







Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Music’s impact on both developing and developed brains has been well corroborated by a wealth of scientific research. It has been shown that music not only improves a child’s language ability, but is also a fundamental way to teach basic communication and interpersonal skills. Recent findings are suggesting that music can help improve a child’s learning ability, such that many scientists are now starting to believe that music’s role in brain development is larger than ever expected. At the most elementary level, music is a good way to develop the way a child listens and interprets words. It can be a good way to teach children how to pay attention to sounds and how language is used to help them learn. Sing-a-long songs are especially beneficial because they help your child pay attention to the language in songs, in addition to reinforcing their learning by showing them the words that they sing. They challenge your child to participate and repeat back phrases. Mimicry and repetition are both critical factors that help a child to eventually becoming articulate to express his or herself. Furthermore, music can have a dramatic impact on the way a child retains knowledge. Conscious or unconscious memorization of songs helps a child to develop stronger and more complex neutral pathways so that they’re able to remember things more clearly. Eventually your child will also begin associating memories with the music. Positive and healthy memories associated with songs help to cultivate a happy and mentally nourished child. Perhaps the greatest boon to music, in addition to improving a child’s listening skills and nurturing his or her creativity, is that it’s fun. An early interest in music for a child can blossom into a productive lifelong interest, hobby, or even professional career. Make sure to sing along with your child, and play music with them. Providing positive music-related experiences throughout a child’s life is greatly beneficial to their development and learning.



Whats Going On 4/12/2013

Its almost summer time and im looking forward to the warm weather. I broke a few ribs and collapsed a lung this winter while I was snowboarding. It took a bit to get better, but im good now. We changed the name of the website. I was asked to do so from a company that had rights to the word beats. I hope you like the new name! I am always looking for some help programming or making sample packs. If you can help in either of these fields call us on our googe voice - (617) 213-0062 Whats Going On 11/12/2012

All is well here at buttonbass. We have come a long way in the last 5 years. We will need to purchase a dedicated server to keep up with the traffic requests we have been getting lately. We really like all the songs the community has transcribed for the pinao. Any of the songs can be pasted into the player or trainer pianos. Just copy the song, clear the text box in the piano and then paste your new song. buttonbass has received over 200,000 installs on our android apps. If you have a droid you should search the play store for "buttonbass" and get all 4 of our apps. Whats Going On 5/23/2012

Google put out a Robert Moog doodle on their home page this morning. I thought google was recognizing buttonbass for a minute. lol. The Moog doodle was pretty cool. I was playing with it for at leats 5 minutes. It had some cool oscilator effects done through java script or something. Whats Going On 4/21/2012

I upgraded the piano sounds from a mono samlpe to a stereo sample. These samples came out nice. Even if you play many keys at the same time it sounds smooth. Whats Going On 4/6/2012

I updated the icon nav below the piano and on all pages. Instead of the instruments opeing in the iframe they now open in the same window (_self) I added a player drum set, a player acoustic guitar, and the new freestyle tables with mic recording support. Everett and I worked on the new riff guitar. It looks pretty sweet. Im just waiting on Ariel for some new Fire beats to put on the freestyle tables. As soon as those come in I will replace the current beats on the new tables. Whats Going On 2/22/2012

I got the Player Piano and the Player Guitar thet I was working on uploaded. The player piano is a good time. Just copy the songs from the song list and paste them in the player piano and it plays the song to you. I will try and make an acoustic player guitar. Whats Going On 2/13/2012

I have been working on this new feature I received a request for. You will be able to type out the notes you want to play and then hit a play button and hear them played back. Sounds simple. It works fine now, but I need to add the ability to tell it to play multiple notes at once. That will probably be a challenge because the logic of the playback algorithm breaks apart the array and runs conditional testing on each element individually. hmmm I will probably need to get some help on that one. We Bought some new beat mixing equipment and should have some fresh instrumentals up soon to freestyle to. Whats Going On 2/11/2012

We uploaded all the guitars we have hanging around the living room. I need to buy a 6 string bass still. We plan on recording a new set of distorted guitar notes that are crunchier. Right now I am about to take the new guitars to the google chrome web store and submit them as apps for the google chrome browser. Whats Going On 2/8/2012

I got the bass guitar uploaded. It sounds a little low to me. I think we might need to normalize or re-recoted the samples. Let me know what you think. There are keys on the keyboard that do not play anything on the bass. There are 2 blank keys between each fret of 4 strings. I will probably add a 6 string bass soon. I just need to buy one. Does anyone want to donate a 6 string bass? Whats Going On 2/6/2012

We have been spending much of our time recently recording and editing all the recent guitar additions. We made a few trips to the guitar store, bought an acoustic guitar and a bass. We also bought some pedals and a few other things. I just finished up the acoustic guitar earlier today. Adam recorded the notes from a fender and I edited them to fit the guitar model. I am almost done with the bass and it should be up tonight. The bass was recorded from a yamaha 4 string. We plan on buying a new 6 bass and a 12 string acoustic to add to the site. Are you selling one on ebay? email me info@buttonbass.com We have a new freestyle turntable widget coming out soon. The beats are so fresh they are still being produced! PLAYING THE PIANO

Play the piano with either your mouse or your computers keyboard. To play with your computer keyboard click the 'activate keyboard control button' on the right side of the piano (the button looks like a computer keyboard). The notes are all accurate. The sheet music is converted to a sequence of letters you type on the computer keyboard and it will play the actual song. So if you wanted to play jingle bells on the piano you would click the 'activate keyboard control' button then type the letters for jingle bells - jjj jjj jl ghj. Please visit the comment section at the bottom of the page and share any songs you have for the piano or guitar. CHOOSE SONGS

There are hundreds of songs available for you to choose from. The songs are located in 2 places, above the piano as a drop down menu or on the piano itself under the buttonbass logo. Select a song, click the 'activate keyboard control' button on the piano then type the sequence of letters (song) you selected. You should be able to play bits of Beethoven in minutes. PIANO EFFECTS

Located on the gray piano are black buttons. These buttons add effects to the piano only when playing with your computer keyboard. There are 3 or 4 buttons for each effect, each representing one of the 4 available sound banks with the specified effect applied. The Echo effect produces one sound and then 2 echos of the sound with fading out volume. The layer buttons play 2 of the sound banks at the same time to produce a layer effect. The Studder buttons play the sound 5 times quickly at the same volume. The Split buttons split the piano with half being one of the sound banks and the other half being one of the other sound banks. RECORD VOICE SAMPLE

The voice recorder microphones have a button that says 'record voice sample from mic' Click that and then you will be prompted by flash to allow the mic to access your microphone. When you are finished recording click the 'stop recording' button. Then you can click the 'play recording' button to play back your voice sample. There are 2 different types of mics. One that plays your voice back faster and at a higher pitch, then there is a normal playback mic. PLAY MIXERS

Throughout the buttonbass website there are many different mixers used to play loops and samples in many different ways. Many have volume, balance, tempo, and visualization mixed in with the many loops and sound samples. EMBED TO YOUR WEB PAGE

Below many of the widgets on buttonbass there is a text box that contains the code you would copy and paste into your website or blog. When you insert the code the widget will appear on your website. So you could put the piano on your site! RECORD YOUR MIXES

The Best method to record your mixes from buttonbass is to install the freecorder toolbar in firefox. with the toolbar you can record any mixes you make and it even saves your audio file as an mp3. You could then download audacity and mix many of your mp3's together and add effects. DOWNLOAD

You can download many of the widgets from the website and keep them. Navigate to our downloads section. Freestyle Boom Box

These instrumental beat widgets allow our users to mix and freestyle with continuously original instrumentals. The instrumentals were produced exclusively by Ariel from buttonbass. Feel free to use these beats in all of your projects. If you get a chance credit buttonbass somewhere in your credits section of your project. These instrumental beat widgets allow our users to mix and freestyle with continuously original instrumentals. The instrumentals were produced exclusively by Ariel from buttonbass. Feel free to use these beats in all of your projects. If you get a chance credit buttonbass somewhere in your credits section of your project. Pianos Radio Drums Instrumentals Guitars Dubstep Electro Dubstep Classic Trap 2 Trap Electronica Reggaeton Hip Hop House Dubstep Reggaeton Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Select All Piano Embed Code Load Comments Piano Jungle Dubstep ATL 8 Bit Trainer Player Piano NEW - Player Organ Piano Organ Mixers 2 Mixers Drums Remember

Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Music helps a child’s brain develop. Music can play a special role in early child development. Music influences the auditory impulses which structures the way we learn to communicate. As music stimulates the brain, the emotions and the body simultaneously, it is a rich nutrient for developing speech, movement and expression in children. All types of music including pop and folk music have a place in our lives as long as it is not too loud. The music of Mozart is well ordered, while romantic music of Beethoven and Brahms relate to the emotional and heroic energies. Though music is not a cure all, it has many miraculous properties especially in relation to stress and pain. To a young child, music is a movement with participation and flowing with activity. It creates stimulation or deep relaxation and is especially useful at naptime, bedtime and creative play time. When sounds become a distraction for children especially those with hypersensitivity to sound, it can create attention deficit disorder and dyslexia in children. There have been many studies on the positive effect of music on children’s math abilities. The young brain strengthens as child studies music thanks to the more rhythmic integration, movement and learning about proportions in time- space perception. In the elementary years, playing a musical instrument and practising music assists in the overall development of the speech, language and math perception. Rhythm instruments are best in pre-school years, together with singing. Also it is important in elementary years as it helps the child in forming memory and movement patterns. The earlier you start the better. But keep in mind; never force an instrument on a child. The effect of music on every child will be different. The rhythmic quality of music is a stimulant for the lower part of the brain stem system. The harmonies of music and the rhythm of these harmonies have a direct emotional response at times. The melody and tone has a direct response on text and language. Music helps in the smooth integration of knowledge and emotion, thus music becomes a tool to integrate mind and body. Music also helps in the auditory stimulation and makes inroads in the development of neuro- connections for multiple purposes, such as linguistic, vestibular and kinesthetic integration. Every language and every speech has musical qualities. Thus the language skills can be developed in young children through chant, tap and play. That is also one of the reasons for the practice of nursery rhymes with movement in pre- school and kindergarten. Almost all games and activities have a musical element in them. Music has been proven to benefit people who have undergone surgery and help them in their recuperation. If music accompanies a person throughout the day, it helps him as it reduces stress and can be very inspiring for adults as well. Thus it is very advisable to integrate music into modern day family to help maintain wellness, motivation and inspiration. Thus a little music in the background during family time can build harmony and can benefit the family as a whole.