Editing Keyboardist (section)

{{Short description|Musician who plays keyboard instruments}}
{{original research|date=October 2010}}
[[File:Yamaha piano player (Unsplash).jpg|thumb|A pianist playing a piano]]

A '''keyboardist''' or '''keyboard player''' is a [[musician]] who plays [[keyboard instrument]]s. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either [[pianist]]s or [[organist]]s.  Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, such as [[synthesizer]]s and [[digital piano]], 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, [[tonewheel organ]], synthesizer, and [[clavinet]]. Some keyboardists may also play related instruments such as [[piano accordion]], [[melodica]], [[pedal keyboard]], or keyboard-layout [[bass pedals]].