Product Specs
Music Ace Maestro combines all 48 lessons from Music Ace and Music Ace 2 with Maestro Manager a suite of educator-focused student assessment and curriculum management tools.

Key Features

• Available in educator version only

• Includes all 48 Music Ace and Music Ace 2 lessons sequenced in a recommended pedagogical order

• Maestro Manager, a suite of educator-oriented tools that can be used to:

  • create, manage, and customize the instructional lesson sequence

  • import assessment data from earlier Music Ace or Music Ace 2 installation

  • centralize management of student and group instructions options

  • export assessment data in industry-standard format

  • archive student and group assessment data

• Newly revised Educator's Guide

System Requirements
Music Ace Maestro ships on a hybrid CD-ROM that runs on both Windows and Macintosh platforms.

WINDOWS

• Windows 98/2000/Me/NT4/XP/Vista
• Pentium 166 MHz or faster
• 32 MB free RAM
• 640x480 256-color display
• 60 MB free hard disk space
• 16-bit sound
• CD-ROM drive and mouse
• General MIDI keyboard OPTIONAL. 

MACINTOSH

• PowerPC/iMac/G3/G4
• System 9 and OS X
• 32 MB free RAM
• 640x480 256-color display
• 60 MB free hard disk space
• CD-ROM drive and mouse
• General MIDI keyboard OPTIONAL. 

Lessons
Combines the 48 lessons of Music Ace and Music Ace 2 into a single product.  Topics covered are:

• the staff
• ear training
• pitch recognition
• scales
• rhythm
• tempo
• melody
• harmony 

Maestro Manager:  
Student Management

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Syllabus Management

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Import Databases

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Archive Assessment Data

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Group Option 

Instructional & Appearance Settings
Maestro Manager enables educators to assign clef instruction (treble and bass, treble only, bass only or alto only), rhythmic stringency (relaxed or strict), game difficulty (novice or advanced), and the appearance of the notes and instruments (with or without faces) on a group or individual basis..
 
Points of Distinction 

• Ideal for educators desiring the flexibility to create customized lesson content and ordering
• Enhanced student progress data management
• Ideal for beginning and intermediate music students, young or old-any instrument
• Accelerates learning music fundamentals-develops and reinforces essential aspects of learning music
• Exceptional value-affordable combination of lessons, games and a composition feature
• Excellent motivational tool-excites students about learning music
• Users develop real musical skills, not just an introduction to music
• Entertaining, highly interactive, easy to use-point and click navigation with the mouse

Games
Each lesson contains an exciting multi-level game to 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.

Music Doodle Pad
This 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.

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.