Doesn't exactly look like the ultimate tool for an
8 year old
beginner...! ;-)
Then you'd be surprised to know that my 4-year-old brother loves to scrape
across the LMMS virtual keyboard - with a touchpad at that. He also knows
that dragging a different item from the left side gives him a different
sound. Once he's bored enough I'm taking him on to the next step - placing
the notes in the piano roll and pressing "play".