: Teach Me Piano: Software
I evaluated this software before giving it to a close friend of mine and I must admit Voyetra did a very good job at it.
Learning is done at a very gradual pace. You basically can start from scratch, learning how to read and play with one hand, the go on to two. This is done in three effective steps.
First, you learn the rhythm of the song or tune you want to play for the left hand. You just basically press any key with the left hand on the keyboard and master the rhythm. You do not need to play the tune. You just follow the metronome. You then switch to the right hand and redo the process again. Finally, you do it with two hands. At this stage, you do not learn the pitch, just the rhythm.
Second, you learn to play the tune (or pitch) of the left hand, but without bothering with the rhythm. This is done at your own pace. You just learn the notes. You then repeat this for the right hand, then both hands.
Third and last, once you have gone through the two previous steps, you now play the tune, again for the left hand only, this time following the rhythm. Then you continue on with the right. Then finally you are ready with two hands.
Basically, this gives a lesson of three steps (rhythm, pitch, rhythm + pitch), each done in three parts (left hand, right hand, both hands).
You can skip or repeat any of these steps as much as you want. You can also ask the software to do a demonstration for you of a particular step. The evaluation only takes into account your performance in the final step with both hands, and even here you can repeat the evaluation as much as you like (until you get a score of 100% every time; this is when you should stop bragging and go on!).
The software can be adjusted in its tolerance with three levels of accuracy (beginners, intermediate, advance).
All this is possible ONLY if you have a keyboard connected to your computer (no, there is none included with the software). Should you want to do it with an ordinary piano, be aware that this software does NOT use a microphone. Therefore, it is impossible for this software to evaluate your performance in this case. But it can still assist you (in a limited way).
Interlaced with the lessons are video clips of your instructor, Hugh Berberich. He is actually quite efficient and very friendly, and narrates the lesson quite well.
There is even a profile manager that allows different people to learn at their own pace. (WARNING! There is actually a small error in this feature, but please go to the technical support database at Voyetra’s website, under “Power tips: multiple students”, for more details.)
This software comes highly recommended to anyone who wants to start learning to those at an intermediate level of learning.
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