I heard that digital keyboards are easier to play than a real piano, is this true?

Uh...I don't really think so. Some digital pianos are not weighted, and require much less force to press down. And more standard ones are like a real piano. However, a real piano is probably easier to control, but that's my opinion.

Harder actually, anybody who regularly plays a true piano will have some unease playing the unweighted and often lesser numbered keys of most electrics.

However, a real piano is probably easier to control, but that's my opinion.

Why an acoustic piano is easier to control than a digital piano? I am curious of your opinion and the reason of it.

Edit: If you mean the variety of dynamics. Forget my question. :P

I think it really depends on the specific acoustic and digital pianos with all the different actions out there. I haven't logged in hours of playing time on digital pianos though, so I can't tell you for sure. But if your question is about unweighted keyboards, then a real piano is definitely easier to play, especially dynamics.

The piano is "harder." And why? Because anything is possibly on it. The keyboard is "easier." And why? Because it has limitations.

It depends, if you get a good digital piano (weighted keys, hammer graded, good polyphony) or a bad one, and what your used to. If you get a good one say ypg-635 or better it really depends on the pedal.

I am used to having a real acoustic piano but recently bought the ypg-635 and I find the digital piano easier to play because of the pedal. You can basically hold it down alot longer without releasing it and it would not sound sticky. Where as a real piano, with the lvls of sustain on the pedal, you gota do alot more coordination. *|

But if you get a crappy digital piano without weighted keys and your used to a real piano, then its gonna be hard. Its just gonna feel weridddd like your playing lvl went down lol. *until u get used to it that is* ah the human ability to adapt.

Hmm, what I meant by limitations is that not everything you can do with an acoustic instrument you can do on a digital one. When you get to a certain level, the piano is so versatile that when you play a keyboard (no matter how great it is; hammer-weighted, etc.) it's going to be completely obsolete. I love the sound of an acoustic Steinway, the pedal of the Steinway, the touch of the Steinway, everything over any "high-grade" keyboard.

The actions on an acoustic piano depends on the manufacturer and also the size. The bigger concert grand pianos tend to have better action and speed than smaller pianos (baby grands). They also sound richer in tone and have more dynamic control. I've sat at one at a piano warehouse and out of all the pianos I've tried, the biggest grand piano seemed to provide better agility and accuracy for my hands and I love the feel of it.

Concert Grand Piano >>> Digital pianos. If you can afford it that is :heh:

The acoustic pianos tend to variate from one to other, but like Mazzepa said an acoustic piano can make a digital piano absolute. The acoustic piano are better totally for work the technical part of a piece of music, and help the pianist to develop better skills.

Between the acoustic pianos I have found difficulty in ones more than others. All depend of the weighted keys and the keys size, and other factors possibly. Where I perform piano concerts in the Conservatory of Music where I study, there is a big, big grand Steinway piano in the main hall(Beautiful timbre and amazing reverberation with the hall size) that is quite "Orgasmic" and its difficulty is not big compare with another of the same brand that is in one of the big piano rooms. I can say the same with another Steinway I have played(upright) that the difficulty is not the same, but bring other factors to consider. And well, I would have to say "Et cetera" because I have played in a lot of different acoustic piano brands, and is really not the same in each one(Each one have its own personality).