My very first keyboard was a yamaha e233. You see, I'm 67 and I always had an inkling to learn a piano. So, I'm a beginner! Next I bought a yamaha e423 a year ago in March. It had more bells n whistles than the 233 but it was still lacking something. After more searching I picked up the Casio CTK6500 which I have now. Its crazy, I see young kids playing a keyboard with both hands and doing quite well. Maybe its my age but I just can't play chords and melodies together. My brain can only give directions to one hand at a time not both, doing different things. I try to make use of the auto accompanyment and some tunes don't sound too too bad! I just wish I could do better and get that satisfaction of playing something with meaning and not a garbled mess. I will be making lots of use with this forum! Tom