Magic Piano leverages the power of the iPad’s multi-touch screen to give a child their own 3 1/2 octave long piano keyboard. There are five modes of play. In the default mode (solo) you can configure the keyboard in a spiral, circle or traditional horizontal format. While the keys are small, the multi-touch screen makes it possible to play chords — just like a real piano. The Songbook lets you choose one of 20 classic songs, and play along, in a paint-by-number fashion. Selections start easy, with Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and get as hard as the Nutcracker March and Flight of the Bumblebee. A settings control panel lets you control such things as auto-sustain, pitch mapping and toggle on a “no-fail” mode for the song book. According to the credits, this app was inspired by Lang Lang.  Subscribers, please log into our database using your password to read the full review along with our rating, and see why this received our Editor’s Choice Award.

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