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Fisher-Price I Can Play Piano

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The Bottom Line

Another super product from Fisher-Price! Innovation is reaching new heights in this company. The I Can Play Piano is a perfect tool to teach your kids how to appreciate music, and to learn how to play the piano. It incorporates technology and tradition, and the end result is a fantastic product indeed! With its interactive features which come to life after plugging it into a TV, it is all geared to teach and entertain your children and introduce them to the world of piano playing. This product, though it may seem a little pricey, is well worth it in the long run for the value it adds.

Pros

  • Easy to use piano similar to a conventional piano keyboard
  • Great for teaching your kids how to play piano!
  • Additional software cartridges add to learning experience

Cons

  • TV Graphics were a little disappointing
  • The product is slightly on the heavy side

Description

  • The I Can Play Piano plugs into your TV set
  • You can view the sheet music on the TV screen
  • Interactive features make piano playing easy and fun
  • Comes with one software cartridge, Family Favorites
  • Additional cartridges can be bought separately
  • Requires 6 D batteries

Guide Review - Fisher-Price I Can Play Piano

The I Can Play Piano makes learning to play music as easy and fun as playing games, resulting in an early love of playing music that can last a lifetime.

I Can Play Piano is a piano teaching system that uses video game technology to teach children to quickly and easily master the basics of playing piano while having fun doing it. The I Can Play Piano hooks up to your TV set, and you can view the graphics and instructions right there. The easy to follow graphics and musical color-coding system turns every song into a simple game that your child plays using the keyboard.

On the screen, standard sheet music becomes a colorful game with fun, moving images that tell kids what note to play and when to play it. The I Can Play Piano system comes with a color coordinated 3-octave keyboard that can be plugged into your TV set, or played alone. The system includes one software cartridge "Family Favorites" that features 8 well known songs, as well as two warm-up games that the whole family will enjoy.

The animation on the TV could have been a little better in the included “Piano Favorites” song & game cartridge. Additionally, there are a host of other cartridges available for sale, which will ensure that your child can enhance and further develop his/her piano playing skills.

Overall, the I Can Play Piano is a wonderful product which is educational, fun, different and sensible.

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