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Last updated: 05/25/19
Music and the Home Computer Main | Multimedia Music Appreciation and Entertainment Software | Music Teaching and Learning Software | Creating Sound and Music on the PC | An Introduction to Digital Music | Old Music Software On New Computers | Learning to Play | Piano Education Home |
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Reviewed Software
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Rating System | Downloadable Music Software | Reviewed Software | Learning Materials Reviews | How We Test Software | Submitting Software for Review | Choosing and Using Music Software | Evaluating Music Software Before You Buy | The Teaching Studio | Piano Education Home |
Alfred Adult Piano Course for Windows, Part 1
Full Review
Alfred's Theory Games
Full Review
Auralia
Full Review
Auralia, Version 2
Full Review
Discovering Keyboards
Full Review
Discovering Music
Full Review
Dolphin Don’s Music School
Full Review
EarMaster School 5
EarMaster School 5 is a well-designed and comprehensive ear training program which not only provides graduated exercises in listening identification, but gives the user a thorough grounding in sight singing and basic music theory as well. It fully utilizes the modern computer's unique ability to provide direct tutoring on an individualized basis and pace.
Full Review
eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method
The eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method does what it sets out to do extremely well, and many teachers will find it imaginative and useful for teaching young children, in particular, in a studio setting. It's also good self-teaching tool with effective online Help and would work fine in the home. There is no question that a great deal of solid knowledge and loving care has gone into its creation. Even given its old fashioned method and some outmoded technique, it's a very sound program superbly put together.
Full Review
eMedia Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method
This program really is designed for students at the intermediate level who have a good foundation of early training. It may be considered as a 'follow-on' to the eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method, reviewed earlier on PEP. There are more than 150 individual lessons, with a lot of emphasis on pure finger technique throughout. It seems designed for serious students who have not only a good start in piano instruction, but something of a general familiarity with the musical language and the standard repertoire as well.
Full Review
Fanfare!
Fanfare! presents a wide range of music theory concepts in great detail, though in a format that could be more interesting and beneficial for younger students. Fanfare! will be attractive for the teacher well-versed in all facets of theory and desiring a program that presents these in the most direct manner or the advanced student wishing to work on specific areas of music theory without the distraction of a 'game-playing' setting.
Full Review
History of Music - Romanticism to Contemporary
History of Music - Romanticism to Contemporary, one part of the 4 CD-ROM set History of Music from Zane Publishing, which also includes Through the Classical Period, Music and Culture, and American Folk Music, is a fine example of multimedia computer software that teaches music appreciation in a manner that is approachable for almost any music lover or student of junior high age or older.It provides information about composers, the world in which they lived, and the economic, social and political events that helped shape the composer's music. There are many musical examples to listen to with detailed examinations of major works of each composer. The many virtues of History of Music - Romanticism to Contemporary, especially when considered in light of its low price and minimal hardware requirements, should make it an invaluable addition to a personal or teaching library of music software.
Full Review
Introduction to Classical Music
Full Review
Juilliard Music Adventure
Full Review
Lamb Chop Loves Music
Full Review
Learn Piano
Full Review
Lenny's Music Toons
Full Review
MiDisaurus
MiDisaurus is an engaging and interactive program that guides the young beginner through various musical concepts in a non-threatening manner. The software provides a number of lessons, activities and songs that keep students alert and interested. It should be a welcome addition for the teacher who caters to the younger beginners, from ages 4 to 10 years old, as well as those parents who would like to supplement their child's music learning programs at home.
Full Review
MiBAC Music Lessons
Full Review
MidiNotate Composer
This versatile music notation and playback software is used to generate, transcribe, arrange, and play-back a music score which you can either create from scratch, from a MIDI instrument, or from any MIDI or Karaoke sound file. You can edit your score in seemingly endless ways or print it, or listen as your computer plays it at varying tempos while following along on screen. Although Composer will be most useful to computer-savvy adults, a ten year old student was able to use it successfully, with supervision, for a simple treble-clef-only composition.
Full Review
MidiNotate Musician
If you want to create or annotate a printed or electronic score from an existing MIDI or Karaoke sound file or by playing an MIDI instrument attached to your computer, or, to listen to and follow the score as your sound file plays, MidiNotate Musician is an ideal, easy-to-use program. Musician is a simpler, less expensive version of MidiNotate Composer. Musician lacks Composer's ability to create a score from scratch or edit the notes of an existing score. Musician is aimed at those, e.g. non-professional musicians, who would like to see and hear what a piece of music should sound like with many possible variations, to have a computer-generated printable score, and to experiment with the format of that score.
Full Review
Multimedia Mozart
Full Review
Music Ace
Full Review
The Music Box
Full Review
A Musical Tutorial
Full Review
Music Goals by Eye and Ear
Ranging in difficulty from elementary to advanced, Music Goals by Eye and Ear consists of a series of activities that train and test eye, ear, memory and response time in the fundamentals of music reading, theory and ear training. This is a program, obviously designed by thorough-going professionals, which does all it promises and does it well.
Full Review
MusicScan
Imagine being able to scan a piece of sheet music, see it appear on your computer screen, make changes, corrections or additions, then print it out as a new hard copy or convert it to a standard MIDI file that you can play from your computer. These are some of the things MusicScan can help you do. For the teacher, student or musician who would like to make corrections, additions, or any other changes to scanned sheet music or just be able to have the computer play the music, MusicScan is a great program. Though it requires time to learn the editing process, MusicScan makes the time investment well worth it.
Full Review
MusicTime Deluxe
Full Review
Musicianship Basics
Full Review
Musition
Full Review
PBJ Basics Of Keyboard Theory
Full Review
PC Piano Teacher
Full Review
Piano Professor
Full Review
Piano Scores Unlimited
Piano Scores Unlimited is the largest collection of frequently played, royalty-free piano scores, with 630 major works included, 2500 pages of music to print, and 26 hours of listening time (the equivalent to 20 audio CDs). When you find the work you are looking for, you can see it, listen to it, and then print it. You can listen to the score performed by a virtuoso, and download it into a MP3 format. It’s like having a good classical music library conveniently located on your PC.
Full Review
Piano Suite, Version 2.5
Our goal on The Piano Education Page is to provide thorough, fair and unbiased reviews of music education-related products. Unfortunately, a software manufacturer, Adventus Corporation, took serious issue with our reviews of its Piano Suite software. We extended to Adventus numerous opportunities to examine our reviews and to point out any factual inaccuracies in them before we published the reviews. Adventus availed itself of those opportunities multiple times, but persisted in its complaints. Adventus threatened to sue our former server operator over the reviews. Since then, we have changed server operators. We have concluded that it will be impossible for us to satisfy Adventus that our reviews are, indeed, thorough, fair and unbiased, or to provide forthright reviews of Piano Suite without continuing complaints and threats of legal action. Accordingly, we have removed all Piano Suite reviews from The Piano Education Page. We will continue to provide thoughtful, candid reviews, as we have in the past, except as regards Piano Suite or any other Adventus products. We will no longer review any of those products. We regret any inconvenience this may cause our visitors, but we trust you will understand. We appreciate your support.
Piano Virtuoso
Piano Virtuoso is a fun, useful, and highly flexible music theory drill program for piano students of all ages. It doesn't attempt to teach music theory, but does a good job reinforcing concepts taught by the teacher. A very impressive feature of this software is its ability to be uniquely and finely customized by the teacher for each student, not only in the concepts covered and the level of difficulty, but also in the amount of time allotted for a round, the inclusion of bonus questions, how many points are earned, and the optional use of animated graphics. Piano Virtuoso is intended primarily for the piano teaching studio, since its major attributes involve the ability of the teacher to customize the program to the specific needs of the student.
Full Review
Play Piano
Full Review
Practica Musica
Ars Nova's Practica Musica is a superior music theory learning program which begins with very basic concepts and terminology, and then progresses all the way through seventh, ninth and altered chords, cadential resolutions, scales, keys, voicing, and musical forms, both simple and compound. Though user friendly and exceptionally well presented, it is definitely not for beginners or young children. On the contrary, it is suited for a college or university theory course, though mature students and adults working on their own should be able to navigate it comfortably as well. We would not recommend it for use as the main software program of a private teaching studio, but teachers are urged to try it out as a possible tool for their advanced students and even for themselves.
Full Review
Rhythm Tutor
Rhythm Tutor does not give instruction on counting, but, rather, provides valuable drills/exercises in a variety of rhythmic variations within a C (common time or 4/4 time signature). In studio testing the program on a variety of students ranging in ages from 5- 65, we found that those ages 12 and up had the best success with Rhythm Tutor.
Full Review
SmartScore
Full Review
Teach Me Piano
Full Review
Tunes for Windows
Full Review
Last updated: 05/25/19
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