Exercises, methods, and assignments do not follow. Specifically to SM
assignments, the student can't change the tempo slider when playing to
submit.
The following is reserved for solo repertoire, and there is a sliding
scale for how much it follows you, which can be customized as students
work with it, not to mention rubato passages have a higher following
tendency than those that do not.
On Sep 19, 2008, at 2:05 PM, dhbailey wrote:
I've never understood the reasoning behind SmartMusic's ability to
follow the student's tempo -- aren't we supposed to learn it's bad
to slow down in the hard parts and speed up in the easy parts? How
does that tempo-following ability help the student to learn to keep
a steady tempo? I do realize it can be switched off but I've never
understood the need for it to be included in the first place.
Thanks for the heads-up about StarPlay -- I'll look into that.
David H. Bailey
Richard Smith wrote:
Actually there is an application called StarPlay. http://www.starplaymusic.com/index.php
. It is a similar practice/assessment aid but lacks Smartmusic's
ability to adjust tempo to the the student. It doesn't have the
extensive content that SmartMusic does, but it has a video
component that can be very nice, works great with Sibelius, and has
a very clean interface. It's worth a look.
It also has the advantage of being free. You pay only for content.
And, unlike Smartmusic, you don't have to pay to use your own
stuff. It's worth a look.
Richard Smith
http://www.rgsmithmusic.com
Eric Dannewitz wrote:
But Sibelius does not work with Smartmusic. And they do not offer
anything like it.......as far as I know.
Back on topic...makemusic did increase the price of a Smartmusic
subscription, but as the library of songs keeps going, it is
totally worth it (even though it has a klunky interface).
But I did try some Smartmusic exercises I made back in Finale 2006
and they open in smartmusic 11
On Sep 18, 2008, at 7:40 PM, John Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
And in the meantime Sibelius is offering a $99 cross-grade to Sib
5 until the end of the month. Three guesses whose marketing
department is most on the ball, and best understands which side
their bread is buttered on!!!
John
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