Piano Wizard Premier Software & Stickers & Midi Cable

List Price: $149.95 Discount Price: $149.95

Features:

• If your family has a windows based personal computer (PC) you've already got the bulk of what you need. From there you will simply use Piano Wizard Premier software; add an electronic keyboard with MIDI connection; use a MIDI cable to connect the electronic keyboard to your PC
• Suggested System Requirements for Your PC - Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP (Please note that Windows Media Center Edition is not supported);733+ MHz processor, 32 MB video card; 200 MB free hard drive space; MIDI cable, MIDI keyboard and appropriate system drivers; Internet access to update game and download MIDI songs

Customer Reviews:

A great computer game [Posted on 2006-06-21]
This is a brilliant computer game that teaches kids to play piano while having fun. I was quite amazed how my nine year old got hooked playing piano through this game. He gets to choose the song he wants to play, the background and the objects he wants to see, and then scores by pressing the correct key on the piano. I was quite amused watching my kid scrambling his little fingers, trying to find the correct key while his eyes were fixated on the screen. He improved his score from 23% to 97% in the very first hour he played.

Beware of the MIDI cable [Posted on 2006-07-30]
First beware of the MIDI cable that is supplied with the software. If it is the M-Audio Uno USB-MIDI cable (which is what I have), it might not work with your keyboard. This MIDI cable is not 100% compatible with all keyboards, especially with the Yamaha keyboards. I got an Yamaha keyboard and it took me 3 days to figure out what is the problem. And I ended up buying a separate USB-MIDI cable, Yamaha UX16, which cost me another $50 bucks.

However, once I got this to work correctly, my kid loves to play with it. That's good. The only problem is the program is meant to be a game, and not a piano lecture. It does not teach proper fingering, techniques and etc... So, don't think you can use this to learn piano. However, it does make playing piano a lot more fun, especially if your kids or yourself like to play video games.

Overall, this program is a good fun musical game. The price is a bit steep.

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