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Category: Apps

Simply Piano Helps You Learn Piano

October 5, 2022
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  iOS: Learning to play the piano can be difficult, and even moreso if you don’t have someone there to help you fix your errors and learn good tempo. Simply Piano can do both of those things, and all it takes is your iPhone or iPad. Best of all, it’s free. Like many “piano-learning” apps, […]

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Piano Maestro Update

September 15, 2022
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Shiny, new Piano Maestro version is live! We’ve listened to your amazing feedback and have added your most requested songs, improved your Teacher reports, polished the ‘Share The Moment’ feature, added iOS 16 compatibility and squashed tons of bugs! Welcome to the Simply family! As part of unifying all our Simply (formerly JoyTunes) products under the Simply umbrella, we’re bringing the […]

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A Parent’s Guide to Piano Maestro

August 23, 2022
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  It will be fun watching your child improve their piano skills all while having fun using Piano Maestro in lessons each week! As your child’s teacher (or YOUR teacher!), I’m looking forward to seeing the progress they will make when they start using it at home each day. This guide will help you understand how this app will […]

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The Last Summer Camp Selection: “A Whole New World” from ‘Aladdin’

July 8, 2022
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“A Whole New World” from ‘Aladdin’ It’s not too late to have your students play JoyTunes movie-themed Summer Camp! Summer Camp songs are a great way to play fun songs over the break, as to not lose momentum come fall. “A Whole New World” from ‘Aladdin’ is the last Summer Camp song of the season. Available […]

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Piano Maestro Disney Week 4

September 19, 2021
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  t’s not too late to have your students take part in this magical adventure and play the Disney themed song special! “Let It Go” from ‘Frozen’ is the last Disney song for your students to play in this special challenge (don’t worry we’ll add more Disney songs soon).

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Piano Maestro Disney Week 3

September 12, 2021
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  This week’s special Disney song for your students to step into a magical fairytale is the famous “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” from ‘The Lion King’ Available in 3 levels, you can find all Disney songs in the dedicated category from the main menu. And don’t forget, each week an Amazon Gift Card […]

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Piano Maestro Disney Week 2

September 7, 2021
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Your students can enjoy a magical, musical adventure with this week’s new challenge: “Part Of Your World” from ‘The Little Mermaid’ Available in 3 versions, keep your students playing all summer long! All songs can be found in the “Disney” category in the Library. Will it be your student that wins an Amazon gift card […]

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Summer Camp: Mission Impossible

July 6, 2021
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Summer Camp is where the Home Challenge usually is, with HC right underneath.  There are 3 levels of Mission Impossible. Learn mode is available if necessary.    

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Piano Maestro Summer Camp Starts July 5

July 1, 2020
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Apps on Sale

May 5, 2020
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The Most Amazing Sheep Game is lots of fun for everyone and it’s free for the month of May! From their app description: Run, jump and roll to the beat in the easy-to-learn, tricky-to-master most addicting sheep game. Simple side-scrollers with catchy music and cutesy graphics are awesome. And rhythm games rock. In fact, we […]

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