Perfect Pitch Videos

[CVMomma]

Very impressive, TMT!  Great job!

[TeachingMyToddlers]

Thank you for your kind words!

No, Piano Wizard colors are different. The other drawback (which is why I opted NOT to use it) is that the software doesn't "stop" for the child. Even if they don't hit the notes or get them wrong, they keep coming. Although they are supposed to move at "a snails pace" at the slowest setting, it is still too fast for a young child between 1-3 in my opinion. The other thing is that the colors just look "off" IMO, I am strongly drawn to the rainbow colors and visually it's difficult for me to look at them all jumbled up. In the earlier stages, there is a ton of background imagery that I find distracting for small children who can have trouble focusing.  If those three things were fixed, I think it would be a great program and I would be be happy to try. Alas, that is not the case so we looked for something else.



Edited to Add: You can change the colors in LMs to be anything you want, or even upload your own icons so if you WANTED to make them match PW, you could. However, you would lose all of the really cool, fun animated icons because they are part of the color coding, unless that is the colors exactly matched up with PW and you just needed to switch the existing icons around (versus import new icons).

[Mandabplus3]

Great videos! They are having such fun! Your sun is quite vocal, I can hear him desperately tring to match the pitch of his voice to the notes. Amazing for such a young child! He will be a great singer very soon. 
My kids have also surprised me by naming the pitch of a horn ( on an iPad app!) correctly. Even more surprising was that I knew they were right because I could tell what pitch it was! LMusic is working really well in this house. It's actually getting to the point where our old electric piano may need to be replaced as I can hear 2 notes that are a little off. The kids havnt noticed it yet. Well it is half as old as me..  So it's had a good innings.

[HH]

TMT, thank you very much for sharing the videos! You have awesome results teaching kids at home music! I enjoyed watching your videos!

I was sorry to read about the SM games... It seems like it is our fault: we should educate our learners more about how to use them. They all built upon very advanced algorithms that feel every move of any player and acting accordingly. These games should be played in certain order and for very short time at the beginning, They build attention and focus skills of every child gradually along with ear training and music literacy. I wish to be aware of such issues to be able to help every family to use the program most effectively. 

Here is some videos of ear training games that we provide with Soft Mozart. We found it necessary to develop piano technique alone with ear training and voice since fine motor skills development improves brain development of young children and perfect pitch of the piano can be the point of support for kids' voice development:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/VG_bNNMiZQ8&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/VG_bNNMiZQ8&rel=1</a>

Here is the same student Rachel transposing Bach's Musette from different keys. This activity helps any child not just to recognize one note at a time, but to think musically in different keys. Rachel gained her skills to transpose from Note Alphabet game and other games from Soft Mozart (not just Gentle Piano):

Transposing Musette on Do
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/LDiGf5AH0jk&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/LDiGf5AH0jk&rel=1</a>

Transposing Musette on Re
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/kY8L9q10RCM&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/kY8L9q10RCM&rel=1</a>

Transposing Musette on Mi
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/5KBcClPIjzI&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/5KBcClPIjzI&rel=1</a>

Transposing Musette on Fa
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/vuvQrhGn3Z8&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/vuvQrhGn3Z8&rel=1</a>

Transposing Musette on So
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/WzmKrw0_NwQ&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/WzmKrw0_NwQ&rel=1</a>

Transposing Musette on La
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/tgJWTqLjwfE&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/tgJWTqLjwfE&rel=1</a>

Transposing Musette on Ti
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/1BnVg2a4v1k&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/1BnVg2a4v1k&rel=1</a>

[HH]

Finally, I was happy to see Lily using SM pictures for Solfeggio syllables. Speech memory is the one of the most established skills. By saying the notes names and hearing their pitch at the same time every child is capable to develop ear for music drastically! Way to go, Lily!

On these videos of Rachel you can hear sometimes her singing notes Solfeggio, when she transpose French song using 2 hands. Music is a language of multiple voices. Playing French song on Do
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/PJWfVNWWAOw&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/PJWfVNWWAOw&rel=1</a>

Playing French song on Re
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/RsGcavpF1mM&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/RsGcavpF1mM&rel=1</a>

Playing French song on Mi
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/udhJS5dMJ1E&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/udhJS5dMJ1E&rel=1</a>

Playing French song on Mi Natural
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/GjPHwZzbgzs&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/GjPHwZzbgzs&rel=1</a>

Playing French song on Fa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RiMA_BvY-A&feature=BFa&list=PLBDF0CE500E249BD2

Playing French song on So
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUddK5uoec8&feature=BFa&list=PLBDF0CE500E249BD2


The earlier our kids can produce melodies with chords the better. In our curriculum now we train beginners to pick the right chords to different melodies. How to provide such training you can find out in our forum!

[TeachingMyToddlers]

Hellene,

The reason I say that the kids were frustrated with the games is that in the tree game (guess the note I beleive it's called) as the player becomes more skilled in guessing, the notes move faster and faster. As the player "fails" they slow down again. However, Lily cried in frustration when we initially played the game because the notes would fall too fast and she could not keep up. She didn't understand why she could do it one minute, and then the jump in speed was suddenly too difficult for her, so would say "Mama, make it go slow!" but I could not. So I told her when it gets to fast to miss some and it will slow down again, but it was just not ideal and that was the main reason we stopped using that game. The other game I remember playing (it's been a while) was a picture puzzle game. Again, this is one played for speed. I would play it while they watched sometimes, but it simply went too fast for them and the pieces stacked up kind of like tetris. It would be an improvement to put optional speed settings on these games in additional to a sensitive default speed setting that responds to the players skill.

-TmT

[HH]

Hellene,

The reason I say that the kids were frustrated with the games is that in the tree game (guess the note I beleive it's called) as the player becomes more skilled in guessing, the notes move faster and faster. As the player "fails" they slow down again. However, Lily cried in frustration when we initially played the game because the notes would fall too fast and she could not keep up. She didn't understand why she could do it one minute, and then the jump in speed was suddenly too difficult for her, so would say "Mama, make it go slow!" but I could not. So I told her when it gets to fast to miss some and it will slow down again, but it was just not ideal and that was the main reason we stopped using that game. The other game I remember playing (it's been a while) was a picture puzzle game. Again, this is one played for speed. I would play it while they watched sometimes, but it simply went too fast for them and the pieces stacked up kind of like tetris. It would be an improvement to put optional speed settings on these games in additional to a sensitive default speed setting that responds to the players skill.

-TmT

TmT, oh how much I wish to be able to write in English as fast as I do in Russian... Just finished some chapter of my book about this... You see,
our Games are not 'games' - they have to be used at the beginning in strict moderation since they are designed to develop not just kids' music ear, but also their attention span. The algorithms are feeling every move of a player and gently pushes them forward.
If to start playing the games for 30 sec - 1 min of the game time and write the results down each time, Lily will gradually develop ability to think faster and concentrate longer.
You have to work on the games by spirals. Play 1 game a month for 1 min - next cycle - 2 min etc. You will be amazed how much of concentration Lily will gain. Soft Mozart kids differ from other not just with great music talent, but also by ability to concentrate and be focused and productive in school.
Please, try this approach and you will see the difference very soon.
 

[Kimba15]

hanks for that tip Hellene. I will have to use it with my own dd she is gets frustrated to but I will spiral her like you said.

@Tmt. There is a video where Lily is is working on a staff with note tiles where did you buy that from or where did you have that made? As I would like to buy one.

[TeachingMyToddlers]

I'll sell you one    j/k I made it. It was extremely simple using posterboard, electrical tape, and laminate, and wooden discs from a craft store (AC Moore). The most "difficult" part was that it's a bit time consuming to get all the lines even. I just took some pictures of the materials for you, along with the floor piano I made yesterday. I will upload them later tonight when I have a bit more time.

ETA: I just uploaded these to a photo hosting site and I cannot get a few of them right side up! Sorry about that, but you get the point.















Chord Buddies Do-Fa-La & Do-Mi-So. These came from the Dollar Tree and the craft buttons came came Michael's craft store but neutral beanie babies would work just as well.










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[TeachingMyToddlers]

I also wanted to add that we pulled out SM again tonight, we have not used it in quite a while. I even installed a special shelf in my daughter's room for the laptop to sit right above the tabletop keyboard 24/7, making it much more convenient and accessible. The kids and I have come a LONG way in terms of note recognition on the staff. What I realized is that with Lily's piano book being horizontal and printed in the traditional way and LMs being horizontal, too, it's more consistent for us to set the screen that way too (versus the introductory vertical green and white thick stripes). We are able to read simple music and it's reinforcing what is being introduced in her piano book and in LMs, so I think we are probably going to get a lot more use out of it this way now.

[HH]

Great idea, TmT!
SM is not conflicting with any method!
I have students sometimes that start from 5th and even 6th mode.
You are always welcome to let me know, if you need any help to teach Lily! Currently, for example, we are learning how to pick the right chords for different melodies. Believe it or not, but Lily can learn it too! It would enhance her learning experience and add to hear perfect pitch ability to hear harmony too!
In future she will be able to hear a new song and play it with chords. Very practical and valuable skill!
Even 2-year-old can start learning it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yntCK-Hy8E
We have Solfeggio and Chords dedicated to these games.
Here is the section in our music academy where we learning the chords:
http://softmozart.com/forum/48-summer-curriculum/4459-summer-fun-solfeggio-chords-and-ear-training.html

[aangeles]

TmT,

My husband LOVES buying toy cars for Ella and playing cars with her. You just gave him the perfect excuse to go out and buy more! 

[TeachingMyToddlers]

@AAngeles,

I was just at Toys R Us buying something else but I was looking at toys with my son and saw they now sell buckets of cars in all LMs colors, 24 for $12.99. They look like these and are this brand but the colors are vibrant rainbow colors. http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4483106 Also, They will price match their website, I see now that it's a bit lower since looking up that link for you. They did it for me yesterday when I bought my handy-dandy iphone stroller holder. 

[aangeles]

You know, she has tons of toy cars already, but when I checked them, most are multicolored and not really useful for LMs. So I think my husband will be ecstatic to "get permission" to buy an entirely new set. Hahahaha!

Thanks for the tip and the link! 

[TeachingMyToddlers]

Here's a recent clip from this week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w7uLlAjJyo

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