Keyboard is a great invention as it can recreate effects of multiple instruments, but several musicians have lost their jobs because of it, sarod legend Ustad Amjad Ali Khan has said.
In a lighter vein, the maestro also said that he would have probably been out of job if the device could reproduce the sound of sarod.
"Keyboard has rendered jobless many people, including scores of instrumentalists in the film industry.
"But it still remains a great invention as it can recreate a whole lot of sound effects from instruments such as violin and sitar. I respect the person who invented it," the Padma Vibhusan recipient said during a conversation at Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet here Sunday