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cause there's no way you're going to properly learn fingering across the complete scale or remember key positions when moving from this to a proper piano...]]>Jul 31st 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/Jul 31st 2009 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/http://keyboardcat.com/]]>Jul 31st 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/
When learning to play a keyboard-based instrument, the general conciseness is a minimum of THREE full octaves:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_minimum_number_of_octaves_a_keyboard_should_have_for_a_child_to_learn_on

@ charleslkocur: What is a "prehiperal" exactly? Sounds like an industry term for a product that flopped before making it's way to market, "Kazoo-Hero" perhaps?

... (yes, I proclaim the title, "Kazoo-Hero", and concept to be my intellectual property. Harmonix, you reading this? I want my damn royalties already!)]]>Jul 31st 2009 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/
*On second thought, It'd be kind of fun to bust out some classical music while on the crapper.]]>Jul 31st 2009 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/
Classics such as "Ode to Poop?"

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:-P


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But enough people agree with you that it warranted this:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070412101718AAfAszO

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Think of the all the added functionality Korg's product would gain with just a fraction of the development time it took to make the original:
1) the DS can be used as a portable touch-screen midi-controller and sequencer.
2) export/import saved instruments, songs and settings.
3) connect and daisy-chain external midi controllers, such as a full sized keyboard, sliders, rotary knobs, etc.
4) by-pass the DS's god-awful, analog audio-out.

It's unlikely Korg would ever let X-Seed introduce a redux version that caters to the needs of enthusiasts (the primary customers of the first release) most likely fearing, incorrectly, that the products they sell for thousands of dollars more would suddenly cease to be appealing.

Anyway, If hell freezes over and Korg (or any other company, for that matter) finally releases a DS-10v2-like product, someone let me know. I'll be the first one in-line to pre-order that bad boy =^_^=]]>Jul 31st 2009 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/Jul 31st 2009 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/]]>Jul 31st 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/Jul 31st 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/Jul 31st 2009 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/Aug 1st 2009 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/easy-piano-title-lets-nintendo-ds-lite-users-tickle-the-ivory/Aug 12th 2009 5:55PM