The Chinese may have it down as the year of the Ox, but as far as MusicRadar is concerned, 2009 belongs to the keytar. The keytar's phoenix-like rise is surely set to continue over the coming months, ...

I am not a musician. In fact, I’m the only one of my siblings incapable of playing an instrument. So Yamaha’s Sonogenic SHS-500 is ostensibly intended for me. It’s a neat $500 keytar that, in addition ...

Do any of you stay awake at night agonizing over how the keytar could get even cooler? The 80s are over, so we know none of us do. Yet here we are, [James Cochrane] has gone out and turned a HP ...

George Duke was one of the greats. The multi-instrumentalist and producer worked with the likes of Frank Zappa, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, and Anita Baker during his long, storied, funky career ...

[Jeri] built this really cool C64 bass Keytar from a commodore64 and a cheap bass guitar. She’s using an FPGA to do the string detection and the key scanning, it then sends everything to the original ...

Lady Gaga is known for tickling the ivories at her shows. The piano is her instrument of choice. But the Mother Monster is also fond of the keytar, which is obviously a variation of her favorite ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Despite plenty of derision down the years, the keytar refuses to die. In fact, Yamaha is inviting ...

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Mad Catz is the official hardware partner for Rock Band 3, and their two new realistic instruments—pro guitar with 102 buttons, and the keyboard peripheral—are the closest you get to real instruments ...

If “Once” was a bracing blast of cool spring water, “Begin Again” is a can of Fanta. If “Once” was a piano, “Begin Again” is a keytar. If “Once” was Otis Redding, “Begin Again” is Bruno Mars. Eight ...