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Best piano app for kids (and is it enough?)

An app is a great way to start a child on piano. It's cheap and patient, and it turns practice into something they want to do. On its own it works best for a few months, though, not a few years. For most kids the setup that works is an app for daily practice, plus a teacher every week or two once they're hooked.

If you’re still deciding whether music is worth it at all, here’s why learning music is one of the best things your child can do.

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Can you really learn piano with an app?

Yes, you can learn piano with an app. I don't mean that an app can replace everything you'd get from years of traditional piano lessons. If your goal is to become a classically trained pianist, you're still going to need to learn to read music properly, develop your technique and, ideally, work with a good teacher.

But that's not what everyone means when they say they want to learn piano. Sometimes you just want to sit down at a piano and actually be able to play something. And that's where I think piano apps can work surprisingly well.

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