Excellent if its the older version.
Update: March 3rd, 2013: Im glad I havent updated in a long time because I see all the unhappy people with the changes and its not cool. Ive kept this app the same for probably 2 years now. Ive not even gotten any new free gift songs because I cant buy the Bach 2 inventions "inventio" 13 I wanted, and they said they would add it, long ago. They havent. Plus, so many of the songs in the shop say connection error, so I cant find new material. They really need new songs to choose from and an app that works so we can preview them. This app used to be excellent. The old version, that is. Bring it back, plus more songs to preview and play!
Update: August 2011- So I noticed they got greedy and are now charging $1.99 a song instead of the .99 they were. Plus, I was told last year or early this year Bach 2 inventions "inventio" 13 would be available to buy...its not! And if I update I will lose the song which is frequently in the free weekly, which you dont get to keep and it doesnt change every week. I want to get that one Bach song. Also, they dont have much to choose from once you buy the classic hits of Beethoven, Bach, Schubert, etc. I mean, I still love playing this and I love being able to play the songs, but the price hike, lack of catchy new songs, and broken promises make me angry. I went ahead and updated because they had that Bach 13 again for the free song to play for awhile, thinking perfect time to do it and see what new songs were available. Meh, nothing that is very flowy or melodic. How about some new stuff that is pretty? And the Bach!
This is a wonderful app. It sounds just like a piano and has several free songs to play. You can buy other songs from the store. Im having issues with the store preview songs to play so I can hear them. I can shut the program and try again and that helps. I would like to see more songs added but I hope the program doesnt change as its nice as it is. This is definitely a favorite!! Its kinda like DDR for piano.
Update: I want to add a request concering the timing of when we tap the keys and when the circles light up. For instance, I can play a song without one mistake and the timing calibration on it is too sensitive or something because it will never give a perfect score or it will make the circle red, saying I messed up but I didnt. Its like the timing is too strict. What Ive heard some songs played like, and some of these are sometimes a tad different. Not many. But I just think that if we get it hit before it goes past the keyboard and was hit at a reasonable time then it should be counted for and not against us. And sometimes I will press it right before it hits the circle and it will count it against me, but the timing is still good. Sometimes I will have already tapped it but it goes red because it didnt catch it or doesnt catch it; therefore, counted against me. New songs would be cool. Soundtracks? Sarah McLachlan or something as well?
Another question: why arent the weekly gifts added to the piano man list of songs to play?! Makes me not want to get the update sometimes. You need to add them to the list we can choose to play from. Also, still waiting on some different kinds of music that is piano. =)
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