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Sean wrote: |
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> M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: |
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>> Sean wrote: |
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>>> Does anyone know of any packages in portage that a kid can work with |
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>>> to teach and perhaps let them play with making their own music? |
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>>> Thanks |
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>>> Sean |
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>> What age group are we talking about? What kind of music? |
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>> Conventional? MIDI? Weird electronic? |
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> Kids are 5 and 7. |
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When I was five, I was subjected to piano lessons. I was way too young |
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for that, and never did learn to play the piano, but I did come away |
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with a knowledge of a fair amount of music theory. I later learned how |
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to play the flute, which is quite a bit easier than the piano. :) |
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In any event, if they're old enough to deal with a music keyboard, I'd |
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recommend some kind of an electronic keyboard instrument that has a MIDI |
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interface. I'm not sure you can buy one that *doesn't* have a MIDI |
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interface, :) And there is quite a bit of software that deals with MIDI. |
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Rosegarden is probably the best overall sequencer / MIDI package. |
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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P) |
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http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/ |
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