Dr. David Brown, an innovative music educator, has gathered a team and developed an app to help students learn to read and play the piano. He has just recently launched PianoCub (and has a Kickstarter campaign running right now), and he has offered to giveaway a free 3-month subscription to one Music Matters Blog reader! Just leave a comment below to be entered in the drawing. The winner will be drawn using a random number generator on Friday, July 29, at noon (CST).
Here’s a preview of the first lesson:
Dr. Brown says,
PianoCub is a brand new piano education tool that’s perfect for students as well as a supplement for piano teachers. PDF lessons are accompanied by HD videos and state-of-the-art graphics with notes that highlight in correspondence to video performance. You can check out a video and samples at http://www.pianocub.com/.
Jennifer smith says
Looks like something I would love to review/use.
Nancy Wang says
This looks great. Hopefully they will figure out how to harness new technology effectively for teaching purposes. I’d love to try it!
Lynda says
I would love to see how this will work with my students.
Megan says
Looks interesting!
Maggie George says
I would love to try this. It looks interesting and I like the speed of the sample lesson – not too fast but not condescending or too fast either.
Jo Plunkett says
Would like to see this appt and try it. Looks interesting ! Thank you.
Alice says
Would love to try it as long as it runs on an Android device.
Kathy says
What fun! I’d love this!
Helen says
Using this would also be an interesting way for a returning first year student who took the summer off to review before lessons begin in the fall.
Heidi says
Thanks for sharing. It’s great that we have technology to connect us and keep us aware of new ideas in pedagogy.
Carol Koczo says
Carol says:
Excellent presentation. Basic, to the point and clear. Looks interesting and something new to try out! Would enjoy having the chance.
Heidi Neal says
I think this could be great to reinforce concepts during piano lab time.
Lynnette says
Looks like it might be a great lab resource for reviewing old concepts or exploring new ones.
Geri says
Looks like something I could definitely use with one of my students. Would love to try it!
Singapore Piano Teacher says
This looks pretty futuristic. I wonder if my students will find it useful 🙂 Can’t wait to try it out with them!
David Brown says
Thanks for sharing this, Natalie! I just wanted to let everyone know that the Kickstarter ends today. I’ve also added some tiers in there for studio subscriptions for educators. Thanks! kck.st/2avWLLw
Liz says
I watched and played the first free lesson, it was so clear and simple to understand. I would LOVE to the opportunity to learn with PianoCub! ??????