A good Yamaha PSR keyboard to have would be one that has more than beginner level features without adding too much to the cost. A good Yamaha arranger keyboard for serious beginners has to provide them enough features that they can enjoy and appreciate for a few years. Songwriters who enjoy creating on the go will appreciate a portable arranger keyboard which has features to let them improve on their musical ideas.
Beginners as well as pros will find products to suit their requirements from the range of models in the various Yamaha keyboard series. But to find a match for the requirements mentioned above, we will have to look somewhere in the middle of their range of PSR keyboards.
On first thought, two keyboards that come to my mind are the Yamaha PSRE423 keyboard and the Yamaha PSR s550 keyboards. Both are 61 key arranger keyboards.
The Yamaha s550 keyboard actually is an arranger workstation and can be a bit expensive for the serious beginner. It is more of an entry level arranger workstation. From a songwriting perspective however it can give a lot of tools to build up on your musical ideas.
The Yamaha PSRE423 keyboard on the other hand can be used both by the beginner as well as the songwriter looking for a keyboard on the go. From a cost aspect, it suits the beginner but then it also has features that can be appreciated by the songwriter as well.
The yamaha PSRE423 has pro-features like 64 notes polyphony, improved arpeggiator, Pitch bend wheel, extended flash memory, etc. So this could be the yamaha PSR keyboard that you are looking for.
