Discover the most exciting and effective way for children to learn the language of music! The award-winning Children's Music Journey 3-Volume Series features 18 of the greatest composers/performers of all time who expertly teach children about their lives, works and how to read music, play piano with both hands, compose and improvise.
Beautifully animated with a "Disney-like" feel, Children's Music Journey incorporates a "teach, practice, apply" methodology and ensures children have fun learning by taking part in engaging lessons, activities and games. In the home or classroom, children as young as four can learn piano, guaranteed!
Inside the 3-Volumes:
- 95 Interactive Lessons taught by 18 famous composers (Beethoven, Bach, Joplin, Mendelssohn, Villa-Lobos, Satie, Dvorak, Mozart, Beach, Tchaikovsky, Handel, Chopin, Scarlatti, Haydn, Bartok, Chaminade, Debussy, & Schumann)
- 95 Practice Sessions with ‘Miss Melody’ the friendly practice room teacher
- 150 Learn-to-Play Songs and famous pieces
- 30 Games to reinforce theory and make learning fun
- Composing and Improvising with dozens of instruments, sounds, beats, and pre-loaded arrangements from classical to rock ‘n roll
Volume 1 - Levels 1 to 25
Children's Music Journey Volume 1 is the perfect tool to introduce young children to the language of music, and develop an ability to play the piano. Animated versions of famous composers such as Beethoven, Bach, Joplin and dozens more engage the child from beginning to end of an exciting journey of music discovery, after which your child can read music, play piano with both hands, compose and improvise. The numerous educational and entertaining games and the improvisation room help reinforce theory and ensure kids learn the language of music in a really fun way.
Concepts learned in Volume 1:
- High notes, low notes and middle C
- Repeating short rhythmic patterns
- Variety of great piano works presented with some history
- Directional note sequences, descending/ascending, from/to, middle C
- ‘Double’ notes
- ‘Holding’ notes
- Finger numbers
- Middle C position (either by stepwise movement, or finger number)
- Stepping notes
- Musical alphabet
- Keyboard letter names
- Half notes and whole notes
Volume 2 - Levels 26 to 60
The second volume of the widely acclaimed interactive music education software series, with even more famous animated composers providing interactive instruction and introducing new musical pieces. Parents and children will love all the activities. This volume offers many new fun and exciting games such as Guitar Girl, Metronome Soup, Dueling Musicians, Build a Song, and many more. This title promises to increase your child's musical knowledge, composition, piano playing and improvisation skills, providing months of fun.
Concepts learned in Volume 2:
- Dotted half notes
- Grand staff, treble and bass clef
- Progressive history of music with notable compositions
- Notation of middle C position notes
- Time signatures and bar lines
- Tempo, and Italian terms: andante, allegro, moderato
- Dynamics f, mf, mp, p
- Repeat sign
- Rests
- Playing hands together
- Eighth notes
- Ties
Volume 3 - Levels 61 to 95
The third volume of Children’s Music Journey introduces seven exciting new composer teachers and take music learning to a whole new level with 35 new lessons and 50 new learn-to-play pieces. At this level, children are playing pieces with chords in the left hand and melody in the right hand. The final "Lesson" includes a Recital where children demonstrate their skills to the 18 composer teachers, family and friends.
Completing the series ensures children have fun learning the language of music leaving them with an interest and talent to enjoy, for life!
Concepts learned in Volume 3
- Sharps, flats and naturals
- Music history with examples continued
- Notation of standard C position
- Staccato, legato, Accents, Fermata
- Increase range and diversity of repertoire
- Dotted quarter/eighth note patterns
- Intervals of 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th
- Notation of G position
- Introduction of orchestra instruments
- Moving hand positions
- Key signatures
