What is the difference between an electric piano and a regular piano? Which one is good for a child to buy for the first time?

There is a difference, starting from the instrument itself, are composed of black and white keys of the keyboard, the same position of the keys have the same pitch. But the piano has more keys than the electronic piano, the pianist has 88 keys, and the average common electronic piano has 61 keys. In addition to this, the piano has three more pedals than the electronic piano, each of which serves a different purpose when playing. Depending on which direction you want to cultivate as well as your economic level, the electronic piano requires a lower cost, the piano is more elegant, classical, learning is also more difficult, need to adhere to a long time, if you want to buy a piano, the price difference between the two is large, the piano is generally in the range of 1-50,000, the electronic piano is a few hundred to a few thousand. From the future development point of view, if you want to always choose the piano performance, you can choose the piano, after all, the recognition of the piano grade 10 may be higher; if you want to participate in the band as well as the music accompaniment, the electronic piano may be more suitable for a little bit, a variety of rhythms and timbres with a little more convenient. Personally, I think according to their own needs and economic situation.