Piano Wizard™
Premier
is an amazingly simple PC Video Game that teaches
virtually anyone to play the piano in minutes.
Click below to get more information on how you can order
a Piano Wizard package

All packages include software, 200 songs/lessons, colored stickers and with cable.
Packages available:
49e 4 Octave 49 key full size MIDI keyboard
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199.95
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189.95
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eKeys 3 Octave MIDI
keyboard
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149.95
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139.95
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Software with universal MIDI cable
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139.95
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129.95
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Software Only Version
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119.95
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109.95
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Piano Wizard Premier
makes practicing fun because it’s a game!
Vibrant colors, multiple game choices and instant gratification captivate children
of all ages, while the educational agenda actually teaching kids how to read
music gives moms and grandparents confidence in the investment.
It is Brand New Never Used and in its
original box.
System Requirements:
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Windows 98se / ME / 2000 / XP
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733+ MHz processor, 32 Meg video card
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200 Mb of Free Hard Drive Space
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MIDI cable and/or MIDI keyboard (depending
on package) and appropriate system drivers
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(Note: Hardware requirements may vary with manufacturer)
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Internet
Access to update game and download MIDI
songs
WHAT IS
PIANO WIZARD?
Part Video Game, Part Piano Lesson
Piano
Wizard combines the
fun of a video game with the fundamentals of piano lessons. Anyone can
sit down at a keyboard today and with The Piano Wizard , experience how Allegro has
magically turned what once felt like practice, into feeling like child’s play
with its patented, 4-Step Method.
Piano Wizard PREMIER allows you to download unlimited MIDI
song files into your computers. Learn to PLAY your favorite songs,
anything from Bach to Bon Jovi. The
Piano Wizard PREMIER allows every family member to easily download and learn
to play any MIDI song file, from virtually
any artist, whether classical, pop, rock, country, gospel, alternative, or
the ones you create yourself.
Piano Wizard, it’s
the game that never wears out!
Music before theory
Teaching Piano the Way a
Child Learns
Traditional piano lessons teach musical notation first. But
most children don't want to wade through the hieroglyphics before they get to
play. They want to play now.
With Piano Wizard
PREMIER, your child is playing the piano the instant the game is started.
They learn intuitively to hit the right note at the
right time. Gradually, as their skill level advances, so does the game.
Before you know it, your child has learned to read music.

Beginner Level: Objects
move from bottom to top
Your child can choose from several
different fantasy worlds to play in. Each musical note is represented by a
different character that corresponds to that world. As each character lands
on one of the keys shown on the colored keyboard at the top of the computer
screen, your child presses the corresponding key on their own colored
keyboard in order to hear the song.

Intermediate Level: Objects
move from right to left
As
your child's skill level advances, the colored keyboard at the top of the
computer screen rotates from its parallel position to a position that is
perpendicular to your child's own keyboard. The musical notes are still
represented by characters, but now your child begins to get accustomed to
reading music in its traditional horizontal format.

Transition Level: Objects
converted to colored notes
At this stage of musical development, the
fantasy world your child has been playing in, as well as its corresponding
characters, all are replaced by traditional music notation. The notes are
still colored, however, to match your child's colored keyboard.

Advanced Level: Standard black music notation
When your child is ready, all backgrounds
and colors are removed completely. Because your child learned to play the
music first, hand/eye coordination and skills like pitch, rhythm and reflexes
are all second nature. Your child is now able to view notation as a map to
playing music, rather than as frustrating hieroglyphics.
Piano
Wizard Overview
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Piano Wizard is the music learning video
game that painlessly teaches anyone to play the piano. It gives every
player instant success and joy, because they will immediately be
able to play their favorite songs!
The
game's patented sound and color learning cues transform tedious and
repetitive practice sessions into an exciting and rewarding video game
experience for people of all ages and musical abilities.
Piano Wizard is a lifetime learning tool and
family entertainment center. The game never wears out and never gets boring
because you control the musical content. It uses thousands of MIDI
song files available in music stores and on the
internet as the basis of each musical game experience.
Players, parents, and music teachers can
up-load any song into the game, instantly creating a new video game
experience or music lesson every time. Thousands of songs are
available from Bach to the Beatles, including religious hymns and
children's favorites.
The game teaches children as young as 3 to
play the piano.
Piano Wizard's secret agenda is to teach
everyone to read music and play the piano just by having fun - playing a
non-violent video game.
Because Piano Wizard only uses POSITIVE
REINFORCEMENT it's specifically designed to quickly build a player's
confidence and self-esteem. The game automatically rewards players for
touching the right note and ignores mistakes, encouraging and conditioning
players with fun and entertainment, to keep them practicing and playing
while they learn practical music and piano skills. (Suitable for ages 3+)
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Press Releases
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Feb.
2, 2006 Allegro Multimedia / Fisher-Price
Agreement Opens Doors To Music-Making Fun For The Next Generation (See also,
Fisher-Price Press
Release)
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Dec. 27, 2005
M-Audio™ MIDI Keyboard Is Instrumental In
Rapidly Growing Fervor Over Piano Wizard™Video
Game Software
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Dec.
7, 2005
First Ever Piano Wizard Academy Created at Southern Illinois University School of Music Breaks the Mold for Piano
Lessons Forever
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Dec.
1, 2005 Scott Houston, The Piano Guy,
Strikes a Beautiful Chord with Piano Wizard
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Dec.
1, 2005 FAO Schwarz Toyland Continues its Landmark Music Making
Tradition This Holiday Season with the
Magic of "Piano Wizard".
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Watch Piano Wizard video reviews
CNBC Power Lunch
"It seems like a natural...
ABC 12News Michigan
"a musical learning tool"
Washington Post "A
Video Game for the Piano"
Dallas Fort Worth WFAA
"Top Tech Toy" - TV Spot
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Read about Piano Wizard in the press
Keyboard Magazine
"Does the program ... reinforce that practicing can be fun?
Absolutely"
Pasadena Star News, SGV Tribune, Whittier Daily News "Piano
wizard offers the right notes"
Tampa Bay Business Journal
"teaches users not only to play piano, but music theory and
notation"
Jazz Times
" can be augmented with any MIDI
files you care to use"
In Tune Magazine
"the stuff it teaches is valuable for players of all ages"
New York Daily News
"an easier way to get your child from 'Chopsticks' to Chopin"
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