Other features, which have yet to be fully implemented are:
- PianoSoft plus Graphics. This consists of a piano piece similar to the Smart Key pieces, but with the addition of either the actual score or a display of the keyboard indicating the next key(s) to be played. Unfortunately, this format only exists in the demo songs which come with the piano at the moment.
- Remote Lessons. This isn't on general release yet, but it has been demonstrated in the US a few times. It consists of an additional piece of software you can load onto the Disklavier and which allows Disklaviers in different locations to talk to each other, i.e. with the addition of a laptop and webcam, a teacher could provide interactive lessons to pupils anywhere in the world (provided both parties have access to a Disklavier Mk IV). This function works with more than 2 just Disklaviers, so you could have an entire class of pupils scattered all over the world, all taking part in the same lessons.
athomik
On May 22 2009, Mark Burby wrote:
>In short, it is an excellent piano. The electronics are unintrusive and do not interfere with normal piano playing.
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>However, it is the electronics that will set the piano apart. For your sanity, when she is learning her trumpet voluntaries and getting those scales correct, the quiet mode is a godsend.
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>With the right help from you or someone older, recording pieces so that she can practise hands separately is a great learning facilitator. A co-operative piano tutor could also record a piece as they would like her to learn it and she could listen to the recording while practising.
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>The tone generator could be used to make learning the piano more fun for a child, and allow her to be more creative than with a traditional piano.
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>Another feature, Smartkey or Cuetime, has great potential, but has only been a gimmick feature in my experience. The facility has yet to be fully exploited to enable learning, but has the potential to make learning more fun, interactive and an immersive experience.
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>> Do you consider a disklavier as a good piano to learn on? Is all of the electronic wizardry a help or to a hinderence to a beginning player? My daughter is 6 years old.
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