Q. My 9 year old is writing beautiful little compositions but doesn't yet have the training or patience to write down the notes. This makes it hard for her to remember or improve upon her pieces. Can anyone recommend a free or low cost program that can take a recording and put it into standard piano notation? Mac if possible. Thanks!
A. The best thing to do is learn aural skills so that you can get better at remembering your ideas. I'm not aware of any free programs that do this accurately.
Finale Notepad is free and If you have a MIDI keyboard you can use that keyboard to enter notation.
The full version of Sibelius and Finale also take MIDI input.
Pricier and more accurate programs that can take any raw audio and convert into notation include DigitalPerformer and Inteliscore. Both have problems when you have big chords. DP tends to be more accurate but it's also more expensive.
Giovanni's roll out piano?
Q. Is it any good for beginnners?
A. I've had a couple of roll out pianos, although not Giovanni's specifically. Unless that one is a whole lot better than the one's I have had, I would consider it more of a novelty. It would be fine to get a reference pitch or chord from, and it would be okay to sound something out if you didn't have anything else around, but I wouldn't want to use it even as a backup keyboard.
On the plus side, this model seems to have more bells and whistles than most of it's counterparts. It has more voices, and in and out jack, as well as a Midi jack, but it makes no mention of a sustain pedal. If you've ever played a keyboard with no sustain pedal, they usually have a sustain option that cuts out as soon as you play the next note. It just isn't the same thing.
It also comes with a headphone jack and microphone, but for around a hundred and ten dollars with shipping, it ought to come with a year's supply of batteries and a personal visit from Giovanni himself! (or does he sign the two CDs he sends you?)
These keyboards are not touch sensitive, (sensi touch does not mean touch sensitive, trust me) and the most amazing thing I noticed when I went to the website and watched the infomercial, is that they never once show you haw the thing sounds! It could be that the noise in the background is supposed to represent this instrument,but if it does, I am not impressed. The little ten dollar roll out piano I got at work sounds as good as that!
Finally, look up Giovanni Marotti on the web. I have looked in several sites including GEM, Amazon.com, and Barnes and Noble and there is no listing for this International recording artist anywhere. I am not making any comment about his ability to play because I can't seem to find any way to verify it. I did all of this in less than ten minutes, so you may have better luck yourself.
1. Put in the phrase "Roll Up Piano" in any good search engine (like Yahoo?) and compare what you see with everything else that is available. If it seems like a good deal to you, that's between you adn Giovanni.
2. Put in the name Giovanni Marotti next and see if you get anything at all. I didn't but perhaps I spelled the name wrong. I tried Giovanni Moratti, Marotti, Maroti, and Morrati. Maybe you can get closer?
3. Next put in the name of any other international recording artist that you like. Try an old one or a new one, doesn't matter. Compare the number of hits you get with the second, to the number of hits from the first.
We used to have a joke in the music profession. "I studied with Segovia, Rudy Segovia!" Anyone can make any claim that they want to and back it up with some kind of credibility if you don't pay too much attention. Before you spend money on something:
A. Ask to hear it
B. heck it out through a third party
C. Find out if it really is the best deal as they say, or if they are selling it on TV because the stores can't legally sell it for that price!
Best of luck and if you decide to get it, I would love to hear what you think of it. I'm obviously skeptical, but if it truly is wonderful I would be curious to know.
Learning Piano?
Q. Hey! I'm 17 and really really want to learn how to play the piano. I used to take lessons, but only for a few months so I'm familiar with some of the basics.
I can't afford to take professional lessons now or anything but does anyone know a good website or way to learn how to play the piano. I have a keyboard in my room and I fittle around on that often.
any suggestions?
A. You know the chords? If you donât, first you need to know the notes that include every basic chord. In this web sites are all the chords. Start with learning all the major and minor chords.
http://www.nfo.net/MFILE/
http://www.8notes.com/piano_chord_chart/
I recommend this: choose any song you want to learn (from pop, rock, ballad...) and search for the chords of that song in the web. The list of chords will appear in the lyrics and you need to play all the notes for every chord.
Only after you learn all the basic chords, you'll be ready for something more advanced.
For the classic music, eventually you will need to learn sheet music or use MIDI. If you want to learn classical music from MIDIs go to http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtSLHv7nPjVHSYm_NaE6RGbty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080414151247AAfgwff&show=7#profile-info-hoDin3UYaa
Just practice, practice, and practice⦠Choose a simple song that you like.
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