Alesis Melody 61 MK4 Keyboard Piano for Beginners with 61 Keys Speakers Stand Bench Headphones Tablet Sheet Music

I ordered this 61-key piano for my son who turned 5, and it arrived in perfect condition. It works exactly as described and was easy to set up. I specifically chose the older version after reading that many customers had issues with the newer one—and I’m glad I did. The sound quality is great for a beginner, and all the features function well. No complaints so far. Highly recommend choosing the previous model if you want reliability! Read more

It's not the best, but for the price it's does what it needs to. The speaker quality isn't the best and the keys don't feel awesome,but for the price it's perfectly fine. Read more

My kids love to play on it, they fight over it often. It has a song button that can play actual classical pieces. I bought this because I wanted my child to start learning to play piano from home, just small little lessons here and there, also it's great that this piano has a piano book holding stand it's so very helpful. We also don't have the space for a real piano, so this one will do just fine. We all like it, performance it great, volume is adjustable, sound effects and recording your songs works too. Read more

We had an antique upright piano in our home when I was a kid. It was a family heirloom, having previously belonged to the family's Favorite Uncle, and left to us when he passed. I plunked on it from time to time, but never got serious about learning to play it. I had other homework to do and the local woods to explore. I recently acquired a book of a favorite author's (Tolkien) poems set to music. There was one song in particular that I wanted to sing, but my sight-reading skills are not what they once were, so I needed a keyboard's assistance to help me learn the song. Hence with my purchasing this Alesis Melody 61. I like the size of the keyboard. With only 61 of a piano's usual 88 keys, it fits nicely into an available spot in my living room, without my having to significantly rearrange my furniture. For most purposes, 5 octaves of keys is sufficient. It was easy to assemble, and I had it up and ready to play in just a few minutes after opening the box. I was able to play through several exercises in the piano lessons books I also purchased, and to fumble through the Hymn to Varda section of "I Sit Beside the Fire" from my Tolkien book. I had a nice feeling of accomplishment by the end of the evening. There are a few areas where there is room for improvement. They keys are a bit stiff, and require more strength to strike and hold than does an actual piano, which can be a bit frustrating. They are also not sensitive to the amount of force used, so the volume the keyboard produces remains the same whether you are lightly pressing or vigorously pounding the keys. Playing dynamic changes in a piece of music is impossible with this keyboard. The tones the keyboard plays are distinctly artificial, too flat and robotic with that harsh, square digital edge common in auto-tuned vocals; it is lacking the analog warmth of an actual piano. The bottom line is that is this a $120 keyboard. It is completely sufficient for learning basic keyboard techniques or plunking out a line of notes to learn the melody of a song from a sheet of music. If you're looking to learn how to play piano, this will get you 80% of the way there. Dynamic control (changing the loudness/softness of the music) is an important part of that skill, though, and you will not learn it with this keyboard. You will also not produce beautiful music with this keyboard, because of the lack of dynamics and the quality of the tones. This is a fine, inexpensive first keyboard to use while figuring out if you want to make the investment in something more "serious". Just don't expect that you're going to use it for your debut at Carnegie Hall! Read more

This is a fantastic keyboard for anyone who doesn’t need crazy special effects. I’ve been using it for a month with my vocal coach and we both love it! It’s great quality, was really easy to put together and the stand + seat fold down to make it easy to store in a spare closet when not in use. There are some great features (my fave is the transposition because it makes it easy to use the key I want without needing to find different sheet music) and the sound quality is perfect for my needs. I don’t have need for the mic or headphones so I haven’t used them yet, but I imagine they probably work great for practicing alone and not disturbing others too much. All in all, I’m really happy I bought this keyboard! Read more

My grandson looks like a real rock star when he sits at his new keyboard and learns to play. Good quality sound for the $$. Read more

Beginner adult here. So far so good!! Read more

Fun little keyboard we just gave our 11 year old yesterday for his birthday. It takes some learning in how all the buttons and controls work. And the screen has a defect - the first digit is faulty. Here, it should be three 0s. I contemplated sending it back but my son said he didn’t mind that defect. Read more