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 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user

El 28/07/2014 16:43, "Brian Sorahan" <brian(a)gospacecraft.com> escribió: 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. ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.com> wrote: for 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.