Rising Software Munition 5 Music Theory Software
Musition 5 Fun ways to learn music theory & musicianship Music theory software, suitable for students of all ages and levels. Become an expert at reading sheet music, recognising t ime signatures, notating rhythms, understanding intervals, matching keys signatures and more. The best music theory software Huge depth of content Complete with 38 topics, Musition is the ultimate music theory tuition tool. With an amazing breadth and depth of content, this software is great for beginners through to advanced students. Perfect for your classroom Musition has awesome tools for student assessment & tracking so there’s less time marking and more time teaching! It’s so simple to set a quiz, worksheet or a complex exam! Easy to use for all ages Designed for students of all ages and abilities, Musition’s clean and simple interface makes it perfect for young kids through to uni students and adults. Why learn music theory Even if you ‘play by ear’, music theory will help you understand what other musicians are playing, increasing your awareness of their melodic, rhythmic and harmonic language. Regardless of your musical style, classical, jazz or contemporary, the music theory exercises in Musition will help you reinforce and expand your knowledge, making you a better musician. What you’ll learn: Read and write music Understand scale and chord structures Improve your sense of rhythm Understand instrument keys and transposition Comprehend musical terms and symbols Cloud Edition Working with your students on and off campus. Teachers Assessment & record keeping Ear training & theory with real music Curriculum mapping & customisation Students Complete tasks at school or home Quality feedback to assist learning Available for Windows & Mac Musition Tour Introduction to Musition Interactive drill-based teaching makes learning music theory highly engaging and fun! Regardless of your musical style, the music theory exercises in Musition will help you reinforce and expand your knowledge, making you a better musician.Musition is easy to use and is perfect for beginners and advanced students! Practising Musition has 38 music theory topics, suitable for beginners and advanced students. Topics have graded levels, allowing students to learn at their own pace and giving them plenty of scope for extended learning. It’s easy to ensure that students are practising appropriate content; in addition to the provided syllabuses, teachers can easily create their own syllabus and custom levels. Self paced learning High quality feedback Tapping, multiple choice and notation questions Automatic grading Comprehensive reporting Syllabus and topic customisation High quality feedback is provided in all drills,with careful consideration given to the response when a student answers incorrectly. Students can always review the question and answer, including playback as well as notation and text explanations. Students answer questions in many different ways. Some topics are very interactive, with one and two handed tapping exercises. Other topics are based on multiple choice answers, and many have notation input. We provide Solfege, Piano and Guitar controllers for students to use. Content The content library contains hundreds of notation excerpts and questions for your students to practise. It’s very simple for teachers to import their own items, which can then be used in any topic, test or course, ensuring that curriculum requirements are being met. There are many possibilities when creating questions, with amazing control over the student experience. Notation entry – transposition, rewriting Notation highlighting – notes, bars and parts Chord symbol entry – figured or contemporary Multiple choice – text, image or notation answers Tapping – reading & tap along Notation Musition now features an integrated notation editor. Unlimited parts and bars, control over beaming and grouping, anacrusis support and ties allow you to create small examples very quickly. If you have created notation items in other software, you can easily import these using MusicXML! Lessons Each topic in Musition has it’s own customised lesson screen, containing notation and audio examples and detailed explanations of the relevant music theory subject. These are invaluable for student reference and teachers can integrate lessons into their own customised courses. Courses & Tests Teachers often use courses and tests to gain further control over curriculum and content. They give teachers the power to specify the exact questions that students will attempt. Tests are very flexible, questions can be chosen from any syllabus, topic or level. Importantly, library questions can also be selected, this allows creation of theory exams with absolute certainty over the content to be delivered. Courses are sequenced pathways that include questions and lessons. When setting questions in courses, teachers can set thresholds that must be hit before a student can progress to the next stage. Scores for tests and courses are stored separately and they can be taken multiple times if allowed by the teacher. Usage Teachers use tests and courses in many varying ways, generally dependent on curriculum and student requirements. Grading tests End of semester exams Entrance examinations Exam preparation Theory worksheets Homework Musition in the Classroom Musition can revolutionise the way you teach music theory. Student have virtually unlimited theory drills to practise, with all their questions being automatically graded. Assessment is simple using the tests and courses, and curriculum customisation ensures that students stay on track. Most importantly, you will not be grading hundeds of theory worksheets! Student scores and progress recorded Automatic grading and assessment Easy creation of worksheets, quizzes and tests Increased student practise Flexible and comprehensive administration tools Cloud connected for on and off campus use Curriculum Carefully graded lessons with plenty of customisation It's easy to practise music theory topics that are relevant to your area of study. There are many syllabuses provided, and extensive support for customisation.Teach music theory the easy way! Syllabus Support Musition includes numerous syllabi, all of which have been carefully mapped to external curriculum. We also include our own ‘Complete Syllabus’ that covers all of the 38 music theory topics – perfect for any music student! Musition 5 Complete AP* Music Theory Band Jazz Florida State MTA GCSE New Zealand Trinity VCE Western Australia Queensland Solfege – Fixed Do Solfege – Moveable Do La Solfege – Moveable Do South Australia Syllabus Customisation A customised syllabus ensures that your students are receiving content that exactly matches your curriculum! It’s easy create your own syllabus and it can be as big or as small as necessary, you only need to create levels for the relevant topics. Once you have assigned the syllabus to your classes, students will only see topics that you have chosen for them, ensuring focused practise! Lessons Each topic in Musition features a set of lessons. These are an excellent resource for your students, providing teaching material, audio examples and notation excerpts that assist with the learning process. Topics such as Instrument Recognition, Chords and Scales also feature a ‘reference’ page where all instruments, chords and scales can viewed and played back. These reference pages will also automatically show any customised Chords or Scales that you may have entered into Musition. Courses Courses providing a structured learning sequence for your students, allowing you to integrate lessons, drills, library questions and tests in the one task. There are many courses included in Musition, but you can now create your own! Creating your own course is very simple, and once done, you can assign them to your students and monitor their progress. One of the best features of courses is the ability to set thresholds for student progress. Once set, these thresholds guarantee that students achieve the required score before progressing. Solfege, Piano and Guitar Input Solfege The onscreen Solfege controller allows students to enter their answers using Solfege note names (Do, Re, Mi, Fa etc) as well as allowing for questions to be displayed on the Solfege controller. Fixed Do and two variants of Movable Do are supported, with a customised syllabus being supplied for each of the three variations. To further integrate the Solfege controller, many topics have been extensively modified and customised and musical notation also supports the placing of Solfege note names underneath notes. This allows students to see their correct and incorrect answers in two ways, using both traditional notation and Solfege note names. Piano Students who are more comfortable working with a keyboard can use the onscreen piano keyboard to easily enter their answers in many topics. Guitar The on-screen guitar fretboard is perfect for guitar players. Note names are highlighted as you mouse over each string and fret position. Topics Learn music theory the easy way There are 38 topics in Musition, divided into five groups: Pitch, Rhythm, Terms & Symbols, Harmony & Instruments.Each topic has a series of carefully graded levels, allowing students of all abilities to comfortably use the software. Teachers can create custom levels to ensure curriculum support and appropriate assessment. Pitch Note Reading Identify notes on a staff, or enter notes on a staff. Ledger lines & accidentals Lessons with notation & playback Treble & Bass clef Scale Degrees Recognise a key signature and then identify the scale degree that a given note is within the key. Single notes or melodies Terminology – numbers, names or solfege Major and minor keys, up to 7 accidentals Enharmonic Notes Identify enharmonic variations of notes. Advanced Note Reading Identify notes on a staff, or enter notes using the tenor and alto clef. Intervals Identify an interval that is shown on a staff, or enter an interval on a staff. Jazz Scales Identify a scale shown on screen, fix incorrect notes in the scale, or enter the scale on a staff. Scale Home Keys Relate a mode to it’s parent major or minor scale. Scales Identify a scale shown on screen, fix incorrect notes in the scale, or enter the scale on a staff. Solfege Signing Identify the displayed Solfege hand signs. Rhythm Beaming A rhythm without beams is shown on screen, and you are asked to enter the correct beams. 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/8, 7/8 etc Length from 1 to 8 bars Notes & rests up to 32nd notes Meter Recognition Identify time signatures and their characteristics. Enter missing barlines Identify the meter Name the quality of the meter (simple duple etc) 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/8, 7/8 etc Drum Sticking Tap back a rhythmic pattern with your left and right hands. Drum Styles Tap back the rhythmic pattern shown on screen. The pattern is one part (eg: Snare Drum part) of a rhythmic style that would commonly be played on a drum kit. Rhythm Notation Test your knowledge of note and rest values. Rhythmic Subdivision Test your knowledge of note and rest values, and the concept of subdivision. Rhythm Tapping Tap back the rhythmic pattern shown on screen. You may also tap the rhythm in using an external MIDI device such as a keyboard or wind controller, if connected. Polyrhythms Practise tapping more complex rhythms, with one or two hands. Many common patterns such as 3 against 2 are included. Terms & Symbols Guitar Symbols Identify the chord that is represented by the guitar symbol. Hundreds of symbols Custom levels Comprehensive lessons Ornaments Identify ornaments such as trills, acciaccatura, appoggiature etc. Identify the ornament Show how the ornament would be played Acciaccatura, Appoggiatura, Turns, Mordents etc Concepts Test your knowledge of common musical concepts, the fundamentals of written vocabulary. Questions are multiple choice. Jazz Chord Symbols Identify chord symbols, and the structure of the chord that they represent. Symbols Test your knowledge of common symbols that are found on scores. Questions are multiple choice. Terms Test your knowledge of common terms that are found on scores. Questions are multiple choice. Harmony Chords Identify a chord that is shown on a staff, or enter a chord on a staff. Enter or identify chords on a staff Keys up to 7 sharps or flats Select from more than 50 included chords Add your own chords in the chord editor Key Signatures Assess your knowledge of keys, in particular, the number and type of accidentals that keys have and the order in which they appear on a staff. Enter and identify key signatures All keys up to 7 accidentals Relative major and relative minor Cadences Visually identify cadence types and the chords which form them. Chord Progressions In Chord Progressions, 4 part harmonic progressions are shown, and you are asked to identify the chords. You will need to identify the chord quality, as well as the position. Chord / Scale Relationships Relate chords and scales, in a jazz context. Diatonic Chords Identify a chord that is shown on a staff, or enter a chord on a staff. The chords will be based on the scale degrees of the Major and Harmonic Minor scales. Jazz Chords Identify a chord that is shown on a staff, or enter a chord on a staff. Advanced Chord Progressions In Advanced Chord Progressions, 4 part harmonic progressions containing chromatic and mixture chords are shown, and you are asked to identify the chords. You will need to identify the chord quality, as well as the position. Modulation Identify the type of modulation (eg. Major Tonic – Relative Minor) or identify the final key of the example. Instruments Clef Transposition Transpose short melodies from one clef to another. Treble, Bass, Alto & Tenor clefs Ledger lines & accidentals Octave displacement Range Identify the range of various instruments. Comfortable and professional ranges All common instrucments included Lessons with real instrument recordings Keys Identify the keys of various instruments, and identify the most ‘common’ key. Knowledge Test your general knowledge of instruments. Questions have multiple choice answers. Recognition Instrument examples are played (WAV files) and you have to identify the instrument from a number of choices. Transposition Transpose to and from concert pitch and the correct key for a particular instrument. Assessment Record Keeping & Assessment While working through each of the topics, Musition instantly marks the student's work and keeps record of their progress for future assessment. No need to manually mark tests so you'll have more time for teaching! Student Scores Many items are recorded when students practise their music theory in Musition. Firstly, the syllabus, topic and level that the student has been working on. We also record how long they practised, and their scores, on a daily basis. Many reports are available for the instructor, allowing them to easily provide students with advice directly related to their areas of practise. Class Management Classes allow you to group students and then assign tasks that are most relevant to their age and ability. They are simple to setup and open up many powerful features; Selecting available topics Assigning appropriate syllabuses Setting tests & worksheets Assigning courses The professor is another class feature, a simple and effective tool for guiding students through practise levels, with thresholds set by the instructor. In addition to this, many features such as question retries are set by class, ensuring that students in different courses have the correct settings for their age and ability. We also now allow students to belong to multiple classes. This gives teachers endless ways to organise students, and when combined with the new ‘hidden’ classes, makes it very simple to address the needs of a diverse group of students. Tasks & Worksheets Create theory worksheets in minutes, with automatic grading and assessment. Tests are one of the most popular features in Musition. A test can contain questions from any syllabus, topic or level, and may also include library questions. Assign a test to any class Optional random question selection Optional time limits Library questions Set due dates and timeslots Weighted scoring options Tests can be used for many many different types of activities; short quizzes, longer worksheets and formal assessment. It’s very common for teachers to assign their students two or three short tasks each week, a practise that makes reporting a breeze. Assessment & Reports Musition has been designed from the ground up to make a teacher’s life simpler, and save valuable time! Scores are kept separately for the following areas; Practise Tests Courses Comprehensive reports covering all these areas are available, with the most popular listed below. Student summary Student activity log Practise results, overall score Test score, overall Course results, overall Intelligent filters reduce the amount of data that is presented, and make it easy to provide students with informed guidance. Percentage – highlight weak or strong students Class – only look at your students! Date – now with handy presets Test attempts – ‘best’, ‘last’, ‘combined’ scores Any report can be exported as PDF or CSV. Cloud Cloud allows students to cost effectively use Auralia both on and off campus. All student results are stored on our cloud servers, allowing teachers to check progress, create and assign tests, and print reports, at school or at home. Use on all school computers and laptops Students can use on home computers Set and track homework & assignments Results, classes, syllabi, tests are all stored on internet cloud servers Easy to install and deploy Networking Although most teachers prefer to use Cloud, it’s definitely possible to use Auralia on your local network. If Auralia is correctly networked you won’t have to gather and collate student results from multiple computers. Students can use any computer that is connected to your network, but only within your school. Registration InformationSerial Number
