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License:
Free
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Editor's Rating:
Not rated
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
20,053
- Requirements:
5 MB Free Diskspace, Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 Server
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
October 27, 2005
Publisher's description of EtudiX Piano Tutor
EtudiX Piano Tutor is a program to help you visually learn to play the piano or keyboard without learning to read music scores in a traditional way. EtudiX is meant for people who have a good musical ear but who find it difficult to learn the classical music theory of notes, bars, and measures. The first prerequisite for learning to play a piece using EtudiX, is that you can sing along with the tempo and the main melody of the piece. EtudiX does not show the tempo or accents of a piece, it only shows you visually where to put your fingers on the keyboard. The second prerequisite is that you have a decent midi file of the piece you want to learn. Millions of midi files can be found on the Internet. Note however that you will have more satisfactory results with EtudiX, if the midi file was not recorded from a live keyboard player, but created by inputting the exact notes from the original score.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 2.3 stars out of 7 votes
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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: EtudiX Piano Tutor 1.2.1
"Hmmm, let me think of some pros for a bit......."
Pros: I like the look, it's very professional. It plays the midis beautifully, the sound is exact as the midi. A various amounts of equipment is selectable... But wait... The cons of this game is... VVV-Look closly-VVV
Cons: The equipment that is selected is the only thing that plays, when you change the guitar or whatever the various equipment ALLOWS you to play (Which in my opinion sucks) The beginning of Helena starts off wonderfully. And you'd be lucky to find a midi that would play wonderfully. I'm not sure this would be fantastic thing to download if your not into waisting time, however it did teach me a thing or two. Choose my pianos wisely!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: EtudiX Piano Tutor 1.2.1
"Was not happy with this product"
Cons: The program wouldn't recognize my midi files, so obviously I was unable to give this software a test run. Additionally, after each attempt the irritating pop-up trial version box kept displaying and I'd have to wait for the 5 second countdown.
What good is a Trial Version if one can't get it to work properly?
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: EtudiX Piano Tutor 1.2.1
"If you don't know how to read music this is excelent to start with"
Pros: You don't need any experience with music.
The program guides you to learn to play music, by showing you the keys on the keyboard. I find it great that I can now load my midifiles and see how they are played. Also great to watch the keys change. Great soft for the amateur musician. It's amazing how fast I learned to play melodies that seemed complicated at first sight.
Cons: The navigation thru the song could be better.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: EtudiX Piano Tutor 1.2.1
"Best Stepwise Piano Tutor I tested and believe me I tested many!"
Pros: -It's easy to step thru a midi file and see the keys you have to play/study
-You don't need any music knowledge
-You don't need to read music notes
-It's simple and selfexplaining
-You can load any midi file and select any track of that file
-You can set markers to repeat from a certain point in the file
-You can select whatever instrument you want with your track
-There is a single note mode and a chord mode
-You can also listen to the whole track
-You can connect a midi-keyboard and see your input visually on the keyboard
Cons: -If your midi file is not quantized, you don't have good results. So it's best not to work with live recorded midi files.
-Sometimes chord mode doesn't work as expected, but I suppose that is normal and due to the midi file I used
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Version: EtudiX Piano Tutor 1.2.1
"Nag screen every 60 seconds!"
Pros: Decent straightforward little program that's easy to use. Attractive design.
Cons: It shouldn't claim 'no limitations' when it costs $15 ( ?9,99 Euro) to get rid of the annoying popup that appears every minute right on top of the keyboard, no matter where you move it. It might be worth paying for if the program wasn't so easily overwhelmed. If the MIDI arrangement is very complex or is not a rigidly quantized piece, various notes will turn up missing and you'll get error messages. It can probably be remedied with a simple adjustment somewhere but I got tired of the constant interruptions from the nag screen. I actually kinda liked the program; I wish my first impression had been better.
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