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Piano Wizard
Piano Wizard
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PIANO WIZARD Premier Instructional Software PC MAC Game |  |
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US $99.77 | 5h 2m |
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The Wizard Of Oz Easy Piano Sheet Music Book 9 Fab Song | |
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US $15.46 | 6h |
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The Wizard of Oz Instrumental Solos Piano Acc Book CD | |
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US $12.95 | 14h 6m |
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James Booker New Orleans Piano WizardLive Rounder LP | |
0 Bid | US $6.99 | 1d 9h 3m |
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JULIE LAVENDER Good Woman THE WIZARD OF OZ Sax PIANO Cd | |
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US $7.99 | 1d 10h 34m |
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WIZARD OF OZ PIANO VOCAL GUITAR MUSIC BOOK | |
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Piano Wizard Premier Software NO MIDI KEYBOARD | |
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US $119.95 | 2d 8h 3m |
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Piano Wizard PREMIER Software and USB Midi Combo | |
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US $149.95 | 2d 8h 3m |
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Piano Wizard PREMIER with 49 Notes Suzuki MIDI Keyboard | |
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US $199.95 | 2d 8h 3m |
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THE WIZARD OF OZ piano vocal chords | |
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EVERYONE PIANO WIZARD Software Klavier englisch NEU | |
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US $91.46 | 4d 8h 30m |
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The Wizard of Oz Piano Vocal Chords Lyrics EY N | |
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US $13.47 | 5d 40m |
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The Wizard of Oz Piano Vocal Chords Song Book | |
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US $9.00 | 5d 1h 46m |
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The Wizard of Oz Deluxe Songbook Piano Vocal Chords NE | |
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US $22.09 | 5d 14h 14m |
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The Wizard of Oz Big Note Piano Deluxe Songbook NEW | |
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US $18.48 | 5d 14h 25m |
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The Wizard of Oz Movie Selections Piano Vocal Chords | |
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US $14.87 | 5d 16h 29m |
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EUBIE BLAKE wizard of the ragtime piano LP mint FRANCE | |
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US $30.00 | 6d 2h 5m |
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The Wizard of Oz Piano Arrangements Book | Dan Coates | |
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US $13.66 | 7d 5h 40m |
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JAMES BOOKER NEW ORLEANS PIANO WIZARD LIVE CD NEW | |
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US $11.05 | 7d 10h 24m |
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The Wizard of Oz Piano Arrangements Coates Dan New | |
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US $11.16 | 8d 3h 9m |
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WIZARD OF OZ 7OTH ANIVERSARY EDITION PIANO VOCAL GUITAR | |
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US $24.90 | 8d 17h 10m |
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WIZARD OF OZ 70TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION BIG NOTE PIANO | |
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US $23.34 | 8d 17h 16m |
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WIZARD OF OZ 70TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION EASY PIANO | |
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US $23.34 | 8d 17h 21m |
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Wizard of Oz Easy Piano Dan Coates NEW BOOK | |
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US $10.52 | 8d 22h 59m |
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WIZARD OF OZ 70th Anniversary Deluxe EASY PIANO | |
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US $23.34 | 9d 48m |
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Wizard of Oz Big Note Coates Big Note Piano | |
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US $5.43 | 9d 14h 28m |
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MINT RM JAZZ BLUES 1927 1939 CD Piano Wizards | |
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US $7.99 | 10d 4h 57m |
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The Wizard of Oz für Cello und Piano Songbook CD | |
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US $22.18 | 10d 18h 9m |
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The Wizard of Oz Inst Play Along Book CD Piano | |
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US $10.95 | 11d 5h 42m |
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The Wizard of Oz Big Note Piano Deluxe Songbook Alfre | |
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US $24.80 | 11d 6h 29m |
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The Wizard of Oz Easy Piano Deluxe Songbook Alfred Pu | |
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US $24.80 | 11d 6h 29m |
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The Wizard of Oz Big Note Piano Song Book D Coates | |
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US $6.95 | 14d 5h 11m |
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The Wizard of Oz 5 Finger Piano Song Book | |
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US $7.00 | 14d 5h 12m |
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THE WIZARD OF OZ Piano Vocal Chords Song Book Garland | |
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US $12.77 | 14d 7h 25m |
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The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniv Big Note Piano Song Book | |
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US $11.95 | 16d 44m |
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The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary 5 Finger Piano Book | |
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US $11.95 | 16d 44m |
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The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Easy Piano Song Book | |
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US $11.95 | 16d 45m |
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Brand New Piano Wizard Learning Keyboard Package | |
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US $522.50 | 16d 2h 3m |
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The Wizard of Oz Deluxe Songbook Piano | E y Harburg | |
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US $31.13 | 16d 4h 6m |
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New Wizard Method I Can Play The Piano 3 Cartridges | |
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US $17.11 | 17d 2h 53m |
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The Wizard of Oz Piano Arrangements Ea Dan Coates | |
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US $14.21 | 17d 21h 23m |
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Piano Wizard Academy w Suzuki Piano w Videogame NEW | |
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US $494.95 | 19d 5h 43m |
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Wizard of Oz Easy Piano by Dan Coates | BRAND NEW | |
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US $12.46 | 19d 19h 51m |
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WIZARD OF OZ 70TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION EASY PIANO BOOK | |
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US $15.88 | 20d 3h 19m |
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Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz Sheet Piano Mu | |
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US $3.46 | 21d 1h 19m |
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Were Off to See the Wizard Sheet Piano Music by Harold | |
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US $3.46 | 21d 1h 20m |
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The Wizard of Oz Instrumental Solos Book CD Piano Acc | |
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US $10.55 | 21d 1h 25m |
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The Wizard of Oz Book Piano Arr Dan Coates | |
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US $4.89 | 21d 1h 25m |
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Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz Sheet Piano Vo | |
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US $4.21 | 21d 1h 29m |
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Piano Wizard Premier Plus Software Keyboard Package | |
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US $206.16 | 21d 2h 57m |
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Piano Wizard PREMIER Piano Instruction Software and USB | |
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US $122.82 | 21d 2h 57m |
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WIZARD OF OZ DELUXE SONGBOOK SHEET MUSIC PIANO VCE GUIT | |
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US $24.98 | 22d 21h 5m |
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WIZARD OF OZ DELUXE SONGBOOK SHEET MUSIC EASY PIANO | |
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US $23.42 | 22d 21h 5m |
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New Orleans Piano Wizard Live by James Booker CD | |
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US $11.10 | 23d 4h 38m |
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NEW ORLEANS PIANO WIZARD LIVE By BOOKERJAMES CD New | |
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US $11.65 | 23d 8h 53m |
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The Wizard of Oz Piano Vocal Chords by Lyrics EY | |
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US $9.45 | 23d 12h 16m |
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The Wizard of Oz Easy Piano Deluxe Songbook NEW | |
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US $18.48 | 23d 20h 34m |
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The Wizard of Oz Piano Arrangements NEW | |
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US $13.52 | 23d 21h 17m |
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HTF THE WIZARD OF OZ PICTURE SONGBOOK 9 SONGS PIANO | |
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US $39.99 | 24d 4h 6m |
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BOOKERJAMES NEW ORLEANS PIANO WIZARD LIVE CD NEW | |
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US $11.53 | 25d 17h 39m |
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The Wizard of Oz Instrumental Solos Piano Accompanimen | |
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US $17.13 | 26d 10h 8m |
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NEW New Orleans Piano Wizard Live James Booker | |
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US $12.99 | 26d 12h 48m |
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THE WIZARD OF OZ DELUXE PIANO VOCAL CHORDS MUSIC BOOK | |
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US $26.46 | 27d 1h 12m |
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Humbug Wizard Clara Jean Rowles Piano Sheet Music | |
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US $6.07 | 27d 1h 14m |
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The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniv Piano Vocal Chords Book | |
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US $13.95 | 27d 7h 30m |
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The Wizard of Oz 9 Magical Melodies Arranged for Piano | |
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US $11.27 | 28d 1h 17m |
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NEW I CAN PLAY THE PIANO WIZARD METHOD LOT OF 3 | |
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US $17.97 | 29d 10h 4m |
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WIZARD OF OZ Easy Piano Coates | |
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US $13.27 | 29d 20h 49m |
Anyone know a good free midi keyboard trainer / game for PC and MIDI keyboard?
I've been looking for something fun like Piano Wizard but freeware or shareware. I'd like a program / game where you are trained to hit the right notes by something graphical happening on the screen. Ideally one where you can load ordinary MIDI files instead of having to buy extra files.
no, sorry
Piano Wizard teaches aspiring musicians
Monique Garcia
Daily Egyptian
For Chris Salter, learning how to play the piano came easy. But learning how to actually read music was not.
This challenge inspired Salter, a 1983 graduate in linguistics and music, to develop Piano Wizard, a video game that taches users to play piano through a color-coded keyboard and on-screen prompts. The game is already being sold by major online retailers and should reach shelves by the end of the year.
While fun and entertaining, Piano Wizard aims at teaching aspiring musicians how to read music through graduated game play.
In the game's beginner levels, colorful icons or "notes," such as dinosaur eggs and rocket ships travel on a straight line from the bottom of the screen toward an on-screen keyboard at the top. When the icons reach the keys on the screen, players hit a corresponding colored key on an electronic keyboard, which plugs into the computer.
As the game advances, notes scroll across the screen horizontally, imitating the lines of the staff and the way music is read. Advanced users can import electronic music files and play along to learn scores and arrangements.
"When most kids start playing the piano, they have a 90 percent failure rate, but it's not the music, it's the way we teach music," Salter said. "This kind of takes the torture out of it, takes the abstractness out of learning how to read the musical language."
Salter said he first thought of inventing the game shortly after graduating from SIUC. He entered the University in 1978 to study cinematography and began producing films about music.
Shortly after, Salter met piano instructor Don Beattie, who came to the School of Music in 1979, and began taking piano lessons with the new faculty member. While Beattie helped Salter learn to play piano before he graduated, Salter said he never mastered reading music.
Then, a few months after graduating in 1983, Salter took keyboarding classes to learn how to type. He said the lessons were frustrating until he played a typing game, and soon he was typing 40 words per minute. It dawned on him that a piano video game could have the same effect.
After years of consideration, Salter decided to form a business to develop and manufacture the game. Allegro Multimedia was born in August 2001; following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the dot-com business bust, finding investors was difficult.
But $3.5 million and a few patents later, Piano Wizard is riding on the popularity of the video game market. Last year alone, video games made for a $12 billion industry.
Salter said CompUSA recently placed a large order to sell the game, and online retail giants, such as target.com and amazon.com, already sell the game. On target.com, the game retails for $109.99.
He also said a major toy manufacturer is looking into developing the game further for sales late next year and an infomercial featuring the game will debut nationally on Wednesday.
Throughout the process, Salter kept his connection with Beattie and with the SIU School of Music.
This fall, with the help of Beattie, and his wife Delayna Beattie, a Piano Wizard academy was founded in conjunction with the School of Music.
Comprising mostly of 4- to 8-year-olds from the Child Development Laboratory, the academy focuses on teaching children to play the piano and read music through playing the game.
Children work with adult mentors from the School of Music, along with Don and Delayna Beattie, to learn simple songs on the game. After practicing the song on an electronic keyboard, children move to actual pianos to apply what they learned.
The academy and its students are featured in the infomercial, and students from the Department of Radio and Television are developing a documentary about the game and the academy.
"It's a wonderful and extraordinary game that will ultimately help a whole lot of people," Don Beattie said. "It's a wonderful starting point that allows them to read a dozen pieces a day and helps them become literate readers of music while still having fun. Music is a language, and this helps increase their vocabulary."
Last week, 10 children packed the academy's cozy studio space one afternoon in the Old Baptist Foundation, singing along to "Merrily we roll along," which they were learning to play on the game.
After stopping for a brief lesson about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and reviewing music notes, the 3- and-4-year-olds ran to the computers set up with the game. Perched on booster seats and sometimes the lap of a mentor, the children played along, getting instant feedback from the game about their timing and tempo.
"I got a 98 percent!" one little girl shouted out before turning back to the screen to tackle the song again, hoping for a perfect score.
"Don and I are firm believers that music is a birthright not reserved for the elite," Salter said. "It should be open to all, not just those who have access to classical education. Music is something joyful and joins people at a spiritual level, and allowing everyone to have that is a beautiful thing."
About the Author
Monique Garcia writes on a variety of topics for The Daily Egyptian at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
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