Meet The Tuneables, three friends who love to teach music to kids! In The Tuneables – I Love Music!, a 2-Disk CD/DVD set for ages 3 to 8, kids learn the “ABCs” of music learning – tonal and rhythmic patterns in music, developing their singing voice, a basic repertoire of music, and listening skills. Sponsored by The Music Intelligence Project, The Tuneables is the most comprehensive program on the market that teaches the fundamentals of music to children.

Okay, so now that you know what it is, why should you buy it? Because the characters are appealing to kids, the music is great, it’s a terrific value for what you get, and it’s fun!  The Tuneables: I Love Music! includes a 30 minute DVD, “Annie & Max and the Music Box”, an animated tale of two young kids arriving at the local music shop for their first music lesson. They see an unusual Music Box, Max reaches out to touch it, and suddenly the box springs open, the room transforms, and Annie and Max are in the magical world of Tuneville!

There, they meet Clara the clarinet, Pete the trumpet, Sunny the cymbal, Snare the drum, Gloria the piano, and Mo the violin. Along with some other special friends, this band of Tuneables help guide Annie and Max through their first music lesson!  Watching this DVD teaches children how to move to the beat in music, hear and sing tonal patterns in songs using three notes, expand the range of their singing voices, and learn the sounds and melodies of classical music.

The CD, which runs 30 minutes, sounds just like what I remember from elementary school music classes. For example the second song, “Patting the Beat”, reminds me of kids sitting cross-legged in a circle, patting their legs along with the teacher.

The 18 songs on the included CD might be designed to teach music fundamentals, but most of them are also fun to listen and sing along to! “Go, Giddy-Up, Go”  and Tuneville March will have your kids galloping and marching around the room, everyone can sing along to “ABC Medley”, and classical music fans will enjoy hearing “Eine Kleine Nacht Musik” and “Surprise Symphony”.

Visit The Tuneables Music Shop to purchase the 2-Disc set for $29.99, the I Love Music! CD by itself for $14.99, a teacher’s edition, a t-shirt, and more.  It’s sure to be a hit as a gift as well!