On top of this, any decent electric piano is going to have 88 keys. Shorter keyboards are more the realm of electronic music, synthesis, and occasionally practical considerations (size). For other styles, you can get away with less. read more
The keys at the far ends of the keyboard will be a good bit wider on an older, heavily played instrument than the keys in the middle of the keyboard, where the most playing occurs." "No standard width. read more
Best Answer: 88 keys. It will not matter if you start off on something smaller but try to get touch sensitive keys ie. play soft and loud according to how hard you press the keys. Weighted keys usually only come with the full size keyboard but if you can get that too, even better,. read more