Talking Piano This is an Educational Game Mactivity's CD-ROM nr 10 advice: This application did run on a b/w 68030 processor under System 7.1. It was also tested on a big ColorScreen of a PowerMacintosh running System 7.1.2. The game was also tested on a Quadra with 68040 processor and a 13 inch Color Screen and System 7.1 by Mactivity. The Talking Piano Teacher is a very powerful and complete music note teaching program for children and adults. You will not have to look any further than here to see the very best in music education software for the Macintosh. This program will be an invaluable tool for music teacher's and student's. The Talking Piano Teacher covers the complete bass and treble clef note range as well as diatonic and chromatic notes. Users can adjust the note range and note types (chromatic, diatonic). Players can isolate the bass and treble clef or study them simultaneously. This program will accommodate all ages and levels. The Talking Piano Teacher uses Apple's new Speech Manager/PlainTalk TM or MacinTalk 1.5 With Speech Manager you will be able to choose from among the 12 standard Macintalk voices. The Talking Piano Teacher will teach music enthusiast of all ages how to read music quickly and efficiently. Parents can pay pass spending thousands of dollars on music or piano lesson which is usually directed towards beginners learning their notes. This program has been written by a concert pianist and music theorist so students will benefit most from the expertise of these lessons! The Talking Piano Teacher makes special consideration for the different monitors' sizes. If the monitor is a 512 SE or Classic type, a smaller keyboard will be displayed. If the monitor is a 640 Mac. II type, a larger piano will be displayed. If you have a 16 inch display or larger, a very large full size piano will be displayed on the screen. Each piano covers a range from two octaves below middle C to two octaves above middle C. User's may also close the piano window and just use a midi a keyboard pluged into the modem port. Other programs available in this invaluable computerized music series are: The Big Note Music Speller The Talking Note Picker The Music Chord Teacher Musical Space Invaders The Math Musician This version is of The Talking Piano Teacher is fully working except that after a period of time, the program will prompt the user to enter a pass code. If you don't have the code the program will quit. If you would like to continue playing, just restart the program or better yet, send in your $15.00 Shareware fee. These Educational Computer Resource music programs far exceed the quality of what is commercially available at a fraction of the cost! Back to the Computer Games Index