El 28/07/2014 16:43, "Brian Sorahan" <brian(a)gospacecraft.com> escribió:
 Thanks for the suggestions everyone!
 @Ralf I halfway agree that you can learn the basics of more 
fully-featured software
by fiddling around. I also think that "babyish"
music software can be a lot of fun, and there is nothing wrong with a child
using it. I definitely plan on steering my 2 boys towards the powerful
programs (that I think are really fun), but if they have tons of fun making
cheesy little ditties with toy software (like I did when I was young), then
I'm all for it.
 On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 4:54 AM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.com>
wrote:
 
  Brian Sorahan <brian(a)gospacecraft.com>
wrote:
 > Are there any music applications for linux that would be suitable for
 > a 10 year old 
 I assume that the 10 year old child isn't retarded, so the best thing
 IMO is to really learn how to make music, instead of using babyish music
 software. Learning without teaching is possible, just by fiddling
 around. A short explanation how to use Qtractor or a simple MIDI app,
 adding a virtual keyboard or a real MIDI keyboard, using fluidsynth or
 similar shouldn't expect too much of a 10 year old, even when there's
 not much interest, just a little bit fiddling around is wanted. Reading
 documentations isn't needed, I'm a dyslexic, so I know whereof I speak.
 Btw. I worked a lot with children around that age, my last job working
 with those children was from beginning of this year until the the
 beginning of this month (school hols).
 2 Cents,
 Ralf
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Just to add a bit, more in the music programming side, FWIW, there's Sonic
PI:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/projects/raspberrypi/sonicpi/
https://duckduckgo.com/lite/sonic+pi+children
Although I think it's better tinkering and experimenting, touch and feel
and hear, as it's already said.