Hi,

I'm completely new to music on the mac. I have a midi casio keyboard and we are considering
purchasing Music Ace Deluxe from Harmonic
vision for our kids, 8 and 7 years old.

Are there any better suggestions for Mac Music theory than this, or do you recommend this software?

Thank you!
Mike

http://www.ars-nova.com/aboutpm5/index.html

I've had very good results with my students using Practica Musica. see above. they may need a bit of guidance, at their ages, but it's a powerful tool. certainly worth consideration.

Can I also suggest Compose World

http://www.exsoftpr.demon.co.uk/cw2.htm

by ESP software. I've met the author of this software at several educational technology shows and I've always been impressed by his views on educational philosophy. They have a variety of very reasonably priced packages which dovetail into 'grown up' software apps as well.

I'd encourage you to take a look.

Good luck,

Karina Townsend.