Keyboardist

<p>A keyboardist or keyboard player is a <a href="/facts/Musician/lzr1pXc7">musician</a> who plays <a href="/facts/Keyboard_instrument/zVUA9QNG">keyboard instruments</a>. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either <a href="/facts/Pianist/fFmwoxLv">pianists</a> or <a href="/facts/Organist/ogFDYTPC">organists</a>.  Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, such as <a href="/facts/Synthesizer/NrmdVrPa">synthesizers</a> and <a href="/facts/Digital_piano/yGp7lHRI">digital piano</a>, requiring a more general term for a person who plays them. In the 2010s, professional keyboardists in popular music often play a variety of different keyboard instruments, including piano, <a href="/facts/Tonewheel_organ/1Xr2Ia2c">tonewheel organ</a>, synthesizer, and <a href="/facts/Clavinet/kycAfx0Q">clavinet</a>. Some keyboardists may also play related instruments such as <a href="/facts/Piano_accordion/aqYaSrua">piano accordion</a>, <a href="/facts/Melodica/bxbcgwKj">melodica</a>, <a href="/facts/Pedal_keyboard/BC3MTcrJ">pedal keyboard</a>, or keyboard-layout <a href="/facts/Bass_pedals/XGhsIltD">bass pedals</a>.
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Keyboardist