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Learn to Play: Xmas Songs app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 3984 ratings )
Music Education Games Entertainment Educational Music
Developer: Michelle Naficy
Free
Current version: 3.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 14 Dec 2013
App size: 59.12 Mb

Fun and Educational… and not just for kids! Children and adults of all ages will enjoy learning beginning music theory and four simple Christmas Songs. Beautiful illustrations with simple animations bring the game to life while keeping the focus on the music.

FREE download allows you to move throughout the game to play beginning levels and to pull up music for the current song only in free play.

Four short, illustrated lessons introduce beginning music theory:
• Keyboard layout,
• The Grand Staff,
• Reading notes on the treble staff, and
• Keeping time.

Learn to play four different songs!
• Each taught by different woodland creatures playing different instruments.
• “Jingle Bells” on ice chimes,
• “Up on the Housetop” on a harp,
• “O Christmas Tree” on acorn drums, and
• “Jolly Old Saint Nicolas” on alpine horns.

Song Features:
• Listen to and watch the song being played.
• Learn how the notes correlate with the keyboard.
• Practice reading notes on the staff with and without note labels.
• Tap-n-Time game allows even preschoolers to play the tune on level 1!
• Progressive levels remove instrument and note labels while decreasing time to tap a note once the note’s beat starts.
• Learn to Play offers 6 lessons, breaking the song into parts, then gradually putting them together and testing your ability to play each note at the right time.
• Test Time! allows players to test their new skill! Progressive levels increase the challenge.
• Timed Play: All games are timed, giving players an average accuracy based on how quickly a note was played based on the beat.
• Free Play: Have fun playing your own tunes on each instrument, including a keyboard! ALL NEW: Pull up each songs music so that you can have fun playing them on all of the different instruments!

Player Features:
• Create up to 12 players.
• Choose your own frame, animal, and spinning snowflake when you create a new player!
• Unlock more challenging levels and lessons by successfully completing the level/lesson prior (90% playing accuracy with no errors).
• View your progress and scores from the game menu and each song menu.
• Parents and Teachers can access scores and edit or delete players from the Control Center.

*100% made by a mom for her kids!

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