Keytar Synthesizers
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About Keytars
Since the early 1970s, keytars have exemplified the crux of giving keyboard players total mobility while performing onstage or otherwise. Their role through the years has varied from use in all-star fusion bands to creating the soundtrack for many popular ’80s television series. A keytar synthesizer is the ultimate solution for having everything you love about a typical synth keyboard right over your shoulder — playability, sound selection, it’s all there. Whether you’re an experienced keytar player or a keyboardist broadening your horizons, Sweetwater has the selection to get you started.
What is a keytar?
In essence, a keytar is a portable keyboard synthesizer that can be worn over the neck and shoulder, similar to the way you would wear a guitar. Their lightweight and compact design allows keyboardists to move freely onstage during performances.
How do keytars work?
Modern keytars function like normal keyboard synths, receiving a MIDI input or generating a sound itself. They’re often battery powered with Bluetooth MIDI connectivity, functionality that makes the keytar suitable for the studio, live performance, and casual keyboard practice.
How difficult is playing a keytar?
Keytars are played similarly to a normal keyboard. Experienced keyboardists will grow accustomed to the keytar in no time, playing all the chords and rhythms they already know. The biggest learning curve in picking up the keytar is adjusting to playing at a downward angle, which doesn’t provide the same overhead visibility of the keybed as an upright keyboard synth would.
Got keytar questions? Your Sweetwater Sales Engineer has answers — give us a call at (800) 222-4700.
