Your video was very inspiring- I'll be sharing it! I'm feeling very ashamed that a couple of days ago I was so keen on winning a debate with you, and I was too proud. My husband is more cool headed than I am, and now I can see that I needed to first pull the beam out of my own eye, so to speak. You are an amazing person, Hellene. (By the way, my first name is Helen, and that's my 3-year-old's name too.
Tamsyn, don't blame yourself! It is 'lost in translation' situation. Since English is my third language, I am writing by blindly translating from Russian most of the time. I am told by my team that I have enough representatives already to communicate with English speaking community, but I also want to learn how to and I am trying. Hope to be better in communication and believe that our life is given to us for learning and improving.
Thanks for the video with Rachel about relative pitch.
You are welcome! Rachel is our brillkids baby and life is so beautiful and surprising thing! I met Pei Lin (Rachel's mom) at a time, when (due to my miscommunication) I was banned from this forum. Pei Lin than lived in Houston and Rachel was a tiny baby. It was very comforting for me to meet with them and to handle Pei Lin my program. After the initial meeting I was even more happy to learn that this 'seed' was not planted in a dry soil. When Rachel came to receive classes she started to develop very fast, because apparently Pei Lin was exposing her to the software just the way I taught her! The results are amazing even for me!
If I do Soft Mozart with my kids, are there images to represent letter names?
Yes! If you press A on computer, all the names in the games and piano pieces will be Alphabetical. Letter 'I' - everything will be switched to icons (Solfeggio)
I saw a few butterflies, which is why I ask.
Butterfly is a character in the game that shows that the note played correctly and have to be changed for the next. It also shows, where the finger(s) of player.
Could I use Soft Mozart without using the fixed Do aspect of it?
Soft Mozart just a tool and you can use it any way that you thing most effective for your students. [/quote]
I'm thinking I could, but I wonder if you have students who use it that way, or what kind of road blocks I would encounter.
Yes, I do! Many students from Germany, Canada, USA, China use ABC system.
You may try to download our Demo (Ode to Joy) from TRY NOW page. There also popular NOTE DURATION game:
https://softmozart.com/teaching/how-to-get-started/try-it-for-yourself.htmlBut the most important thing is: we have many ways to help and support music teachers, we give away scholarships, discounts for them. We also support learners. Our 'business' model is close to Academy that supports teachers and good students.
Many teachers afraid that if their students will buy our program, they will loose their business. It is not true! Every person, when learn something successfully, wants to learn more. The software teaches to play notes. But to make music is a privilege of teacher. This is why we created Forum and network for some learners, who has no Soft Mozart teachers. They are getting helped on line.
Overall, it is really fun, bright and multilingual community. Kids having on line recital and getting motivation to lean more pieces. By watching this flourishing, I have my hopes up to see it spreading and growing as global community.
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