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I'm making this page about Childrens Pianos because Music Matters, Music benefits every aspect of development
Music is catching. Soon after my child took up playing the piano, I took up the violin.
Music helps us to make sense of the world. Through sound we can give an expressive shape to our experience. It is a pleasure and a joy for its own sake. The National Curriculum for music says, "As an integral part of culture, past and present, it helps pupils understand themselves and relate to others, forging important links between the home, school and the wider world."
Recent research emphasises the benefits of learning music:
Music aids the development of speech. Singing simple songs teaches your child how language is constructed. According to Jessica Pitt from the Pre-School Music Association: "Babies seem to learn best when songs are experienced through their bodies. Movement and music greatly enhance acquisition of language."
Music helps children to learn maths. "When children learn rhythm, they are learning ratios, fractions and proportions," says Professor Gordon Shaw, University of California, Irvine, after his study of seven year-olds in Los Angeles.
Music enhances social skills. "Children who take part in music develop higher levels of social cohesion and understanding of themselves and others, and the emotional aspect of musical activities seems to be beneficial for developing social skills like empathy," says Dr. Alexandra Lamont, Lecturer in the Psychology of Music at the University of Keele
Music enhances your child's intellectual development. Dr. Frances Rauscher, from the University of Wisconsin, says that music "helps improve children's ability to reason abstractly, by strengthening neural firing patterns of the brain that are relevant to both musical and spatial cognition."
Most music teachers will tell you that music encourages self-expression and self confidence. As a non-verbal language, music can convey a complexity of emotions, and offers a means of expression to a shy or diffident child who finds it hard to communicate through speech
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High School Musical
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High School Musical Piano Tunes
Pianos for Girls
My Grandaughter is learning to play the piano at the moment and It surprises me how quickly she learns.
As soon as Lois comes into the house, she runs into the piano room and starts playing - she seems to remember everything that she practised from her last visit.
The house just fills with music and laughter.
Grandchildren are a joy. Ive another two younger girls to learn soon.(Wish me Luck)
Schoenhut My First Piano II
Schoenhut's® bright red or white, 25-key tabletop is the perfect choice for a toddler's first piano. Both fun and educational. It is an ideal instrument to use for developing eye-hand coordination and encouraging musical creativity. Chromatically tuned, the lovely chime-like notes are produced by little hammers striking precision-ground, German steel music rods (versus the conventional taut wires used in full-sized models). Schoenhut's® patented Learning System, with its play-by-color teaching method, makes playing simple and fun. A removable color strip fits behind the keys to guide small fingers from chord to chord. The chart also works on adult keyboards, since keys on Schoenhut® toy pianos are of corresponding width. This teaches children proper "finger stretch" from the very beginning. The accompanying Songbook contains a collection of familiar tunes. This Learning System has been specially designed to build a child's confidence and develop basic playing skills.
Amazon Price: $54.92 (as of 11/07/2009) 
Melissa & Doug Grand Piano
30 hand tuned keys
Comes with bench
Songbook included
Recommended Age Range 4 Years and up
Amazon Price: $130.00 (as of 11/07/2009)
Fisher-Price I Can Play Piano System
Baby Piano with 30 Keys
Ideal Toy for Toddlers and Children!
Hardwood and Hardboard Materials
Measurements: 19 1/4"H x 19 7/8"W x 21 1/2"
Matching Bench: 9 1/4"H x 9 5/8"W x 6 1/2"
Amazon Price: $99.95 (as of 11/07/2009)
Baby Grand Piano-Pink
Solid Wood Baby Grand Piano
Color and Letter Coded Key Guide
With Music Stand & Matching Stand
Richly Toned with 30 Keys and 2 1/2 Octave Span
Includes Easy Assembly Instruction and Music Cards
Amazon Price: $126.44 (as of 11/07/2009)
Fisher-Price I Can Play Piano System
This beautiful solid wood glossy black piano is perfect to start a young child's musical appreciation. This solid wood pint sized replica of the grand piano features 30 keys, giving your child a full 2 1/2 octave span. The keys are the perfect size for little fingers, and with a key height of 16 inches, your child doesn't have to keep their hands in an awkward position. It even comes with a matching stool for your child to sit on. The piano measures 19 inches tall, 19 inches wide and 22 inches deep.This beautiful child's piano is brand new, never used. Some assembly is required, but no tools are needed. Check our other listings for more color options. Music is a very part of a child's education, and this piano helps them get off to a great start. We have a limited supply of these, and they won't last long, so get yours now!
Amazon Price: $79.99 (as of 11/07/2009)
What a Beautiful Piano - Would'nt you love to sit and play it.
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The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with felt covered hammers. The hammers immediately rebound allowing the strings to continue vibrating at their resonant frequency.[1] These vibrations are transmitted through a bridge to a soundboard that amplifies them.
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Learn To Play Piano For Adults
Pianos For Boys
Boys just love musical instruments - They love making noise initially then they put their mind to learning and off they go!!.
Fisher-Price I Can Play Piano System
I Can Play piano system uses video game technology to teach kids basic piano
Interactive, musical toy turns every song into delightful game
Game system's interface and keyboard are simple for kids to navigate
Best for children 4 through 8; can spark lifelong interest in music
Includes keyboard and software cartridge with 8 well-known songs and 2 warm-up games
Amazon Price: $59.99 (as of 11/07/2009)
Schoenhut MB Key Traditional Spinet Mahogany Black
Ideal for ages 3 and up
Song book included
Twenty five-key, two-octave keyboard
No tuning necessary
Small hammers strike metal rods producing lovely chime-like tones
Amazon Price: $99.95 (as of 11/07/2009)
Schoenhut Concert Grand Piano - Mahogany
"MAHOGANY FINISH Each piano in the series is custom built from solid maple and 1/2-inch multi-ply birch, stained in mahogany or painted in your choice of white or black, with the interior hand finished to match the selected exterior. The hinge is designed to raise and lower gradually, so as not to slam down on little fingers. Chromatically tuned, the sound is produced by little hammers striking precision-ground, German steel music rods (versus the conventional taut wires used in full-sized models.) Made of maple, birch and hardboard. A toy piano and a great music education tool. Schoenhut's patented Learning System, with its play-by-color teaching method, makes playing simple and fun. A removable color strip fits behind the keys to guide small fingers from chord to chord. The chart will also work on adult keyboards, since keys on Schoenhut toy pianos are of corresponding width. This teaches children proper ""finger stretch"" from the very beginning. The accompanying Songbook contains a collection of familiar tunes.
Amazon Price: $310.00 (as of 11/07/2009)
Boy Playing the Piano Photos To Go Collection Framed Photographic Poster Print by Rebecca Marvil, 17x21
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Songbooks For Children
Easy To Learn Instructions Are The Key To Success In Learning The Piano
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Music is magical, it is a beautiful art that can be shared by all generations, and people.
Posted October 29, 2008
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88 Keys 10 Fingers Bib
Price: 12.99
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Price: 16.98
Music Lesson Mug
Price: 12.99
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Price: 14.99
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