Nord User Forum

Hello,

Please excuse my ignorance; I'm a long time classical music lover but never learned to play an instrument. Could not find any decent square forte pianos for sale and was hoping to learn Mozart works on a forte keyboard.

I accidentally came across this video: Beethoven PATHETIQUE: Walter Fortepiano / Hammerflügel (1795) VS. nord stage 3, digital Fortepiano

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I'm looking for a digital keyboard with weighted keys that will let me learn forte piano but know nothing about MIDI or digital keyboards. Is it a matter of just loading a forte piano library onto these keyboards? Or is the forte sound unique to Nords??

I also assume I need hammer weighted keys to learn forte style properly?

I tried to searches for digital forte piano but keeps getting results for a Forte brand or digital piano.

May thanks in advance,

Nick

You can load different samples on the instrument, using a software called Nord Sound Manager.
The instrument is connected to the laptop with an USB cable. The actual sample (Fortepiano) is only compatible with Nord instruments, such as Nord Piano, Nord Stage or Nord Electro. The two first variants have weighted keys.
I don't see the playing of a forte piano as a style of it's own, rather classical playing-technique.

You don't need weighted keys in order to learn to play the notes, but developing piano-technique is difficult (impossible) without weighted keys.
The Nord series are quite expensive, and is a quite serious investment. I'd recommend that you start up with something not so expensive at first, maybe a second-hand Nord-piano, or even a different cheaper brand. The Nord Piano-series is now developed to Nord Piano 6, but the forte piano sample is compatible with the earlier models. I'd say a Nord Piano 2 or 3 is a reasonable entry. These models have enough memory so that you can load multiple pianos on to the board. Best of luck.