Music Ace 2, the second title in the highly acclaimed Music Ace series from Harmonic Vision, is designed for beginning and intermediate students. Featuring 2,000 musical examples and covering treble, alto and bass clefs, Music Ace 2 picks up where Music Ace leaves off to introduce standard notation, rhythm, melody, harmony, intervals and much more. Maestro Max and his choir of Singing Notes return for an encore performance with a variety of new instruments to provide students with a continuing introduction to music fundamentals and theory. Music Ace 2 continues the same fun and engaging format of 24 comprehensive lessons, challenging games and a creative composition tool.
There are 24 engaging, self-paced lessons that accelerate development of fundamental music skills and music theory. The lessons cover:
- Standard Notation
- Treble, Alto & Bass Clef
- Tempo
- Comparing Rhythms
- Rhythmic Dictation
- Echoing
- Quarter Notes
- Eighth Notes
- Rests
- Measures
- All Key Signatures
- Hearing Melodies
- Melodic Contour
- Syncopation
- Half Notes & Ties
- Dotted Quarter Notes
- Sixteenth Notes
- Rhythmic Composition
- Time Signature
- Major & Minor Scales
- Intervals
- Counting
- Three Sounds Per Beat
- 6/8 Time
- Intro to Harmony
- And More
Included are 24 exciting games (one per lesson) that sharpen music skills and improve retention of important lesson concepts. Colorful animated 3-D graphics, bonus points and high scores provide fun, interactive entertainment.
A special feature tracks an individual's progress through lessons and games. A "completion count" provides the number of times the user has gone through each section of a lesson and "games progress" provides high scores.
The music doodle pad is a unique feature which allows individuals to easily compose their own music using a variety of instrument sounds. These creative compositions can be saved and played back for others, showcasing the knowledge and skills acquired from the lessons and games. Users can also listen to and modify popular music selections from the Jukebox section of the Music Doodle Pad.
New features enable user to select clef instruction (treble and bass, treble only, bass only or alto only), determine rhythmic stringency (relaxed or strict), determine game difficulty (novice or advanced), and also adjust the appearance of the notes and instruments (with or without faces).
Points of Distinction
- Ideal for beginning and intermediate music students, young or old-any instrument
- Accelerates learning music fundamentals-develops and reinforces essential aspects of learning music
- Exceptional value-affordable combination of lessons, games and a composition feature
- Excellent motivational tool-excites students about learning music
- Users develop real musical skills, not just an introduction to music
- Entertaining, highly interactive, easy to use-point and click navigation with the mouse
- No expensive MIDI keyboard required (optional)
- Saves teachers valuable time-ideal supplemental learning tool for group or individual music instruction
- Educator Versions include helpful Teacher's Guide
System Requirements
Music Ace 2 ships on a hybrid CD-ROM that runs on Macintosh, Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98 platforms.
Windows 3.1
- 486 66Mhz or better
- 8MB RAM
- 640x480 256-color Super VGA
- 24MB free hard disk space; CD-ROM drive
- MPC compatible sound card or General MIDI required
- no MIDI keyboard required (optional)
Additional requirements for Windows 95/98
Macintosh
- Macintosh 68040 @ 33 MHz or higher
- System 7.5 or better
- 12MB RAM
- 640x480 256-color monitor
- 24MB free hard disk space
- CD-ROM drive
- no MIDI keyboard required (optional)
Additional requirements for Mac OS8 and higher
