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Auralia 4 & Musition 4Now available ü Middle School
ü Secondary
ü Tertiary
In the previous issue of Accent we announced Musition 4 is the complete and effectively. Also facilitates students working
the much anticipated 2010 release of Auralia software for learning and outside the classroom without teacher supervision.
4 and Musition 4 from local (Melbourne) testing music theory. With
publisher Rising Software and in November, hosted 34 topics, Musition’s drills Interface: Every screen has been revised, with a
preview sessions with author Peter Lee in both and lessons cover Note contemporary new look and a renewed emphasis on
Adelaide and Perth. Reading, Chords, Intervals, consistency and ease-of-use.
Scales, Terms, Rhythm, Key
Auralia and Musition have long been known as Signatures and much more. Auralia and Musition also both offer extensive
the ultimate solution for Ear Training and Theory Integrated assessment and record keeping and testing features, ALL of which
Training. Now, for the very first time, both are administration features make Musition 4 ideal for are completely networkable.
available for Windows and Mac platforms simulta- use in the classroom or at home.
neously – with the same feature set! The arrival of Auralia 4 and Musition 4 certainly
For a closer look at what’s new in Musition 4 marks the re-birth of these popular music software
Auralia 4 is the complete please go to www.musicednet.com/musition. staples. For the many, many schools using previ-
Ear Training package. ous versions (particular Mac users) this will be a
Auralia’s 41 topics cover New features common to both welcome upgrade. For schools not yet using these
Intervals, Scales, Chords, programs programs, we strongly recommend you consider
Rhythm, Melodic Dicta- Courses: predefined and integrated pathways of doing so!
tion, Jazz Chords and much Drills, Lessons and Tests that target a particular
more. Lessons are provided pedagogical requirement. Courses supporting vari- Need more help in deciding what’s best for
for each topic followed by ous Syllabuses are included, as well as a custom- your situation?
a series of exercise drills ised course targeting Band students.
with all student results being Contact Music EDnet.
recorded. Comprehensive assessment and adminis- Solfege Support: This exciting new feature allows
tration features make Auralia 4 suitable for use by students to enter their answers using Solfege note Free upgrades
students and teachers in the home and at school or names (Do, Ra, Mi, Fa etc.) as well as allowing
university. questions to be displayed on the Solfege controller. If your school has purchased a 5-pack or multi-
seat license of Auralia or Musition after July
For an in-depth look at the new features in Auralia Lessons: Allows students to easily browse through 1, 2009 and have not yet received your FREE
4 please visit www.musicednet.com/auralia. subject areas and address problem areas quickly upgrade please contact Warrick or Keith at
Music EDnet on 1300 723 700.
Sibelius 6 Student
Just in time for the composition projects. Now you can save revisions hardly notice.
2010 school year, to your score as you write, name each version, and As you write, it
Avid Technology rollback to it whenever you want; and everything is gives everything
announced the release saved within the same file. This will allow students just the right
of Sibelius Student to document the progress of their work by saving amount of space
6. Recommended for various versions at particular intervals along the and avoids colli-
students in upper pri- time line of the composition. In addition, you can sions – producing
mary through year 10, view, play back or print out any version instantly at beautiful results. This one feature will greatly
Sibelius Student offers any time. What’s more, you can even copy some- reduce the time required to format a piece of music
an affordable means of having a feature-limited thing you prefer from an earlier version into your in Sibelius and will prevent students and teachers
version of Sibelius at home. And with many schools current score! alike from getting bogged down in making minor
now using Sibelius 6 it is important that students Comments: Just like a sticky note you can add yet time-consuming adjustments. Magnetic Layout
have Sibelius Student 6 at home so as to take full in Sibelius Student is identical to Sibelius 6, except
advantage of the new features and ensure compat- to your score, and when used in conjunction with for advanced customisation and disabling for
ibility between home and school. ‘Versions’ are a great way of documenting progress, individual objects.
making suggestions, reminders and reviews. When
There are many new time-saving features in you add a comment, Sibelius automatically includes IMPORTANT CONDITIONS
Sibelius Student 6, several of which greatly assist your name, the date and the time. If you add a com-
the teacher-student workflow. ment to a selected passage, it will also include the • Students can ONLY purchase Sibelius
instrument(s) and bars referred to. Student through their school.
Versions: A fantastic new feature, particularly for Magnetic Layout: Takes care of almost every de-
tail of score layout for you – so effortlessly, you’ll • The school must have a multi-seat
license of Sibelius (min of 5 seats, full
version).
•A minimum order of 20 copies is required
for booklist pricing... but additional cop-
ies can be ordered as required.
• A school order is required to purchase
from Music EDnet.
• Sibelius Student must NOT be installed
on school campus computers.