Good morning, everyone.
On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:26 PM, tbill84701 wrote:
> When I purchased my MKII Pro, I purchased a program to re-learn my piano technique. The program was "Teach Me Piano". It was an interactive teaching program and connected by a game card with midi in and out connection to the piano. It gave active feedback to the technique and progress. The program is out of production and the new Yamaha USB to Midi (UX16) interface is not compatible with the program for two way interaction.
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> Does anyone know of a similar program to work with the USB interface?
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If the program, "Teach Me Piano," did a good job of getting you started so that you now understand the basics of how to read music, you might want to consider looking at Home Concert Xtreme:
http://www.zenph.com/zenph-software/home-concert-xtreme.html
The program is available for Mac, Windows, and iPad.
I am a piano teacher with the same Mark IIXG Pro and use HCX all the time with my students. In fact, I am the designer of the software.
To use HCX:
--load a Standard MIDI File into Home Concert Xtreme
--choose one or two tracks to be displayed in notation
--start playing your MIDI instrument
Based on the settings that you choose, Home Concert Xtreme will determine your location, tempo, and dynamic expression, musically coordinate the accompaniment tracks to match your playing and "turn your pages" intelligently. In other words, you are the soloist and Home Concert Xtreme is the conservatory-trained conductor, orchestra, and page-turner.
In Learn mode, the program waits for you to play each note and shows you which note to play. In Jam mode, you have to keep up with the accompaniment, which functions as a musical metronome. In Perform mode, the backing tracks will follow your tempo.
As far as the availability of MIDI file content is concerned, you'll be delighted to know that all of the major publishers of educational piano material have MIDI files that coordinate with the printed books. For example, you might be interested in the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Adult Piano Method, or any of the supplementary books in the series that include Broadway and movie themes, pop songs, classical themes, church hymns, patriotic songs, Christmas music, and so forth.
You can see a video of the program in action here:
http://www.zenph.com/zenph-software/home-concert-xtreme/hcx-videos.html
Regards,
PianoBench
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