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Timberdoodle's review Learn more   Music Ace Deluxe teaches music fundamentals for beginning music students of all ages This is one of those CD-ROMs that should be in the library of every home educator.  Here you have a masterful blend of solid instruction, engaging drillwork through the use of games, and the opportunity to be creative. Music Ace Deluxe is designed to provide an introduction to music fundamentals for beginning music students of all ages. Users participate in a series of self-paced lessons that reinforce fundamental music skills and an understanding of music theory. Comprehensive lessons feature such topics as: keyboard basics, pitch identification, rhythm, note reading, sharps & flats,  introduction to key signature, major scales, and much more. Challenging games, one per lesson, sharpen music skills and improve retention of important lesson concepts. The deluxe version also features more than 2,000 musical examples from seventy-five composers to reinforce traditional  music instruction, both vocal and instrumental. Using visual and auditory clues, children develop hundreds of music skills, including beat and pitch discrimination, staff and keyboard relationships, and the meanings of important musical terms. Instruction is tailored to children's responses, giving them just the right amount of help while they're learning. Interactive activities ("games" to your children) reinforce ear training, sight reading, rhythmic dictation, composing rhythms and melodies, distinguishing harmonies and melodies, and so much more. Plus your child can take what he has learned to the Music Doodle Pad where he can easily compose and listen to his own music using a variety of instrument sounds. These creative compositions can even be saved and played back for others. (I'll let you decide if this is a plus or not!) This remarkable software has received more than twenty-eight awards and honors and has the rare distinction of being placed in the Timberdoodle family library. Not many CD-ROMs make it that far! Recommended for ages eight to adult; however, we would not hesitate to recommend it for younger children if they are reading at a third-grade level or better.   Features Thirty-six engaging, self-paced lessons that accelerate development of fundamental music skills and music theory. Lessons cover: 1. Introduction to the Staff 2. Intro. to the Piano Keyboard 3. Beat and Tempo 4. Playing with Pitch 5. The ABCs of the Piano Keyboard 6. Hearing Rhythms 7. More Piano ABC's 8. The ABCs of the Staff 9. Basic Rhythm Notation 10. The ABCs of the Treble Staff 11. More Treble Staff ABC's 12. The Quarter Rest 13. Below the Treble Staff 14. Melody 15. Above the Treble Staff 16. The Measure 17. The ABC's of the Bass Staff 18. Above the Bass Staff 19. Notes Longer Than a Beat 20. Below the Bass Staff 21. Dotted Quarter Notes 22. Half Steps and Whole Steps 23. Rests 24. Sharps and Flats 25. Sharps and Flats on the Staff 26. Syncopation 27. The Key Signature 28. Introduction to Major Scales 29. Sixteenth Notes 30. Sharp Key Signatures 31. Three Sounds per Beat 32. The Time Signature 33. Flat Key Signatures 34. The 6/8 Time Signature 35. Minor Scales 36. Introduction to Harmony Publisher's Information Copyright: Publisher: Harmonic Vision Made In: USA System requirements: Music Ace Deluxe ships on a hybrid CD-ROM that runs on both Windows and Macintosh platforms. WINDOWS: Windows 98/2000/Me/NT4/XP/Vista, Pentium 166 MHz or faster, 32 MB free RAM, 640x480 256-color display, 60 MB free hard disk space, 16-bit sound, CD-ROM drive and mouse, General MIDI keyboard OPTIONAL. MACINTOSH: PowerPC/iMac/G3/G4, System 9 or OS X, 32 MB free RAM, 640x480 256- color display, 60 MB free hard disk space, CD-ROM drive and mouse, General MIDI keyboard OPTIONAL. Average Customer Review: Based on 6 Reviews. Write a review.

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Absolutely the Best February 26, 2009 Reviewer: Tacy Rutherford from Reading, PA United States   Our entire family - from 18 months old to 35 years uses this program for our music theory.  The older children happily pull the toddler onto their laps so she can enjoy watching the dancing notes while they learn the basics of music.  Set up in an easy to use format it can be loaded onto multiple computers and runs without the disc installed.  Even our 10 year old iMac runs this program with no problems!  (Although we did need to upgrade our quicktime player to do it.)  By far the best investment in music we have made. Was this review helpful to you?

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Very user friendly! November 5, 2008 Reviewer: Jeff H. from Gloucester, VA   Music Ace is very user friendly and provides great feedback to the user. Was this review helpful to you?

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I would highly recommend it. November 4, 2008 Reviewer: Shareon C. from Lumberton, TX   I bought Music Ace based on the write-up in the Timberdoodle Catalog.  I was hoping that I was not wasting my money.  My middle child was taking piano and she was only in kindergarten at the time.  She has excelled in music theory and has learned so much from it.  All the children have enjoyed the program.  I would highly recommend it. Was this review helpful to you?

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I highly recommend this product. November 4, 2008 Reviewer: Katie L. from South Jordan, UT   My daughter did not want to have anything to do with learning music.  Being a video game fanatic, I thought this would wet her appetite a little.  She bit and has enjoyed the program.  The games are very challenging and sometimes she gets frustrated because it won't let her move on until she scores well on the games, showing she has mastered the skill sufficiently enough to move on.  It is thorough in teaching the basics of music to anyone, and a great value considering the price of music lessons you could be paying for to learn the same things.  I highly recommend this product. Was this review helpful to you?

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I highly recommend this product!! October 21, 2008 Reviewer: Karry O. from Catoosa, OK   Learning the basics of music on the computer with hands on instructions have been such a blessing!  This is a self teaching CD-rom and allows the child to go at his own pace.  I highly recommend this product!! Was this review helpful to you?

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