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American Music Teacher, August-Sept, 2003 by George F. Litterst

Remember too that CDs providing accompaniment to the various piano methods are usually audio recordings of MIDI files. If you also have a MIDI file player with a good MIDI tone generator or keyboard, you will get better results when you change the tempo by using the publisher's MIDI file instead.

Burn, Baby, Burn

With a little bit of practice, you should be able to add extended CD functionality to your repertoire of technology tricks. The capability of burning your own CDs will definitely make you the hippest teacher in your neighborhood!

George F. Litterst is a nationally known music educator, clinician, author, performer and music software developer. He is co-developer of the intelligent accompaniment software program Home Concert 2000, from TimeWarp Technologies.