Homeschool Piano Lessons
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Give the Gift of Music
In just minutes your entire family can start learning to play the piano... even if you've never played an instrument before. My children are learning now... right along with me and we all look forward to our next visit to grandma and grandpa's house where we can show off our new skills on their "real" piano!
Piano Wizard in Action!
Learning to play has never been this fun!
Piano Wizard and Autism
Learn to Play Piano by Playing a Fun Game
Step 1: Just hit the game objects at the right time and you're playing a song! The game objects rise from the bottom to the top along a corresponding colored line that matches the color code of the key being used. The key is pressed when the game object reaches the matching key of the piano graphic at the top of the page and the game object changes as the note is played. Piano Wizard Step 1: Game in Action
An image of a very basic setting... with only the right-hand keys activated, and set at a very slow tempo.
This is one of several backgrounds the player can choose from... along with one option for moving objects across the computer screen. The alien changes its appearance upon the students successful key strike. If the wrong piano key is chosen by the student, the face remains unchanged.
I set the screen at a very slow tempo in order that I could catch the alien's face changing while at the same time catching a shot of the screen! Takes a bit of practice. lol I could have also chose a quicker tempo and used both hands to play, which would have given us a lot more alien faces to see heading up towards the color-coded keys. Hopefully, despite my only giving you a couple extraterrestrial faces... you still get the idea!
Rotate the Screen
Step 2: The game rotates and you begin to see how written music is organized. This allows the student to quickly adapt to the horizontal nature of music notation and assists in coordination by keeping the right hand corresponding to the game objects on the top of the screen and the left on the bottom. Piano Wizard Step 2
Here You See the Screen Change
Step 2 prepares the student for reading music in the proper left to right format. Once again, the student may choose from many backgrounds and moving objects.
Step 2... The Option to Label Characters with the Names of Represented Notes
This is another example of what you might see in level 2... you have the option to show the characters labeled with their corresponding musical notes.
I love this feature! My kids and I can learn the names of the notes just a bit earlier... maybe even subconsiously! lol
Notice too, that this screen shows two-handed piano playing. The other screen shots on this lens show only right-handed playing. You can set the game for either option, or set for left-handed playing.
Begin Learning the Notes
Step 3: Game characters become color-coded notes on a musical staff, taking you into the world of real musical notation. Notes and rhythm become second nature. This transition allows the student to keep the same key matching color scheme while learning musical notation. In Step 3, We Begin to See Real Musical Notes
Again... this is what the game would look like set to play with only your right-hand.
As with speech... we learn to talk before we write or spell... why not learn to play music, before we learn to read it? Now that we've been playing music in steps 1 and 2, it's time to begin learning to identify and read musical notes.
Finally You're Reading Real Music!
Step 4: The colored notes change to black on a musical staff, making the transition to reading actual musical notation fun and effortless! The student is now playing and reading music. Piano Wizard Step 4
The Final Chapter... Real Notes! Oh... and don't judge this program by my score... Taking images of the game in action while playing the piano is a bit of a challenge!
Once you and your student have learned to read musical notes through Piano Wizard, you'll be able to take that knowledge with you to any piano!
Now You're Playing on a Real Piano
Reading sheet music and entertaining the family
Step 5: Take it to a real piano with all you've learned from the Piano Wizard Academy! This is where the true strength of the Piano Wizard Academy is found, taking it to the piano with the "Art of Music": Phrasing, Posture, Dynamics and Technique. The Tutorial DVD and Songbook lessons guide you through the process. Piano Wizard
- What Makes Piano Wizard Different?
- This link will share benefits to music education in the brain development of young children. Even older kids, will benefit from learning the language of music... perhaps in higher math scores, and higher levels of achievement in all areas of academia and career.
- Current Scientific Literature on How Music Effects Mind
- You'll be amazed what science shows us about musics effect on the mind. Children who play a musical instrument simply do better in math, language arts, and are emotionally healthier than their peers. This pdf shares the research and the amazing benefits to giving your child the gift of music.
- Music Education Stats and Info
- Learn amazing statistics such as:
*Graduates with music degrees are the most likely group to be admitted to medical schools... and
*College-aged musicians are emotionally happier, and suffer less from emotional issues or anxiety than their non-musical counterparts.
The Complete Piano Wizard Package
What Will You Receive?
Here you see the entire music package, including all lessons, DVD's and the ever so important keyboard which plugs directly into your laptop computer. The software is compatible with both Windows and Mac and comes with excellent instructions on how to install... even if you're not computer savvy!
The Piano Wizard's Academy package translates to 2 years of lessons.
If You Fall in Love with Piano Wizard...
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by wendysue
Hello! This is Wendy... I'm teaching my kids (and myself) to play the piano!
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