🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <31363@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> gr53@sdcc12.ucsd.edu writes:
>
>I would like to learn to play the piano.  Is there an especially
>great program for the mac (I have an LC) that might make this
>easier and more fun?  I do not have a midi keyboard but am
>considering buying one.
>
>Thanks.  Steve


I just got the most recent MacWarehouse catalog a couple of days ago,
and I see they have the Miracle piano tutor available for the Mac now
($395).

Consumer Reports reviewed this thing about a year ago. It was still
PC-only at the time (or was there a Nintendo version?), and Consumer
Reports gave it what amounts to high praise, for them.  That is to
say, they grudgingly admitted that it was fun and very effective, and
the only things they found to bitch about were (IMHO) minor. The chief
complaint was that it's not a full 88 keys, but only about half that.
(I wouldn't want to try to fit a full keyboard in front of my Mac,
anyway!)  I think they grumbled about the quality of the plastic,
also.

Anyway, my recollection of the article is that it was about as
positive as it could be for this particular magazine. Consumer Reports
does a pretty good job of providing unbiased reviews, and listing the
pros and cons, but it's darn seldom they actually endorse anything.

I'm thinking about getting one of these myself, and I'd like to ask
the net if anyone has had any experience with them?  In particular,
does the Mac version have a decent interface, or is it another of
these half-ass DOS ports where you have to re-boot without any INITs,
etc., etc.?  (You know, like the earlier versions of Prodigy; Prodigy
still is no Mac program, but at least now you can run it without
rebooting first and afterwards.)


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