Dear All,
After looking at the ebay link, I found the following:
NEW IN BOX Kawasaki Electric COLORED Piano (manufactured by Kawasaki Motors Corp, USA)
Microphone
Song Book (Note: coloured scores are not included in this book but can be easily printed following these instructions)
3 AA Batteries
FEATURES:
37 COLORED Keys following SUZUKI Method:
C (do) --> Yellow
D (re) --> Grey
E (mi) --> Blue
F (fa) --> Red
G (sol) --> Green
A (la) --> Brown
B (si) --> Orange
16 musical instruments (Piano, Flutes, Violin, Trumpet, Xylophone, Oboe and MORE!)
16 Rhythms
4 Drums Sounds (Bass, Snare, Side Stick and Hi-Hat)
22 Demo Songs
Record and Playback
Sing Along Microphone
Two Speakers
Song Book Included
REGARDING THE "MUSIC IN COLORS" and "SUZUKI" LEARNING METHODS:
The Suzuki approach was developed in Japan by Dr. Shinichi Suzuki in the mid 20th Century. He believed that every child, if properly taught, was capable of a
high level of musical achievement. His philosophy was that if every child has the inborn ability to learn their native language, then they also have the
ability to learn and become proficient on a musical instrument. Begin children early and excite their own inborn joy of music.
The musical initiation is a major challenge for educators, and even more if your intention is to cover the learning of the basic concepts of height and
duration of sound. This explains why only a much smaller percentage of students enjoy the benefits of a music education practice, systematic and progressive.
This is a method that stems from the observation the author makes the world of children, and from that look sensible, takes the elements that capture the
interest of children to reformulate the initial musical education.
From the perspective of the game and creating partnerships that demolished whole difficulty of teaching and learning of music, ensuring that all children
will wake up the interest and taste for musical practice and gradual understanding of the concepts, elements and symbols of themselves their language.
This keyboard (unique in the market) was specially designed following the
guidelines of SUZUKI and MUSIC IN COLORS methods:
Rule One: The musical scale is represented in colors:
C (do) --> Yellow
D (re) --> Grey
E (mi) --> Blue
F (fa) --> Red
G (sol) --> Green
A (la) --> Brown
B (si) --> Orange
Note: The tonalities of C and B varies slightly to represent the
beginning and the end of the scale.
Rule Two:
Notes in the staffs and scores should be represented with the same colors
used for the keyboard.
The printed score must never be confused with music itself; the kid
should naturally understand that it is nothing but a symbol of it.
How This works:
- For babies:
There is no age to start learning!
Even infants and toddlers can familiarize with the music and its
instruments. Indeed, studies show that the Color/Note association
helps to develop cognitive skills even in the first months of live.
- Ages 3+: Starting to understand the printed score.
Play with the written word in an adequate manner bridges sensory-motor
experience and the appearing of representative and/or symbolic thought.
The kid will associate the colors in the staff with the keys in the
keyboard intuitively with minimum assistance from parents or teachers.
- Ages 5+:
The fact that the notes were always properly positioned in the staff (following
the standard notation) allows the kid to initiate the second phase in the method
with minimum adult assistance. This phase in nothing but a replacing of the
"Color association" with the standard score as we know it (ie. a symbol association
based on position of the note in the staff).
Parents and teachers will only need to "blacken" the notes from the staff in
order to initiate this second phase.
For further information about these methods and its applications for babies,
kids and adults, please visit the following sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_methodhttp://www.musicaencolores.cl/musiceng/index.htmlABOUT ME:
I'm a musician. Please visit my website in Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/alfonsopabloI have been using the Suzuki method with newborns and
advanced students. Now, my baby daugther (4 months)
is initiating her first phase in the learning procedure.
Please watch her videos playing with a similar colored keyboard:
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http://www.musicaencolores.cl/musiceng/index.html for more information.
- Ayesha
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