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Groovy Shapes Single User | List Price: $69.00
Discount Price: $55.99
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Platform: Macintosh, Windows
Brand: Sibelius
Binding: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2007-12-13
Features: - Teaches the basics of sound, rhythm, pitch and composition using pictures and animation
- Suitable for ages 5 and older
- Children can compose by dragging and dropping shapes that represent rhythms, melodies and chords.
- Compositions can be viewed as standard music notation
Groovy [Posted on 2006-11-29]
I'm a huge Sibelius fan, so when they came out with educational software for young children, and when I saw a demo of this, I had to get a copy for my nephews, ages 7 and 3. Both of them took to this program like I never expected they would. I got a call from my sister-in-law a few days after I delivered the software, and she was shocked, saying she couldn't get the kids off of the computer! (Finally... something got them away from the X-Box!) The greatest thing about this program is that it's equal learning and fun. It teaches the basic musical concepts in ways I never thought of, but ways in which today's technologically-savvy kids can relate and enjoy. I have to admit, I had WAY too much fun playing with it myself! It's sophisticated enough for adults to enjoy, but simple enough for kids to understand. I heard great things about this program on a television review ~ it was a first-place choice for children in a study of educational music software. Very cool, very fun, very educational. A great way to get your children started in music!!
excellent introduction to basic music concepts [Posted on 2007-08-26]
My son is loving this. He especially likes being rewarded with the bonus shapes every so often. Really well done. As a professional composer and user of Sibelius, I'm very happy to recommend this product. It certainly saves me thinking of how to explain certain things.
Wonderful product [Posted on 2007-11-29]
I am an elementary music teacher and our school bought the entire series of Groovy Music for our computer lab. My students have done so well with it and enjoyed it so much, I bought it for my 5 year old niece. It's very user friendly and kids find it very entertaining. The Create portion of the software is awesome for beginning "composers." I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to encourage the exploration of music in a 5-7 yr old they know.
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