Harmonic Vision Music Ace 2 ( Windows / Macintosh )

Music Ace 2, the second title in the highly-acclaimed Music Ace series from Harmonic Vision, is designed for beginning and intermediate students. Featuring 2,000 musical examples and covering treble, alto and Bass clefs, Music Ace 2 picks up where Music Ace leaves off to introduce standard notation, rhythm, melody, harmony, intervals and much more. Maestro Max and his choir of Singing Notes return for an encore performance with a variety of new instruments to provide students with a continuing introduction to music fundamentals and theory. Music Ace 2 continues the same fun and engaging Format of 24 comprehensive lessons, challenging games and a creative composition tool.

Designed for Windows 98/2000/Me/NT4/XP and Mac PowerPC/Intel Mac/G3/G4/G5 for diversified access.

24 exciting multi-level games (one per lesson) sharpen music skills and improve retention of important lesson concepts. Colorful animated 3-D graphics, digitized Sound effects, bonus points and high scores provide fun, interactive entertainment. Users can select novice or advanced difficulty settings.

TRACKING PROGRESS - Special feature tracks an individual's progress through lessons and games. A "completion count" provides the number of times the user has gone through each section of a lesson and "games progress" provides high scores.

MUSIC DOODLE PAD - Unique feature allows individuals to easily compose their own music using a variety of instrument sounds. These creative compositions can be saved and played back for others, showcasing the knowledge and skills acquired from the lessons and games. Users can also listen to and modify popular music selections from the Jukebox section of the Music Doodle Pad.

INSTRUCTIONAL AND APPEARANCE SETTINGS - New features enable user to select clef instruction (treble and bass, treble only, bass only or alto only), determine rhythmic stringency (relaxed or strict), determine game difficulty (novice or advanced), and also adjust the appearance of the notes and instruments (with or without faces).

Music Ace 2 is sold on a hybrid CD-ROM that runs on both Windows and Macintosh platforms