Piano Wizard teaches aspiring musicians

Monique Garcia
Daily Egyptian

For Chris Salter, learning how to play the piano came easy. But
learning how to actually read music was not.

This challenge inspired Salter, a 1983 graduate in linguistics and
music, to develop Piano Wizard, a video game that teaches users to play
piano through a color-coded keyboard and on-screen prompts. The game is
already being sold by major online retailers and should reach shelves by
the end of the year.

While fun and entertaining, Piano Wizard aims at teaching aspiring
musicians how to read music through graduated game play.

In the game's beginner levels, colorful icons or "notes," such as
dinosaur eggs and rocket ships travel on a straight line from the bo View the rest of this article