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Author :: Ivan Alegre  |
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| Article Title :: Piano Instruction Made Fun With Video Game |
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Copyright 2005 IDE
People that play the piano beautifully fascinate me. It is
interesting the different paths some of them take to become good
at it. There are so many options now days for children and
adults interested in becoming concert pianists, or just become
comfortable with this instrument and play it whenever they feel
like it, carry a tune for their enjoyment or simply to please
others like myself.
Many excellent piano players start their education at a young
age, because they are given the opportunity by their parents,
relatives or friends. As a result, self-confidence increases,
opening doors of inspiration and self-satisfaction to become
better at their new enterprise, and with time they find a way to
express themselves and are admired by people they never dreamed
of.
The Internet, computers, and video games, become excellent
mediums to transmit music information to children at an early
age. The challenge remains in figuring out which video games
should parents buy and keep.
As far as piano learning is concerned, recently I have been
shown and become interested in the Piano Wizard video game
package from Allegro Multimedia. This piano instruction computer
software game provides a fun attention grabber display setting
to users. Teaching to play music with game activities on the
screen that they can interact using a fun color-coded keyboard.
This makes children start enjoying music, without even realizing
they are stepping into the piano-playing world. This computer
instruction game then teaches music notation while children get
more into the game, making the learning curve transparent,
pressure free, fun and enjoyable.
The system works with MIDI files that one can download to a
computer with the Piano Wizard software already installed; in
fact, the company's main site has links to many sites that have
a large amount of MIDI files and information.
I find that the price for the keyboard and Piano Wizard video
game package is very affordable for all the features and
capabilities included in the software. I really do like the fact
that one can easily up-load any type of song in MIDI format into
the game software and start playing it along in minutes. I
believe your time will be well spent while visiting their piano
instruction site and learn about their excellent piano
instruction game offerings.
My best wishes to you and your children in this musical and
uplifting venture.
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