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Morton Subotnick's Hearing Music

Win/Mac CD-ROM

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Rated E for Everyone

Hear music as expressive communication. Composer Morton Subotnick's virtual playground features fun filled games that break musical concepts down to patterns and levels to pose a challenge to any user – from beginner to advanced. Children learn to identify different parts of music; nuances in a melody, and changes in rhythm all by listening to music by the world’s most famous composers.

Overview

Introducing a totally unique way to hear music as expressive communication. Composer Morton Subotnick's virtual playground features fun-filled games that break musical concepts down to patterns and levels that pose a challenge to any user – from beginner to advanced. Children learn to identify different parts of music – the nuances in a melody, changes in rhythm, even the subtleties woven into pieces by the world’s most famous composers.

Ages 8 and up.

Morton Subotnick is one of the pioneers in the development of electronic music and an innovator in works involving instruments and other media, including interactive computer music systems. The work that brought Subotnick celebrity was Silver Apples of the Moon (1966-67). It was commissioned by Nonesuch Records, marking the first time an original large-scale composition had been created specifically for the disc medium. His distinguished career has included works for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, theatre, multimedia productions, music software and website. Subotnick's academic career includes teaching positions at Mills College, New York University, Yale University and The California Institute of Arts, of which he was a founding member. Since 1998 he has developed a series of Children's educational music software programs: Making Music, Making More Music, Hearing Music and Playing Music.

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Features


Main Screen
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Reading Music
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Learn how to listen

Computer-adaptive technology makes games progressively harder or easier as children move through different levels of game play. Players are rewarded with a rousing, animated rendition of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus as they complete each game. Hearing Music is family fun for music lovers of all ages!

  • Explore the elements that build music.
  • Hear musical differences in endings, repetitions, and variations.
  • Parent/Teacher management tool – track your child's progress.
  • Integrated Audio Help explains every step of the way.

Educational games

  • Comparing – Distinguish between differences in the music you hear.
  • Ordering Melodies – Link musical phrases.
  • Musical Notation – See what you hear!
  • Matching – Learn the difference between same and similar.

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Requirements

System Requirements

Windows®:
Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP/Vista
8 MB of free RAM, 12 MB of free hard disk space
PC soundcard, CD-ROM 		Macintosh®:
Mac OS 8.0+ or Mac OS X 10.1 or later
8 MB of free RAM, 12MB of free hard disk space
CD-ROM

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