The Sibelius General Music pack includes Sibelius Student and the entire Groovy Music Series. This all in one bundle offers a complete software solution for K 8 general music.
Sibelius Student
Sibelius Student is an entry-level notation program designed for students in grades 3 through 8. Based on the award-winning Sibelius 5, Sibelius Student has everything a student needs to compose, arrange, and complete exercises in class and at home -- includes built-in ideas to help get students started quickly. Plus, it's compatible with the full version of Sibelius 5.
Features
- Input notes via mouse, MIDI or computer keyboard
- Notate, play back, transpose and print music
- Panorama view lets you forget about page layout until you're ready to print
- Hundreds of built-in ideas to help you get started
- Attach video files to your score
- Up to 12 staves per system
- Input dynamic markings, lyrics and other text
- Insert clef changes in your score
- Publish your music on the Internet
- Opens Sibelius, MusicXML and MIDI files
- Automatic backups and auto-save
- Exports MIDI files, web pages and Sibelius 4 or 5 scores
Groovy Music
The Groovy Music series consists of three exciting software programs. Fun to use, Groovy Music teaches the basics of sound, rhythm, pitch and composition using pictures and animation -- progressing to the study of simple notation.
GROOVY SHAPES (ages 5 and up)
Teaches basic musical concepts using shapes to represent elements of music such as rhythms, melodies and chords.
GROOVY JUNGLE (ages 7 and up)
More complex musical textures are explored and additional instruments allow children to experiment further with their own compositions.
GROOVY CITY (ages 9 and up)
Delves deeper into music notation and provides more complex listening tasks. Includes full range of 128 General MIDI instruments.
Requirements
Windows 98/2000/XP/vista or Mac OS X 10.2 or later
• 800Mhz processor or faster (1.4GHz for Groovy Jungle and City)
• 128MB+ RAM (512MB+ for Groovy Jungle and City)
• 100MB free hard disk space
• 16-bit sound card
• CD-Rom drive required for installation
Click on link for information on vista compatibility - http://www.sibelius.com/helpcenter/vista.html
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