and educating myself on the difference between an electronic keyboard and a digital piano, my pocketbook necessitated that I give the EZ-200 a serious look. It was in the price range we could afford in a hurry and was accompanied with many positive reviews by individuals who had purchased it for the purpose of a starter piano for their kids of a similar age. So it is fair to say that I was not expecting a high quality product for the price-point. My expectations were not exceeded.
The keyboard arrived on time, as it was ordered with 2-day shipping. Everything that was supposed to be in the box was there... EXCEPT the headphone jack adapter.
HEADPHONES: The included headphones have a 1/8 stereo mini-jack, yet the keyboard itself requires the standard larger 1/4 jack. The box says that the 1/8 - 1/4 adapter is included. It was not. I happen to have several of those so I simply wrote it off as no big deal. The headphones have an extremely poor sound dynamic when plugged into my stereo. The keyboard demands only a narrow range of sound at any one time, so with the headphones plugged into it they perform adequately. Keeping in mind it merely need to suit my 5 year old daughter. The headphones also feature a volume control along the cable. On the second day of use, under light tension, the cable separated in two. The part that separated was one of the 2 ends of the cable that join at the volume control. Upon inspection of the wire ends, they were not stretched or torn. It was as if they were simply "placed" inside the volume control mechanism on the cable. I decided to open the volume control mechanism on the cord and as suspected, it was apparent that that side of the wire going in to the volume mechanism was not properly soldered.
At this point the cheap price is starting to feel expensive.
The STAND: The stand itself is actually quite sturdy. It is adjustable to 5 different heights. It looks nice enough. Made of a charcoal colored metal. So yes it is a decent stand, with only one problem....... It is ridiculously obvious that the stand was not designed to fit this keyboard. It allows the keyboard to sit on top of it, but so would an ironing board. The bottom of the keyboard is not flat. It has 4 rubber feet will allow it to sit level and slip-free on a flat surface. The bottom also has 2 grooves that were definitely designed to accommodate a stand, but NOT this one. No matter which of the 5 positions this stand allows, none of them line up with the keyboard's "Stand Grooves". So it is next to impossible to center the keyboard atop the stand and have a sturdy playing surface. So when the keyboard is atop the stand, do not bump into the keyboard, as it will most likely slide off the stand.
POWER ADAPTER: This seems to work fine. It is the only accessory that accompanies this keyboard that seems to be designed for it.
KEYBOARD: The keyboard brought a smile to my daughter's face when she first saw it of course.. she's five. The keys are not "weighted" of course, but they are pressure sensitive. So hitting the keys softly or hard produces different volumes accordingly. Though I believe the volume is strictly 3 phases;loud-medium-soft. There is an option to turn the sensitivity off allowing any press of the keys to produce a loud volume. "Loud" is of course a relative term, here I use it just to distinguish between 3 volumes. The speakers on the keyboard itself are definitely NOT loud. They are sufficient. Tonally they offer a somewhat projective treble tones, but the mid to low-range sounds almost seem as though they are muted. It makes for a frustrating playing experience. The keys light up as you press them as well as when there is a preprogrammed song playing. I suppose this is a nice feature for those who are trying to learn the songs they have programmed in the machine. My daughter currently has no use for the feature. The keys themselves are a cheap plastic which makes them susceptible to misalignment and loosening if you run your fingers down the keyboard laterally, which children seem to love to do. It comes preprogrammed with 100 songs, 5 of which are contemporary, the rest are jazzed up versions of old standards such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
In summary, I suppose it will suffice until my daughter demonstrates that she is going to pursue instruction of the piano. If that is the case, we will certainly be looking into a product that is more durable, and places a premium on sound quality. If I consider this a TOY and not an instrument, I feel less burned by the purchase.
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