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Ben Lang

Simply Piano - Fast and fun way to learn piano

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Simply piano is a fast and fun way to learn piano. Using our acoustic engine, the app listens to how you play, giving you real-time feedback

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Ron Levy
Love this. What age groups are you aiming at? Can this completely replace the need for a piano teacher BTW?
Yuval Kaminka
Maker
@ronch we have many successful tools for music teachers, our natural partners, and as such we were targeting mostly kids. Simply Piano is our first app for adult self learners, people who wouldn’t have otherwise gone to a teacher. We’re removing the barriers for them to get started.
Jordan Nemrow
Great looking app. Any plans to expand to other instruments? (guitar please!)
Yuval Kaminka
Maker
@nemrow of course :)
Yair Kivaiko
This looks amazing! Finally I'll have something to do with my too expensive furniture known as a 100 yrs. old german piano :) Thanks!
Gigi Tsui
Any plans for iPad version?
Yoni Tsafir
Maker
@gigitsui We're definitely planning on making the app universal in a future version. For the meantime the experience of installing the iPhone app on the iPad isn't so bad and you should still be able to learn and have fun :)
Kunaal Arya
Love this. have a piano but haven't been able to find a piano teacher for basic learning in sf so have delayed getting started. this is exactly what i need!
Yuval Kaminka
Maker
@kunaalarya awesome. Let me know what you think
Zach Abramowitz
Cool product. Question: why isn't it easier to use the many YouTube videos that show you how to play specific songs. I'm a piano player myself and they're quite good, but I've also seen young kids teach themselves to play piano with these videos. Why is Simply Piano better?
Yuval Kaminka
Maker
@zachabramowitz The instructional videos on YouTube are great and we've had conversations with their creators to understand what works for them, and what needs to be improved. The biggest differentiator of our app is that it interacts with the user as s/he learns, offering feedback on each note and tailoring the pace of instruction to the user's progress. There's certainly a place for the videos, but we (and many of the video creators who have advised us) believe our app takes the instruction to a different level.
Janos Rusiczki
Any chances for an Android port?
Yuval Kaminka
Maker
Fun Update: Simply Piano 2.0 was just released, introducing Courses (pop chords, essentials, ...), Apple Pay for buying a compact keyboard and more. Imagine this: you can hop on a plane and know how to play pop chords by the time you land.
Florian Lettner
Hi @yuvalkaminka, great product you have. I've been working on guitar learning software recently. I think we should touch base. Let me know if you're interested.
Daniel Neetzel
how is this different from http://www.flowkey.com/ ?
Yuval Kaminka
Maker
@neetzel Sorry, just saw this now. Flowkey is a great product, for a somewhat different purpose. It is different from Simply Piano in several ways. First, structural. Flowkey is a library of songs while Simply Piano is a step-by-step hand holding course, containing many different songs. Second, the platforms. Simply Piano is all iOS while Flowkey is web based and I think they recently added iPad. Third, the capabilities of the acoustic engine, as it applies to learners. As I mentioned in a previous post, we worked very hard to optimize for learners and for the mobile devices that are so important to make the learning experience easier. I guess these are the key differences, I hope I'm not forgetting anything.
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