| My wife is a piano teacher and has been for quite | | | | like this just make it too easy. Notes fly across the |
| some time. Her students are mostly children, though | | | | screen and you do your best to identify them. The |
| some of them are much older (such as myself), so | | | | more you identify the higher your score (and within no |
| she tries to make learning to play the piano as fun as | | | | time you know ALL the notes like the back of your |
| possible. Her main focus is trying to incorporate into her | | | | hand!) |
| piano lessons games that will keep her students in | | | | - Chordinator - A multiple choice game that leads you |
| practice and still keep them excited. | | | | along through the complicated mess of Chord notation. |
| Learning the piano isn't like it used to be in the old days. | | | | This game is great and, once again, lets your beat your |
| To be honest, the idea of sitting in a room with nothing | | | | own personal best. |
| but a metronome, a song book, and a piano sounds | | | | I used to have some serious problems reading sheet |
| terribly boring. But with the computer age in full swing | | | | music and it seemed that no matter how often my |
| there are more and more "piano lessons" games and | | | | wife would remind me of what meant what, I still |
| software packages offering ways to improve your | | | | couldn't seem to remember it. The problem was that I |
| skills while keeping you entertained and having fun. | | | | spent too much time beating myself up for not |
| My favorite games, and the ones we share with our | | | | understanding and that took all the fun out of it for me. |
| students right from the start, are the ones where you | | | | The above games really fixed that. |
| can try and beat your own high-score. I've never been | | | | Of course, now that I can read the sheet music all I |
| a big fan of competition; it becomes too easy to give | | | | really have to do is work on my timing. I looked all |
| up because someone else is consistently doing better | | | | around the internet for a "metronome trainer" or |
| than you, but trying to beat my own best record really | | | | something like it and finally found it in an online course |
| got me practicing. Nothing pushes a student to keep | | | | called Rocket Piano. I was surprised to find that |
| going like beating their old score and knowing that they | | | | Rocket Piano offered Jayde Musica Pro and |
| can beat the new one too with just a little more | | | | Chordinator. I told my wife about it right away and now |
| playing. | | | | we recommend the Rocket Piano course to all of our |
| There are two games that I call my favorites. | | | | students so that they can practice at home. They've |
| - Jayde Musica Pro - This game is awesome for | | | | all said the same thing...it's so much fun! These piano |
| those of us who think reading music is complicated | | | | lessons games are the absolute best, whether you're |
| and boring. When talking about piano lessons, games | | | | a student or even a teacher. |