An affordable new keyboard from Roland. The ‘Prelude’ keyboard has built in amplification, quality sounds and is made for the home keyboard enthusiast.

Competing with the new ranges from Yamaha the Roland Prelude is more in the same vein as the Tyros and the PSR’s than other rolands and aims to be an all in one package for the serious keyboard player.

The keyboard is packed with features such as the famous D-Beam that is on the more expensive keyboards, being able to play songs from USB such as .wav and .mp3 and even it boast to be able to do sing along tracks.

Have a look for yourself with a demonstration video:

Links

http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=985

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There are loads of opinions and views around the web and in top 10 / 100 lists. This is always a matter of personal prefference but it is always fun to see who people think is the greatest keyboard player of all time. Here are some of the best, you can see who you think is the greatest.

Rick Wakeman keyboardist for progressive rock group Yes

Keith Emerson from band ELP (Emerson, Lake & Palme)

Stevie Wonder, legenary American artist who signed his first record deal at 12.

Billy Joel, he is one of the best selling artist in the United States and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Ron Mael of Sparks

Brian Eno

Billy Powell from Lynyrd Skynyrd