MS/HS Software
This list represents the most popular software titles for Middle and High School Music.
This is by no means a complete list.
Notation
Sibelius 7
Video Tutorials on Sibelius
The latest generation of the world’s best-selling music notation software, Avid Sibelius 7 is sophisticated enough to meet the demands of top composers, arrangers, and publishers, yet simple enough for beginners and students.
Work quickly with the brand-new, task-oriented user interface. Experience your scores in stunning clarity with the exclusive, professional-quality sound library. Collaborate more easily thanks to full MusicXML interchange support and other sharing options. With all these advancements and many more, Sibelius 7 is the fastest, smartest, easiest way to write music.
MakeMusic also offers several less expensive versions of Finale, with subsets of the main program’s features. These include Finale NotePad, SongWriter, Printmusic, and Allegro, as well as a freeware reader program, Finale Reader, which will play and print Finale files, but does not allow editing or saving.
FREE Online! Web 2.0 Application
Noteflight® is an online music writing application that lets you create, view, print and hear music notation with professional quality, right in your web browser. Work on a score from any computer on the Internet, share with other users, or embed into your own pages. Sign up for a free account, or purchase a Noteflight Crescendo.
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Digital Audio Workstations DAW
With Garageband you can teach everything from Sequencing, basic recording, MIDI and Audio, Podcasting, Film Scoring and more.
Mixcraft 5 is a powerful yet easy-to-use multi-track recording studio that enables you to record audio, arrange loops, remix tracks, compose with virtual instruments, score and edit video, and add effects to create stunningly professional compositions. Easy enough for everyone and powerful enough for the pros
ACID Pro software is a DAW powerhouse that combined full multitrack recording and mixing, MIDI sequencing, and legendary ACID looping functionality for a seamless music-creation and post production environment. ACID Pro software inspires you like nothing else
Logic Studio features Logic Pro 9, MainStage 2, Soundtrack Pro 3, and a massive collection of instruments, effects, and audio loops. With over 200 new features, it has everything musicians need to write, record, produce, and perform.
Soundation
FREE Online! Web 2.0 Application
is the free online music making application that gives everyone the opportunity to make music on the internet. With instant access to music making tools like a loop library, virtual instruments, real time effects, automation, audio recording and editing. You can save, post to web or download your work.
FREE Online! Web 2.0 Application
Aviary is a free online music creation software. You can record, use the preset loops and import files.
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Computer Aided Instruction (CAI) or Technology Assisted Learing (TAI)
Auralia 4 - Ear Training
This major update introduces an exciting new series of features including course, enhanced lessons and solfege support. There is also built in support for many standard syllabi including AP Music Theory. The interface has been extensively revised – it’s clean and fresh, while retaining the trademark ease of use of prior versions. The new setup wizard allows you to quickly configure the most important settings and automatically sets up the record keeping and assessment.
eMedia Piano and Keyboard – Classroom Piano Instruction
Over 150 lessons offer a comprehensive curriculum that will give the intermediate piano player the skills needed to take their playing to the next level. Beginning with intervals and expanded hand positions, the lessons progress through building dexterity, advanced rhythms and transitions, interpretive expression marks and voicing, and finally to blues, improvisation based on the blues, and the piano in ensemble
Practica Musica – Ear Training and Theory
Whether you need to practice your sight reading skills, improve your ear training abilities, or just learn the fundamental principles of music theory, Practica Musica allows you to do it all. With the release of version 5 and its associated new features, Practica Musica is now, more than ever, the most complete music education package available for music theory and ear training.
This award-winning music training software includes more than 80 theory and ear training activities, each allowing students to focus on specific skills, such as rhythm tapping, interval recognition, chord spelling, polyphonic dictation, and more.
Best of all, Practica Musica allows students to work at their own pace, providing interactive feedback and tracking user progress until mastery of each concept is achieved!
Other titles to consider
Abelton Live