Music literacy starts with just 4 simple steps..

Traditional piano lessons teach musical notation first. But most of us don’t want to wade through the hieroglyphics before we get to play. We want to play NOW. The Piano Wizard Method teaches anyone to easily play the piano all through an amazingly simple computer video game.

Ludwig Von Beethoven was once asked, “You are so good, how do you do it?” To which he replied,

Sensory Learning

Sensory learning is not a new concept. In fact, there are other methods that incorporate it. For example, there are play-by-ear methods. Problem is these methods do nothing to help you read music – the part where most of us fail.

The game’s feedback is visual, aural, kinesthetic, postive and non-violent. You add the human touch with the expert coaching provided in the videos, to keep them on track through all the levels, and soon your whole family is making music together.

Reinventing the way we learn to play and read music

The Piano Wizard Method teaches in the way we naturally learn with the basic components of piano playing, to create a stress free, fun experience that consistently proves successful for both children and adults.

The game system follows the way we learn our native language, by doing!

With Piano Wizard, the student is playing the piano the instant the game is started. The student learn intuitively through visuals and sounds (sensory learning) to hit the right note at the right time. Gradually, as his/her skill level advances, so does the game. Before you know it, the student has almost subconsciously learned to read music.

In the same way children learn first to speak, then to read words they already know, and only then grammar, with Piano Wizard’s color coded system, they learn to play first, then to read music they already know how to play, and with the Academy, you coach them off the game to the grand piano.

Music before theory. This game based method teaches Tempo, Timing, Fingering, Note Names and Reading of Notation while practicing with either right, left or both hands. Our method advances the student from playing a video game to reading music.

Step 1: Just hit the game objects at the right time and you’re playing a song! The game objects rise from the bottom to the top along a corresponding colored line that matches the color code of the key being used. The key is pressed when the game object reaches the matching key of the piano graphic at the top of the page and the game object changes as the note is played.
	Step 2: The game rotates and you begin to see how written music is organized. This allows the student to quickly adapt to the horizontal nature of music notation and assists in coordination by keeping the right hand corresponding to the game objects on the top of the screen and the left on the bottom.
Step 3: The games objects transition into color-coded notes on a musical staff, taking you into the world of real musical notation. Notes and rythym become second nature. This transition allows the student to keep the same key matching color scheme while learning musical notation.
	Step 4: The colored notes change to black on a musical staff, making the transition to reading actual musical notation fun and effortless! The student is now playing and reading real music.
Step 5: Take it to a real piano with the Piano Wizard Academy! This is playing from the sheet music at a real piano. This is where the true strength of the Piano Wizard Academy is found, taking it to the piano with the “Art of Music”: Phrasing, Posture, Dynamics and Technique. The Tuturial DVD and Songbook lessons guide you through the process.