Released on April 14th 2005, a few months before Taiko no Tatsujin 7, Taiko no Tatsujin Music Lessons (太鼓の達人おんがくレッスン) was released for Advanced Pico Beena, and is the very first attempt by the franchise to entertain very young children with Taiko no Tatsujin and teach them the basics of music at the same time. The game was developed by Bandai (released before the Namco Bandai merge).
Now for some background information on the system itself. Sega Toys' 2005 educational console system, Advanced Pico Beena, or simply Beena (English acronym of 'Be Natural', according to Sega). With the capability to play with or without a TV and a save feature supported via SD cards, Beena supports book-shaped cartridges; each time a player turns the page of the cartridge the screen changes to replicate the image in the book. Based on the concept of 'learning while playing', Beena follows the footsteps of the 90s' Sega Pico, which was actually released outside Japan.
The Beena Taiko game is focused on a series of minigames which help to develop a child's sense of rhythm with interactive festival-themed activities and learning basic music notes on different instruments other than the taiko. There is a proper tracklist for the main game as well; however information on difficulty stars and modes is scarce, and many of the songs are children's nursery rhymes not seen anywhere else on Taiko, being very toddler-centric in nature.
All the songs have only Kantan and Muzukashii modes, whose patterns are made easier for the game's intended young audience, being sometimes even easier than their 'regular' counterparts on previous arcade/console Taiko games. Due to this reason, this is also the only Taiko game so far to feature voice samples after a combo streak of 10 hits and multiples.
| No. of songs | 40 |
Difficulty information and videos unavailable, with some exceptions.
| Title |
|---|
| Anpanman no March (アンパンマンのマーチ) (video) |
| Ware wa Umi no Ko (われはうみのこ) |
| Kaeru no Gasshou (かえるのがっしょう) |
| Shabon Dama (シャボンだま) |
| Katatsumuri (かたつむり) |
| Yama no Ongaku Ka (やまのおんがくか) |
| Koi Nobori (こいのぼり) |
| Hato (はと) |
| Antagata Dokosa(あなたがたどこさ) |
| Onma wa Minna (おんまはみんな) |
| Hug Shichao (ハグしちゃお) |
| Ookina Kuri no Ki no Shita De (おおきなくりのきのしたで) (Under the Chestnut Tree) |
| Neko Funjyatta (ねこふんじゃった) |
| Kirakira Hashi (きらきらはし) |
| Senro wa Tsuzukuyo Dokomademo (せんろはつずくよどこまでも) (Walking on the Railroad) |
| Mori no Kumasan (もりのくまさん) |
| Kisha Poppo (きしゃポッポ) |
| Mushi no Koe (むしのこえ) |
| Tooryanse (とおりゃんせ) |
| Obentou Bako no Uta (おべんとうばこのうた) |
| TOGETHER |
| Yuki (ゆき) |
| Shiawase Nara Te o Tatakou (しあわせならてをたたこう) |
| Jingle Bells (ジングルベル) |
| Kiyoshiko no Yoru (きよしこのよる) (Silent Night) (video) |
| Musunde Hiraite (むすんでひらいて) |
| Kenkotsu Yama no Tanukisan (けんこつやまのたぬきさん) |
| Zuizui Zukkorobashi (ずいずいずっころばし) |
| Momotarou (ももたろう) (video) |
| Urashimatarou (うらしまたろう) |
| Ookina Furudokei (おおきなふるどけい) |
| Bunbunbun (ぶんぶんぶん) |
| London-bashi (ロンドンばし) |
| Shizukana Kohan (しずかなこはん) |
| Chouchou (ちょうちょう) |
| Clarinet o Kowashichata (クラリネットをこわしちゃた) |
| Mary-san no Hitsuji (メリーさんのひつじ) (Mary Had A Little Lamb) |
| 10-nin no Indian (１０にんのインディアン) (10 Little Indians) |
| Haru ga Kita (はるがきた) |
| Haru Yo, Koi (はるよこい) |
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