Ridgely Elementary School

Music: Software and CD-ROM Database

Lynn Gilmore
Elementary Music Specialist
Springfield Public School District 186
Springfield, Illinois, USA
Ridgely Elementary School
Pleasant Hill Elementary School


Keyword: music

Title: The Musical World of Professor Piccolo

Format: CD-ROM

Location: music room

Level: PI

Description: Professor Piccolo serves as a guide to countless hours of valuable educational activities. As you travel around Music Town, you will learn how to read and notate music, play fun musical games, learn about musical instruments, their families and ranges, music history, musical styles, and song forms.

 

Keyword: music

Title: A Little Kid Music

Format: software

Location: music room

Level: PI

Description: A Little Kid Music provides beginning familiarity with music notation, while entertaining users with traditional favorites. The "play" button allows a child to play the song by tapping the keys of the computer. Not only do the pitches come out right automatically, but the harmonic accompaniment follows along. It is designed to teach music melody and harmony and concentrates on understanding music notation.

 

Keyword: music

Title: Early Music Skills

Format: software

Location: music room

Level: P

Description: Early Music Skills is a tutorial and drill program designed for the beginning music students. It covers four basic music reading skills: recognition of line and space notes, comprehension of the numbering system for the musical staff, visual and aural identification of notes moving up and down, and recognition of notes stepping and skipping up and down.

 

Keyword: music

Title: Music Flash Cards

Format: software

Location: music room

Level: LIJH

Description: Music Flash Cards presents important music material in a drill and practice format. Program lesson diskettes include nine lessons. Section 1 presents names of notes, rhythm values, and rhythm values equivalents. Section 2 includes major scales, minor scales, modal scales, and key signatures. Section 3 completes the set with lessons on intervals and basic chords.

 

Keyword: music

Title: Music Ace

Format: CD-ROM

Location: music room

Level: PIJH

Description: Music Ace is an engaging program designed to provide an introduction to music fundamentals for beginning music students. Users participate in a series of 24 comprehensive lessons, play a variety of games, and easily compose and listen to their own music on the Doodle Pad. Some of the topics are: staff and keyboard relationships, pitch identification, note reading, listening skills, treble, bass, and grand staff.

 

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Updated: June 16, 1998