Transcript Practica Musica

Practica Musica
What is Practica Musica?
Practica Musica is a computer program
designed for ear training.
We use Practica Musica here at FSU! 
Why is it useful?
With this program, musicians can do the
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Learn to read music.
Improve their ear.
Write their own music.
Continue getting better with different levels!
What are some benefits?
There’s a textbook that goes with the software to ensure success.
It’s an interactive program, so it’s not boring.
There are multiple levels so it matches your progress.
When used in the classroom, the instructors can watch your
improvement and regulate assignments (perhaps a set back?).
 You can save music you’ve written as a MIDI file; therefore, the
files can be played on Windows Media Player and Quicktime.
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 BIG NOTE OPTION.
 You can impress your friends with your awesome ear-training
skills!
How does this thing work?
 First step: open up the program…
 Click “continue without student file”
FILE
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About Practica Musica
Saving
Printing
Instructor options: not clickable for us,
because this is for the instructor’s use.
Instructor Options
 Instructors can see if everyone has done
Practica Musica assignments.
 They can see how many exercises and
which ones each student finished.
 They can see scores and see what time
the student performed the exercises.
OPTIONS
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Sound options
Keyboard options (coolest thing EVER)
Display and menu options
Listening options
Student file options
Music editing options
ACTIVITIES
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Practice
Chapter work
Original 17 activities
Activities by topic
Write your own music
Writing Music
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Point and click on notes
Or use the keyboard
Print option
Playback feature
No Student Chosen
 If we had an account on Practica Musica,
this drop down would have your own
name there and options of saving your
work or looking at the work you have
already done.
Instructional Manuel
 The basics (all you really need to get started)
Tool icons on the screen piano
The Edit window
Input methods
 The File menu
The Edit menu
The Activities menu
The Options menu
Individual activity menus
 Instructor options
Editing or creating activities
 Keyboard shortcuts
Index
Time for fun!
Go under activities to “The original 17
activities”
Go to the first one : Pitch Matching
Notice the bar on your left…this will go up
and down according to how many right or
wrong answers you have.
PUT ON YOUR HEADPHONES!
THE FIRST ONE TO
FINISH WINS:
CANDY