Academic Harmonic Vision Music Ace 2

Academic Harmonic Vision Music Ace 2 is the second title in the highly acclaimed and award-winning Music Ace series from Harmonic Vision. This title introduces concepts such as standard notation, rhythm, melody, time signatures, harmony, intervals and more. 'Maestro Max' and his choir of 'Singing Notes' return with more than 2,000 musical examples and a variety of new instruments that advance a student's learning skills in music fundamentals and theory. Like Academic Harmonic Vision Music Ace, Academic Harmonic Vision Music Ace 2 has over 200 comprehensive lessons and attention-grabbing games, plus the original music creation tool, the Music Doodle Pad.

Academic Harmonic Vision Music Ace 2 is designed for beginning and intermediate students. Featuring 2,000 musical examples and covering treble, alto and bass clefs, Academic Harmonic Vision Music Ace 2 picks up where Academic Harmonic Vision Music Ace leaves off to introduce standard notation, rhythm, melody, harmony, intervals and much more. The Associated Press called it "an ideal supplement to one-on-one music instruction." The National Association of Parenting Publications awarded the software a gold seal and Children's Software Revue gave it a perfect 5-star rating.

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. Academic Harmonic Vision Music Ace 2 continues the same fun and engaging format of 24 comprehensive lessons, challenging games and a creative composition tool. 

LESSONS
24 engaging, self-paced lessons that accelerate development of fundamental music skills and music theory. Lessons cover:

-Standard Notation
-Tempo
-Comparing Rhythms
-Rhythmic Dictation
-Echoing
-Counting
-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
-Intro to Intervals
-Three Sounds Per Beat
-6/8 Time
-Intro to Harmony
-Ear Training
-Composing Melodies
-Distinguishing Melodies & Harmonies

GAMES
24 exciting multi-level games (one per lesson) sharpen music skills and improve retention of important lesson concepts. Colorful animated 3-D graphics, digitized sound effects, bonus points and high scores provide fun, interactive entertainment. Users can select novice or advanced difficulty settings.

TRACKING PROGRESS
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.

MUSIC DOODLE PAD
Unique feature 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.

INSTRUCTIONAL AND APPEARANCE SETTINGS
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).

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Music Ace 2 ships on a hybrid CD-ROM that runs on both Windows and Macintosh platforms.

Windows:
Windows 98/2000/Me/NT4/XP
Pentium 166 MHz or faster
32 MB free RAM
640x480 256-color display
50 MB free hard disk space
16-bit sound
CD-ROM drive and mouse
General MIDI keyboard OPTIONAL.

MAC:
PowerPC/iMac/G3/G4
System 8.1 - 9x and OS X
32 MB free RAM
640x480 256-color display
50 MB free hard disk space
CD-ROM drive and mouse
General MIDI keyboard OPTIONAL.