RoGame Software Releases Mozart 3.0

Posted By: Ryan Monday, September 11, 2006 1:51:46 PM

RoGame Software has released the third generation of their music education program Mozart. Mozart is a program designed to aid in the process of learning how to read music. While the basic concept and premise of the program has not changed there are a number of new features and improvements.

Mozart is a program designed to aid in the process of learning how to read music. It does that in form of a game. Once the game is started via the toolbar or menu a stream of whole notes comes streaming from the right side of the screen. These notes have to be named in the order of their appearance with the current input instrument (i.e. piano). Once a note gets too close to the clef on the left side of the screen it disappears in a cloud of vapor and the player loses one life. For each note named in time the player gets one point or more depending on level. The further the game progresses the more notes will appear in this steady stream and their range will widen to potentially include many ledger lines above and below the staff. Once a player has depleted all his lives the game is over and he might receive a high score.

Mozart for Palm OSWith version 3.0 Mozart can use new sound modules from RoGame Software. These are part of a sound library that will be made available in other music education titles as well. The game includes a Grand Piano module that sounds very realistic. Palm OS 5.x is needed for playback of these new sound modules and playback is asynchronous on many devices like the newer Treos, which makes for a very realistic game experience.

Over the years also many music professionals have used Mozart mainly to improve the reading of unfamiliar keys. Version 3.0 adds key signatures which makes Mozart an even more valuable tool for the student as well as for the professional. A real boon, however, is the option to have the notes of the current key signature highlighted graphically in the current instrument. The Solfege instrument now works according the ?movable DO? principle and the letter input instrument changes note names according to key. A toolbar button to switch between parallel major and minor makes this concept very transparent.

Another new feature in Mozart 3.0 are ranges. This concept has been implemented very broadly and allows for different ranges in every clef and instrument. By allowing the student to adjust the range of notes that can appear in a practicing session games can be better targeted towards specific weaknesses.

Mozart is available by itself and as part of Music Bundle and Music Bundle Pro. The stand alone version is available for $24.95 USD and comes with a free trial version.

Leave a comment...

Post a New CommentClick on the Start New Comment button below to begin a discussion.

You must be registered and logged in to add comments.

Start a new Comment

Account

Register Register | Login Log in
user:
pass: