Learning To Play With SmartMusic

Unlike a boring DVD or book, a new generation of music education tool is available to help you learn your new instrument. It's fun, easy, and.... Smart!

I have never been a big fan of tutorial DVD's or self-help books to teach a person how to play an instrument. They never live up to thier promise and often leave students struggling with poor habits or incorrect ideas. Your local band or orchestra director is always the best place to learn to play a new instrument, but now that teacher has a great tool that will help you learn more, and learn faster while practicing at home. That tool is a piece of intelligent software for your computer called SmartMusic Studio.

SmartMusic by MakeMusic Technologies is a program that listens to the student play their instrument and shows them where they went wrong, visually, on the computer screen. Common problems such as rhythmic accuracy and playing the correct note are instantly visualized allowing the student to realize their mistake and correct it properly. Music can be slowed down or speeded up as necessary to allow the student to work at his or her own pace. An immense amount of music is available inside the software to go along with dozens of lesson books, solo albums, and popular songs. For more technical work SmartMusic also has access to hundreds of scales, arpeggios, and other technique builders for the student to practice.

The point of SmartMusic is not to replace a professional music teacher. The intent of SmartMusic is to provide constant feedback and reinforcement to the new student, helping him or her to excel on the new instrument. The best part about the program is that when properly used it actually seems to help encourage students to practice more often and to use that practice time more effectively. If you have not tried the SmartMusic Studio consider asking your local band director or music store for a demonstration. Try it at home and see exactly what it can do for you and you family of musicians!