She's just under a year and crawling around the house big time. She scrambles into the kitchen, opens a drawer and Bang! Biiinngg! She's taking her first steps as a budding musician. Fortunately for Forsight, it's a rare music teacher who can take much of this.
The Secret Score lets kids of all ages explore cupboards, music rooms, and 25 environments chockablock with instruments, noisemakers, and musical toys. The intuitive interface with child-friendly cursor icons offers windows into members of the brass, woodwind, percussion, and string families.
Starting at the Bongolow, a high-tech home for wayward percussion instruments, you click to open the first door to the kitchen. Glasses with different water levels offer instant insight into the relationship between size, shape, and sound. Kids can manipulate levels to create harmonies. A mysterious conductor pops up from time to time to guide users though this sonic village.
The Secret Store is no substitute for music teachers, but it is a nifty learning tool for budding bongers, bangers, and other aspiring musicmakers.
The Secret Store: US$40. Forsight: +1 (301) 816 4900, fax + 1 (301) 816 7902, email forsight1@aol.com.
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