Piano Wizard Reviews, Awards & Recognition
Explore customer experiences, independent reviews from over the years, and the awards and media recognition Piano Wizard has received since its introduction.
Piano Wizard Customer Experiences
Piano Wizard has been used by children, teens, adults, parents, and homeschool families. Here are a few experiences customers have shared with us over the years.
Adult Beginner — Linda Sugarman
“Not only could this person who failed abysmally at piano lessons as a child learn how to play within a couple hours, I've gained countless hours of pleasure since I first started.”
Homeschool Family — Ken Jasick
“My boys ask to practice their piano and I am re-teaching myself as well. We are so thankful for this system.”
Teen Student — Deborah Coleen Rose
“An hour later, I heard her calling me to the computer room and she sounded excited... ‘Listen,’ she said. ‘I can play the piano.’”
The Uling Family
“I have no music background at all and it was a breeze! My friend was most impressed... Finally a music program that works. We LOVE it!”
Piano Wizard Video Reviews
Watch independent reviewers demonstrate earlier versions of Piano Wizard and share their experiences with the program. These videos are preserved as part of Piano Wizard's history and may show software, features, or equipment that differ from the current Piano Wizard Academy.
Piano Wizard in the Press: Historical Reviews & Recognition
Piano Wizard has received coverage and recognition from music, technology, education, and mainstream media since its introduction. The excerpts below are from historical reviews and media coverage of earlier versions of Piano Wizard and are preserved as part of the product's history.
Some of these reviews refer to earlier software versions, product names, features, or hardware packages that differ from the current Piano Wizard Academy. For current features, compatibility, curriculum information, and equipment requirements, please see our current Piano Wizard Academy FAQ.
Does the program excite kids about music and keyboards, help them build essential musical skills, and reinforce that practicing can be fun? Absolutely.
While many computer programs teach music, Piano Wizard Premier turns anything from Bach to Billy Joel into a video game in which you'll be guiding a rocket ship with a color-coated keyboard, while picking out a tune and learning chord progressions.
One of my favorite things!
Your child can sit up to a keyboard today and play anything from Bach to Bon Jovi. They will not even know they are practicing because they are simply playing a game.
Piano Wizard is the music learning video game that painlessly teaches anyone to play the piano.It gives every player instant success and joy, because they will immediately be able to play their favorite songs!
Piano Wizard is a successful adaptation of the gaming genre to serious music lessons. Piano Wizard is a revolutionary teaching platform that is changing the way kids learn piano.
Considering that many kids learn to run a computer before they learn to read, this could be the teaching system of the future.
How good is it? Our testers could play the songs they had learned on Piano Wizard on a real piano later that same day - without having to be nagged to do so!
Piano Wizard combines the fun of a video game with the fundamentals of piano lessons
While the debate continues about whether video games make your kids smarter or turn their brains into vortexes of violence and mush, here's one that develops a talent.Piano Wizard Is Still Evolving
Piano Wizard is actively being developed. We are currently working on a new generation of Piano Wizard software and a suite of new learning apps designed to build on the Piano Wizard Method for today's students and devices. Learn more about our next-generation music learning work at Music Brain Training.
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