PTNA Piano Encyclopedia for All, is established for all people including kids.  It is characterized as Edutainment, compared to the regular version (PTNA Piano Encyclopedia) , data base of over 20,000 piano pieces. 

As you enter into this new encyclopedia, you can see brief explanations of 16 important composers from Baroque to Modern period, such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Rachmaninov, etc.. There are also references of related composers in their lifetime, as well as introduction of pieces recommendable for kids.

This all-users-friendly-encyclopedia is followed by three other ways of enjoying music; Quiz, Daily fortune, and Karaoke.

'Quiz' presents variety of questions about piano pieces in the form of multiple-choice test; 

-Q. "Who is a friend of Chopin?" 
-A. 1.Bach  2.Beethoven  3.Liszt  4.Rachmaninov

-Q."Waltz is a dance music. What is the rhythm?"
-A.1. double time 2.triple time  3.quadruple time 4. quintuple time

-Q."How many black keys on keyboard?" 
-A. 1. 34 keys  2. 35 keys   3. 36 keys   4. 37 keys

Each answer leads to detailed explanation and suggestion of related pieces.

'Omikuji', the daily fortune, proposes which piano piece is suitable for the day. You may also find if you are lucky enough to play the piece..!?

'Karaoke' introduces piano accompaniment for popular music. With this karaoke video(q.v."Little Brown Jug"), one may play any instruments alone or in a group (example). Online karaoke is expected to bring other instruments closer to piano and to increase collaborative works.  For instance, school kids who plays recorder, harmonica, etc at school could also enjoy them at home. (q.v. PTNA School Concert Project)
 
Through this activity-oriented encyclopedia, anyone can enjoy and learn music by clicking a button. The regular encyclopedia will support you, with a huge text/audio data base, when you want to explore furthermore. Let's try!