Thanks Firesong, for commenting on Rachael's voice. She was always a great natural singer from the age of about two or three. But looking at this old video I realize now how fantastic BIAB was, even in it's early days, as an EDUCATIONAL TOOL. I'm not a singing teacher myself, but from her very early age I was typing realbook chords into BIAB for her to practice to, and this played a huge role in her development. Singing along with recordings of other singers is great too, but limits you to exactly what they did, whereas having a backtrack with no vocals gives you the practice of shaping your own sound and performance in a way that only having a live band at your disposal can give.

I wonder if others, like music teachers, have found this function of BIAB useful (I imagine so), and what were the results in the development of children in musicianship that was never available before to this extent.

Last edited by ThomasS; 06/24/24 11:12 AM.