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That's an interesting tool. As a former professional pianist, I'd repeat what I feel like the limitation of such a program: it does teach you note reading, whic

by wazoox 6y ago

That's an interesting tool. As a former professional pianist, I'd repeat what I feel like the limitation of such a program: it does teach you note reading, which is nice, but really basic piano technique is a necessary preamble. You mentioned that your boy spent a whole day on this; with a bit of guidance, a full beginner after a few hours should be able to play this very simple melody with one hand, and to add a couple of bass notes with the other, for a much more satisfying result (for the player and for the audience). I know it because I've done it with many children in the past. So you should probably add something like some introduction material / tutorial... maybe a couple of videos.

jacquesm 6y ago
Yes, this is an urgent need and recognized. We are in the process of hiring a piano teacher to help with this as well as with making the program more absolute beginner friendly. This project is a lot of work as it is today, it was made mostly to satisfy a need that I felt myself and my colleagues picked it up and ran with it so now it has some proper power behind it. We fully intend to 'stay the course' and make this a best-in-class offer but there is a long way to go before we can claim that we have achieved that. As for the satisfaction, I think you may be off the mark there, I've had enough piano education to know what that was like and Luca is having a lot more fun with this program than I ever did being taught the piano by teachers at roughly the same age.