The thing is, even if you know how to play the notes, do you know how to program the instruments to get that special sound you have in your head? That’s where Syntorial comes in. Syntorial (Software Tool): When you get your keyboard chops (or perhaps you already have some), you’ll probably want to jump right into playing synthesizers. Skoove is free to try Skoove Premium, with access to all its lesson material, is $9.95 per month. I’m particularly looking forward to the rollout of their piano accompaniment course-a skill I never learned in my conventional piano lessons. Many more are shown on the site and labeled as “coming soon,” so clearly more is in development.
Skoove offers a progression of beginner and intermediate courses, plus specialized courses that include Pop Piano and Christmas titles. Skoove helped me knock the rust of the skills I had, and I felt like I was more successful at bringing my hands together at the keyboard than I was all those years back when it seemed like an extraordinary struggle. To be fair, I had about eight years’ worth of jazz-piano lessons back in the day, but never considered myself all that good. Like a good teacher, Skoove explains proper technique, and while working your way through increasingly more elaborate musical passages, it teaches you both how to read sheet music, as well as basic elements of music theory.
In playing with Skoove, I found its approach to be interesting, practical, and effective. It’s worth noting that not too long ago, Skoove introduced support for acoustic pianos through “listening” to audio via your computer’s microphone as an alternative to a MIDI keyboard, so you can use conventional instruments with Skoove instead if you prefer. All you need to provide is a MIDI keyboard. By using the integrated MIDI support of certain web browsers (while providing a plug-in for others), Skoove runs in your web browser like any other web site. Skoove is, in short, a series of online keyboard lessons. I’m sure that others have developed learning tools that leverage MIDI keyboards, but Skoove-which I received a tip about a few months ago-seems to have taken a pretty unique approach that’s both accessible, and affordable. After all, MIDI has been around for a few decades at this point, so the idea of connecting a keyboard to a computer is hardly a stretch. Skoove (Web Site): Perhaps one of the most obvious ways one could apply technology to music learning is with keyboards. In this round-up, I’ll be taking a look at four particular music-learning tools I’ve found interesting and helpful, and how they’re working to rethink the status quo-while providing new and innovative ways to learn in the process.
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