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Keytar (a portmanteau of keyboard and guitar) is a keyboard instrumt similar to a synthesizer or MIDI controller that is supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders, similar to the way a guitar is held.

Though the term keytar has be used since the introduction of the instrumt, it was not used by a major manufacturer until 2012,

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Wh the Alesis company referred to the Vortex, the company's first product of this type, as a USB/MIDI Keytar Controller. CEO and co-founder of Tap Tap Strum, Kyle Zimmerman, later came out with the design for the Keytar L8R.

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Keytars allow players a greater range of movemt onstage, compared to convtional keyboards, which are placed on stationary stands or which are part of heavy, floor-mounted structures. The instrumt has a musical keyboard for triggering musical notes and sounds. Various controls are placed on the instrumt's neck, including those for pitch bds, vibrato, portamto, and sustain.

Keytars may either contain their own synthesizer gines, or be MIDI controllers. In either case, a keytar needs to be connected to a keyboard amplifier or PA system to produce a sound that the performer and audice can hear. MIDI controller keytars trigger notes and other MIDI data on an external MIDI-capable synthesizer, sound module or computer with synthesizer software. While keytars are usually used to create musical sounds, like any other MIDI controller, it could also be used to trigger such as MIDI-abled lighting controllers, effects devices and audio consoles.

The oldest forerunner of the keytar probably is the orphica, a small portable piano invted in Vina in 1795, which was played in a similar position as the modern keytar. The piano accordion first appeared in 1852. In 1963, the East German manufacturer Weltmeister introduced the Basset, as a Keytar shaped Electric Bass Piano. In 1966, Swedish organ manufacturer Joh Mustad AB introduced the Tubon, a tubular electric organ. This instrumt was worn with a strap around the shoulder and could be played standing or sitting. The Tubon had a half-keyboard on one d accessible to the right hand, controls to be used at the neck on the opposite d for the left hand, and a speaker at the d of the tube. It was sold in the UK as the Livingstone. It saw use by Kraftwerk and Paul McCartney in the 1960s and early 1970s.

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In the early 1970s, Edgar Winter oft performed with keyboards slung around his neck, but they were not technically keytars because they had no neck; he actually used an ARP 2600 keyboard and a lightweight Univox electronic piano with shoulder straps added.

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In late 1970s and early 1980s, Jan Hammer, the composer best known for his composition and sound design successes for Miami Vice, frequtly used several keytars including Royalex PROBE which he helped develop. Hammer is se for instance using his PROBE in the music video for the Miami Vice Theme. Also in the 1980s, Wayne Famous of the band the Producers strapped on a regular Oberheim synthesizer, which caused him to develop back problems.

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Among them, the most widely known earlier keytar may be the Moog Liberation released in 1980. Early users included Spyro Gyra keyboardist Tom Schuman. Though Devo is associated with keytars, they never used them except in music videos and promotional ads for the Liberation. The earliest printed use of the word keytar was in 1980, wh it appeared in an interview with Jeffrey Abbott (Keytarjeff) by Tom Lounges of Illianabeat magazine (now Midwest BEAT Magazine) who now hosts a weekly interview show featuring legds of the music industry on N.W. Indiana's PBR radio station.

Although Steve Masakowski has be incorrectly credited for many years as the invtor of the keytar, in an interview with Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle on December 11, 2009, he only claimed to have invted an instrumt called the Key-tar which was a string-based instrumt.

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The keytar was made popular in the 1980s by glam metal bands, as well as synthpop, new wave and electro musicians. Changing trds in music diminished the keytar's popularity during the 1990s, continuing on until the late 2000s wh a major revival was sparked by artists and groups such as The Black Eyed Peas, Flight of The Conchords, Motion City Soundtrack, No Doubt, and Steely Dan. Another instance is in early 2008 with Snoop Dogg's music video for his single Ssual Seduction, in which he uses a keytar as a throwback to old school bands.

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Notable manufacturers of keytar models have included Moog, Roland, Yamaha, Korg and Casio. As of 2013, the Roland AX-Synth, the Roland Lucina, the Alesis Vortex and Rock Band 3 Wireless Pro Keyboard, are the mass-manufactured keytars on the market.

It included two monophonic VCOs and a polyphonic section that could play organ sounds. The neck had spring-loaded wheels for filter cutoff, modulation, and volume as well as a ribbon-controlled pitch bd. The Liberation had a single VCF and two ADS velope gerators.

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The Roland SH-101 is a small, 32-key, monophonic analog synthesizer from the early 1980s. It has one oscillator with two waveforms, an 'octave-divided' sub-oscillator, and a low-pass filter/VCF capable of self oscillation. Wh a shoulder strap is connected to it, and the small handgrip with a pitch bd wheel and a pitch modulation trigger is used, the SH-101 becomes a keytar.

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The Yamaha SHS-10, released in 1987, has a small keyboard with 32 minikeys and a pitch-bd wheel, an internal Frequcy modulation (usually referred to as FM) synthesizer offering 25 differt voices with 6-note polyphony. Onboard voices include a range of keyboard instrumts (pipe organ, piano, electric piano, etc.); strings (violin, guitar, double bass, etc.); and wind and brass (clarinet, flute, trumpet, etc.). A larger model, the Yamaha SHS-200, was released the following year, and came with 49 keys and dual stereo speakers.

The Roland AX-7, which was manufactured from 2001 to 2007, contains many more advanced features than early keytars. It has 45 velocity ssitive keys (without aftertouch), and a 3-character LED display. Several features aimed towards stage performance are prest, such as a pitch bd ribbon, touchpad-like expression bar, sustain switch, and volume control knob, all on the upper neck of the instrumt. There is also a proprietary D-Beam interface, made up of infrared ssors that detect nearby motion. This interface can be used to trigger and control effects.

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In August 2009, Roland released the Roland AX-Synth, a model of keytar that contains its own synthesizer sounds in addition to being a MIDI/USB controller. In 2010, Roland released the Roland Lucina AX-09. This model does not have a traditional neck, but is still considered a keytar because of it is a strap-on model and is in the AX line, with many idtical features to its AX predecessors. It is unique in that it includes an additional, front panel USB port to accommodate a USB flash drive, which may contain MP3, WAV or AIFF files for playback. The Lucina has 150 internal sounds and may also be used as a MIDI/USB controller.

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In 2012, Alesis released its first ever keytar and is the first major manufacturer to actually use the term keytar in the model name and description. The Alesis Vortex USB/MIDI Keytar Controller is unique in that it includes eight velocity-ssitive drum pads/sample triggers, which able the performer to create beats or trigger clips, built right into the body of the keytar. It also features an accelerometer, which allows the performer to control MIDI parameters by tilting the neck. Although Alesis claims to have manufactured the first USB keytar controller, the Roland AX-Synth and the Roland Lucina feature USB connections with the same function and were released three years prior to the Alesis Vortex.Eigenschaften: Gitarrenförmiges elektronisches Klavier mit 37-Tasten-Tastatur, können Sie verschiedene Musikstile mit 4 Klangfarben interpretieren. Kompakte Struktur & geringes Gewicht & schönes Aussehen, ausgestattet mit einem Schultergurt, kann es auf den Tisch gelegt oder auf dem Rücken getragen werden. Mit 10 Demonstrationssongs können Sie wählen, ob Sie das Klavier kontinuierlich oder auf Anfrage singen lassen möchten. Mit dem Lautstärkeregler, Die Lautstärke kann nach Belieben eingestellt werden. Mit einem Minimikrofon, einer Audiobuchse und einer Kopfhörerbuchse unterstützt es Mikrofonfunktion. Mit einer eingebauten 3, 7 V Lithium-Batterie, lange Servicezeit, Unterstützung im Innen- und Außenbereich. Geeignet für Interesse Kultivierung, Eltern-Kind-Interaktion, Phantasieschöpfung und Talenttraining, jederzeit spielen. Spezifikationen: Material: ABS Farbe: White Stromversorgung: 1 * 3.7V 1200mAh eingebaute Lithiumbatterie Artikelgröße: Ca. 55 * 11 * 3.8cm / 21, 65 * 4, 33 * 1, 5 in Paketgröße: Ca. 59 * 14, 5 * 7 cm / 23, 23 * 5, 71 * 2, 76 in Paketgewicht: Ca. 742 g / 26, 17 Unzen Packliste:
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