Best note format for Yousician Piano for starters
I have recently started learning piano using Yousician. On its documentation, it mentioned Yousician's new note format (color bars) helps to learn faster. But honestly, I'm wondering if I actually learn piano using that. Because it's almost like a game.
Also, it would be great if tell me about common problems and mislearning that can happen to learner if he learns using Yousician.
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According to an article in the APA's Monitor on Psychology, Psychologists don't think there's enough research yet on whether games help us learn or not:
But despite the growing popularity of such games, research has yet to determine whether they really help children learn, says University of California, Santa Barbara, educational psychologist Richard Mayer, PhD.
"When you look at the research reviews and meta-analyses that have been done, the evidence is not all that convincing yet that digital games are going to revolutionize education," says Mayer, author of the 2014 book "Computer Games for Learning: An Evidence-Based Approach."
Asking about common problems when learning using Yousician is really a separate question, but I think you should be aware that a major aspect of teaching a musical instrument in person is addressing the exact ergonomics, posture, positioning, etc. of the body parts involved in making music, and no game, tool, system, video, etc. can do that.
I would say the Colored Sheet notation works better because you see/learn the actual notes and also helps you with the fingering. After you learn a song you can switch to the plain black sheet notation as you use it only for remembering the notes.
That works bet for me anyway.
Neuroscience has it that you can't learn through computers and video games. Learning is simply a person-to-person thing.
I'm currently in the same situation as you are: I'm trying to learn piano without a teacher but I know how a chord is built so I can easily find a chord on the keyboard. I played the drums for years when I was a teenager and those rhythm sticks have ingrained a good sense of time into my brain somehow. I can comp over a tune but I know that I'll have a hard time improving after that, even though I can read music and the reason is you always need someone who has the musical acumen to guide you... You need to understand what you are doing when you play. It's human.
I can't tell you if Yousician could cause you to stall but I really think you should go and look for a human teacher with all their drawbacks and qualities.
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