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Musical Composition Software for Kids = I Want It!

Posted by Karen Murphy

baby piano composerYou know I am relaxing my Waldorfian death-grip on the no-computer-games-for-kids rule when I salivate when reading about Groovy, the new music composition software by the makers of Sibelius, considered one of the gold-standards in music composition software for adults.

Lest you think this is complicated stuff, we're assured that a kindergartner can compose a song, although it's designed for kids ages 5-11. The software teaches "the basics of instruments, music theory, notation and composition, and then lets them create their own songs by dragging and dropping musically infused shapes, instruments, characters or animations." So you can easily encourage your budding musical prodigy.

Mabe I'll buy it just for me. The kids can play Legos or something. 


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erin said:

I am sure that this doesn't compare to the Sibelius software, but my kids really enjoy creating music at the pbskids.org website.  The Maya & Miguel games has a section where the kids can drag different beats, instruments, etc to create their own track.

May 18, 2007 1:34 PM

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