In Assist Mode, the computer can play either hand of the piano for you, so you can focus on one hand at a time, while also hearing what the other hand should sound like.

So for example, you can turn "Right Hand Assist" mode on, and only play the left hand, while the computer plays the right hand notes for you.

This is especially useful for brand-new piano players, because you can focus on one hand at a time, with the keys literally lighting the way.

Select Mode allows you to select one or more measures for intensive and repetitive playing of a specific area. This can allow you to rapidly improve in small chunks of a larger piece of music at one time.

Learn Mode is the core of the Illuminating Piano and McCarthy Music software. Learn Mode allows you to step through any piece of music, note by note, with the keys lighting up as you need to play them. Instant feedback is provided, both on screen and on the Illuminating Piano itself, as to if what you have just done is correct or not. The immediacy of this feedback ensures you never learn something incorrectly. Previously, piano students could learn something "the wrong way", and then spend double or triple the effort to re-learn it.

With learn mode, we'll turn the keys green when you correctly play a note, as well as turn the note in the software green. With incorrect key presses, the key turns red and a red temporary hit is shown on the digital musical score.

Perform Mode allows you to play the piece, with full tempo support, so you can attempt to achieve actual perfection on any piece of music. Once you've mastered the notes, it's time to master the timing and performance aspects, which is what perform mode is for.

McCarthy Music Software has an integrated scoring and achievements system, which keeps track of your progress, and automatically saves this data to the McCarthy Music Cloud when Internet service is available.

The McCarthy Music store offers nearly 1,000 songs, filtered by skill level, genre and time period, to provide easy access to songs at any ability level. From historical classical compositions to modern day hits, the music store has everything needed to satisfy a wide range of musical tastes. We anticipate growing this catalog by hundreds of songs per month.

Full access to the McCarthy Music Cloud, which features a user profile system, allowing multiple users for each piano. You can login to any piano, on any supported platform (iOS, PC and Mac), and your content and data can come with you.