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DESCRIPTION
Synthesia is a free game that teaches you to play the piano using falling notes. With it, you can:

  • Learn to play songs using a musical keyboard connected to your computer.
  • Keep track of your progress in every song with per-song scoreboards.
  • Slow, fast-forward, and rewind songs while learning new parts.
  • Practice left and right hand parts together or separately.
  • Try out any MIDI file you can find on the Internet.

With the new (completely optional) for-pay "Learning Pack" component there are a couple more features you can unlock. Have an easier time learning the notes in a song with the new practice mode. And, view songs as sheet music in addition to the falling note display.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 0.7:
  • New Song Library with audio previews and sorting by difficulty and rating.
  • More than 20 new songs and over 100 songs updated to split the left/right hand parts. (Thanks Choul, Rickeeey, and TieDyeGuy from the forums!)
  • Scoring for practice mode -- now you can follow your progress.
  • Sheet music display improvements including rests and a fixed-width option.
  • An option to require all notes in a chord be pressed at the same time in practice mode.
  • Keyboard setup screen to help diagnose connection problems.
  • Lots of menus re-worked to make navigation easier and more intuitive.
  • New "View in Synthesia" right-click shortcut: a quick MIDI viewer.
  • Tons of other improvements, fixes, and optimizations!
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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SCREENSHOT

Developer:Nicholas Piegdon
Downloads:7,727
  - Version d/l:1,053
Home & Personal:Music
License:Free
Date:19 Sep 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
****½
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Sep 19 2009

TESLANAUT  Build a social network around this App/Game so people can share tunes together or play against eachother over the network. Also, an iPhone app/game would be awesome. Landscape play of course. Showing number counters at the top at when the note comes and then as it gets closer, you will see the bar coming. Charge 99 cents for the iPhone app/game and allow people to buy song packs.

Just a suggestion and hope.  
(Version 0.7)

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Jan 3 2008

DIORDNA  It's like Guitar Hero for a keyboard. It's Keytar Hero! Awesome! Now if only it had popular rock songs too...  
(Version 0.6.3)

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May 28 2007
*****

LRKIRSCH  Very nice, helpful, and fun. Thanks so much! Looking forward to more releases.  
(Version 0.6.1)

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May 6 2007
****.

PIZZACAKE  Synthesia has a great looking full screen user interface. I found the included midi files way too hard to play. I'm not exactly sure how the app scores you however, is the percentage based solely on hitting the note at the right time or does it take into consideration the duration of the note?

Does anyone know of any resources on the net for beginner level midi files to play piano, thanks.  
(Version 0.6)

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May 28 2007

DAVE WAKEMAN  I'm also looking for some easy MIDI files to use w/Synthesia. Hope someone has some suggestions.

Very nice app. Kudos and thanks to the developer.  
(Version 0.6.1)

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