They are a bit like driving a car which has good acceleration up to about 40mph, but then runs out of power! The 'soft' setting might be intended to simulate that sort of keyboard response. It's worth mentioning that Yamaha acoustic pianos that are marketed specifically for child learners tend to have a very 'light' touch - it's easy for a 7 or 8 year old to produce a good 'forte' tone, but they are frustrating for more experienced pianists to play.

In fact if you thump most acoustic pianos too hard, you just generate more mechanical noise, not louder notes. You don't need to 'hit the keys very hard' to produce a loud volume on most acoustic pianos you are likely to play (unless you get to practise on a Steinway Concert Grand for some reason!) Which one should I be using? If it is Hard, why wouldn't they just make that the 'standard'? I imagine I would want to use Hard to help properly develop dynamics, but the fact that it isn't the 'standard' has me confused on what I should choose and why. I got this to try to properly learn to play piano and my knowledge of standard pianos are zero to none. Now obviously I don't want Soft or Fixed for actual learning as I'd probably only ever select those for the fun voices, but I am kind of curious on Medium versus Hard. The volume level will be the same regardless of how hard you play the keys. This allows for versatile expression, from pianissimo to fortissimo You must hit the key very hard to generate a loud volume.The volume level of tones tends to be consistent. With a soft touch, the instrument produces a loud sound.I just received a Yamaha DGX-660 and was going through the manual when I stumbled on the 'Touch Response' setting.īelow are the available options word-for-word from the manual.

Yamaha soft music