My Music Tutor1.0

Chances are you couldn’t really study exactly what you wanted in school, with one example being music theory, and notes recognition. Luckily, computer applications dedicated to teaching are available all over the web. For instance, My Music Tutor aims to take you through a series of tests to learn to play piano in the end.

Multiple types of lessons and tests

On the visual side of things, the application comes with a custom design, almost all of the time letting you see a piano keyboard. There are three different types of tests with configurable options, as well as the same number of corresponding guides which take you through a series of steps in which notes, and position on scale and piano keys are shown and explained.You’re not forced into any of the types of interactive lessons, but it’s best to start with the tutors first, unless you already have some background experience. If you do, tests are easy to configure, and select. Related options allow you to specify the total number of questions, and whether or not to enable a timer.

Test configuration and variations

Key recognition places you in front of a piano keyboard. There’s a range of octaves to be tested from. Hitting “starts” highlights one key at a time, with a series of notes displayed so you can select the right one.The other two tests, namely note recognition, as well as reading and playing are mostly done in the same manner. If note recognition only lets you study arrangement on a scale, the last test scenario combines the previous two.Unfortunately, not enough emphasis is put on actual sound. There’s an option to enable audio playback for mistakes as well, but the only time you actually get to hear what a note sounds like is correctly answering a question. The lack of a free play mode has a considerable impact on practicality.

To sum it up

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that My Music Tutor comes with a visually appealing, and intuitive set of lessons and test with which to learn arrangement of notes on a piano keyboard, and how to read a scale. It could have used a free interactive mode, but it’s worth a try overall.