Piano Hero?

I was looking for something to help me learn some songs on the keyboard the other day, and thought to do a google search for 'Piano Hero', as in a guitar hero knock-off using a piano instead of a guitar. It came to my surprise that such a thing exists, and it's called Synthesia.

Synthesia is pretty basic, but non like Guitar Hero, this actually helps you learn the songs (people who can play "Slow Ride" in Guitar Hero won't be able to play the song using a real guitar.. but these are things you should know already). The 'game' uses any midi file you have and want to learn using the keyboard, it comes with mostly game related midi's like some Mario, Sonic, and Zelda themes, but if you do a search for whatever your favorite song is and add the word 'midi' after it, chances are you'll be able to find a file to download for this.

Synthesia is available for download on both OS X and Windows, and you can download it at:
http://www.synthesiagame.com/

And just to note, I'm not playing anything in the video, this is just the 'automatic play' mode where the 'game' is pretty much showing you how to play the songs. I just discovered this program and don't know any of the songs being played, so yeah, don't expect any personal videos of me playing for some time yet.

Songs featured:
Naruto - Sadness And Sorrow
Super Mario Bros - Overworld
Coldplay - Clocks
Linkin Park - Leave Out All the Rest

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[macdaddyhitman]

your not really playin dat if you were there would be an orange bar over the score

[cheatrz]

It probably would have taken you less time to figure this out if you read the video details ;)

[xtremeblade]

lol piano hero 3 legends of jazz

[sharastarr]

Wow thanks for posting about this program! I was going to purchase an expensive program to do this.. thanks again you saved me money!

[richkawaiipikachu]

@kvnyng Green is one instrument

[segabi1]

@locaso1111 ta dao cuenta yo tambien esta en automatico xdDDD

[ninjameli1]

I remember this song from naruto.. I likke tht show.. Lol

[FrozanFM]

omg Linkin Park, leave out all the rest, so awesome *-*

[ddavebradd]

what do you use to control the notes?

[lutres52]

con que programa haces que se reproduzca la cancion que Quieres?

[locaso1111]

a la otra no pongas el demo y haslo tu xD

[monster98012]

everybdoy just watcgh my video on it

[GifariYeah]

lol it called "synthesia"