Zettai Onkan Training
Doe, a deer, a female deer; ray, the other one, a little bit further up the scale... If you're musically gifted then this software is going to seem like child's play, but that's because it's aimed at a future generation of musicians. Tone-deaf adults need not apply.
The screen shows three piano keyboards with certain notes highlighted and named. Touching the keyboards plays the chord shown. Go through a few screens of this sweet noise and you'll be tested on what you've learned.
It's multiple choice, so if you're near a keyboard then you could cheat and the DS would be none the wiser. We don't have any musical instruments in the office, nor do we have much musical talent in our brains, so our results were in the "monkey poking the screen with a stick" range.
There's also a simple rhythm game built in, for when your head becomes too full of chords. It's a useful little toy, really. Why don't they release this kind of thing over here?
Above:Still beats serenading your palm pilot
