Before I start I must give a special thank you to Keith Huxtable @ musicednet for the latest info on Auralia and Musition v4 (downloadable PDF brochure).
It has finally happened! Auralia and Musition have been updated for the MAC! They are now rolled into one program and I bet they will give EarMasterPro a run for its money. Available in December this suite of excellent theory and aural training software will run on both MAC and Windows platforms and it is packed with new features and an updated interface.
Release Date: 26th January 2010 @ $199 per single copy or $99 per student copy
I did a review on the older version of auralia in this post when I looked at Sibelius 6. I own both the Sibelius notation and Sibelius Instruments suites and these have been invaluable for my teaching in the classroom, research at home and general composition/arranging. The Sibelius Instruments Suite (pictured with annotations below) is an excellent resource for teachers and students. It has interactive audio and how to notate with mutes on brass instruments or con sordino on violins.
Click on the images to get a better look.
With this latest addition of Auralia and Musition rolled into one suite Avid Technology will be (in my opinion) one of the best companies to buy music educational software from. Sibelius as a company have been more than helpful for me personally and with the schools I have worked at. You can see more on their website here.
The ease to which students can adapt and then learn from these training programs shows me just how tech savvy the creators of Sibelius are! What better way to engage students then by showing them something new and exciting on the computer that they can use and gauge their improvement by!
Here are some other excellent Aural Training tools:
Aquallegro – I recommend this app to every music teacher I come across with aMac 🙂 It is free, tests everything from chords to intervals to note names and scales and cooperates with most midi keyboards. A great classroom tool.
Earmaster – this is an outstanding program that filled in the gaps Auralia 3 left behind. It is aimed at all levels of musicians and a demo is available from their site. It also has the ability to measure your ability to sing intervals correctly or clap back rhythms. Earmaster also comes with jazz tutorials and other customisable features.
G Major Music Theory – This is an online resource. This site deals with theoretical training but also CONTEXTUAL Listening. They have real audio examples in mp3 format of cadence types, intervals used in famous pieces and so on. I use it for test creation and helping my students understand the composition techniques prevalent in a music era/genre.
iFlipr – Is a virtual flash card source with every topic under the sun (not just music). This link will take you to a series of cadence flash cards with real audio examples.
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