From: CSTP::BHUGH "Brent Hugh" 19-JUL-1994 12:04:35.21 To: bhugh CC: BHUGH Subj: Path: news.umkc.edu!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!nrlvx1.nrl.navy.mil!cs.umd.edu!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.dell.com!tadpole.com!uunet!nwnexus!coho!blob Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.piano,comp.music,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.music Subject: DEMO of Musicware PIANO available for FTP Message-ID: <2vvmfl$dn9@nwfocus.wa.com> From: blob@coho.halcyon.com (Robert L. Sutton) Date: 13 Jul 1994 03:19:17 GMT Distribution: inet Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 41 Xref: news.umkc.edu rec.music.makers.piano:2169 comp.music:15104 MUSICWARE PIANO DEMO This is a DEMO version of Musicware PIANO. A Music Education system for Windows. Musicware PIANO (the Retail Version)... - Teaches piano in a fun, interactive Windows-based environment - Uses proven music instruction techniques in a courses developed by a professional music instructor. - Provides instruction in sight reading, ear training, rhythm and music theory. - Includes an entire first year piano course- 8 units and more than 200 lessons. - Utilizes the power of the computer to give you immediate feedback and to track your progress. - Tracks each student individually. - Allows you to learn when it is convenient for you and at your own pace-use it any time in the privacy of your own home. - Perfect by itself or as a supplement to traditional piano lessons. - Compatible with all MIDI keyboards and major sound cards. - Comes complete with piano songbook and dozens of songs you can play. - Comes with MIDI adaptor cable. There are three independant courses available. The DEMO contains material selected from all three courses. A soundcard with Windows SYNTH drivers are required to run the DEMO. A MIDI Keyboard and soundcard with Windows MIDI drivers are required to run the demo interactively with a MIDI keyboard. The demo is currently available for anonymous ftp at wuarchive.wustl.edu in /pub/msdos_uploads/win3 the file name is mwpiano.zip See the README.TXT file in the zip file for installation intructions -- Robert L. Sutton ----------------------------------------------------------- R&D Musicware Inc., Redmond, WA blob@halcyon.com, CIS 73122,3137 KUGS-FM 89.3, Bellingham, WA n9110620@henson.cc.wwu.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: IN%"rhand@well.sf.ca.us" "Roger Hand" 20-JUL-1994 04:55:33.51 To: IN%"bhugh@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU" CC: Subj: RE: Ear training software Return-path: Received: from 198.93.4.10 by VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU (PMDF #3182 ) id <01HEX0ZPJZ28CRM2HU@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU>; Wed, 20 Jul 1994 04:55:27 CDT Received: (from rhand@localhost) by well.sf.ca.us (8.6.9/8.6.9) id CAA14286; Wed, 20 Jul 1994 02:54:07 -0700 Date: 20 Jul 1994 02:54:07 -0700 From: Roger Hand Subject: RE: Ear training software To: bhugh@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU Message-id: <199407200954.CAA14286@well.sf.ca.us> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Newsgroups: comp.music Distribution: inet X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) References: <30h1si$bgb@kasey.umkc.edu> bhugh@CSTP.UMKC.EDU (Brent Hugh) writes: >Can anybody recommend good ear training software? Ideally, it would be >for Windows (DOS also possible), playing through a MIDI keyboard and >also allowing responses through the MIDI keyboard. I am planning to use >it for piano students (ages five on up), so it would be nice if it were >simple to use. It would also be nice if it were available on the net, >but this isn't absolutely necessary. I've been pretty happy with "Piano Works" There are two levels, both DOS based. It requires some reading, so 5 years old might be a little too young. There is a new program, similar, called "Piano". A demo of that is available on the net. It is new, and Windows based. Also, Ibis software publishes "Ear Play", "Note Play" and "Play It by Ear". Then there's the Miracle system, but I don't know if that gets into ear training. From: IN%"bayse@oodis01.hill.af.mil" 20-JUL-1994 10:29:28.88 To: IN%"bhugh@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU" CC: Subj: Return-path: Return-path: bayse@oodis01.hill.af.mil Received: from oodis01.hill.af.mil by VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU (PMDF #3182 ) id <01HEXCMFIWM8CRMFJC@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU>; Wed, 20 Jul 1994 10:29:22 CDT Received: by oodis01.hill.af.mil id AA29220; Wed, 20 Jul 94 09:28:22 -0600 Date: 20 Jul 1994 09:28:22 -0600 From: bayse@oodis01.hill.af.mil (Abraham Bayse) To: bhugh@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU Message-id: <9407201528.AA29220@oodis01.hill.af.mil> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT To: bhugh@CSTP.UMKC.EDU Subject: Re: Ear training software Newsgroups: comp.music Organization: Hill AFB X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] I am right now playing arround with a software called MusicWare.Well it looks pretty decent so far. I down loaded the demo from "wuachrive.wustl.edu" 128.252.135.4, /pub/msdos_uploads/win3/mwpiano.zip. Best wishes X-UMR student From: IN%"@CEARN.BITNET:hauser@avalon.unizh.ch" "hauser" 20-JUL-1994 15:29:17.34 To: IN%"BHUGH@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU" CC: Subj: RE: Ear training software Return-path: <@CEARN.BITNET:hauser@AVALON.UNIZH.CH> Received: from CEARN.CERN.CH (MAILER@CEARN) by VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU (PMDF #3182 ) id <01HEXN4EZGZ4CRMQ70@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU>; Wed, 20 Jul 1994 15:29:10 CDT Received: from CEARN (NJE origin SMTP@CEARN) by CEARN.CERN.CH (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 2872; Wed, 20 Jul 1994 22:26:18 +0200 Received: from dxmint.cern.ch by CEARN.cern.ch (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Wed, 20 Jul 94 22:26:17 SET Received: from avalon.unizh.ch by smtpgw.unizh.ch with SMTP (PP) id <01669-0@smtpgw.unizh.ch>; Wed, 20 Jul 1994 22:26:10 +0200 Received: by avalon.unizh.ch (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3/AL) id AA06232; Wed, 20 Jul 1994 22:26:04 +0200 Date: 20 Jul 1994 22:26:03 +0200 (MET DST) From: hauser <@CEARN.BITNET:hauser@avalon.unizh.ch> (Hauser Andreas) Subject: RE: Ear training software In-reply-to: <01HEXDRNHO4YCRMHPT@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU> from "Brent Hugh" at Jul 20, 94 11:03:23 am To: BHUGH@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU (Brent Hugh) Message-id: <9407202026.AA06232@avalon.unizh.ch> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Length: 304 Hi Brent > Yea, I'd be interested if you know an ftp site or if you could upload it to > one (without too much trouble). > I'll try ftp.cs.ruu.nl, but it'll take a few days before I cant transfer the file. I will inform you about it as soon as it's there. Sincerely Donat -- HAUSER@avalon.unizh.ch From: IN%"julius@math.utah.edu" "Julius Pierce" 20-JUL-1994 19:50:59.66 To: IN%"bhugh@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU" CC: Subj: Cochlear Consciousness ear-training software for Amiga computers Return-path: Received: from math.utah.edu (csc-sun.math.utah.edu) by VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU (PMDF #3182 ) id <01HEXW9V5F00CRM0BL@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU>; Wed, 20 Jul 1994 19:50:53 CDT Received: from solitude.math.utah.edu by math.utah.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1-utah-csc-server) id AA06391; Wed, 20 Jul 94 18:50:29 MDT Date: 20 Jul 1994 18:50:29 -0600 (MDT) From: Julius Pierce Subject: Cochlear Consciousness ear-training software for Amiga computers To: bhugh@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU Message-id: <9407210050.AA06391@math.utah.edu> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR Greetings, music lover: I began to develop the Cochlear Consciousness ear-training software for my own use, because I recognized that interactive software would enable me to gain a deeper comprehension of music more rapidly and more easily than I could through any other means. When friends saw me using early versions of the software that I was creating, they said others would want it. They were right! This software makes learning easy and fun. Just start the games and play them. You will easily see that you are gaining something from these "games" that makes your musical life richer. The software delivers, bug-free, all of the features just as described in the clear and informative manual. The manual for the software was extensively tested right along with the software itself. The manual also has a more theoretical section, for those who are interested. It describes the origins of scales and chords and tuning systems. It's the only source I know of that offers such information all in one place. If you haven't had other ear-training, that's fine! You can start as a complete beginner with this software, and save the time you would otherwise have wasted on less efficient methods of learning. If you have ever done any other ear-training, you will recognize that the features of this software are unique and powerful. You won't find them elsewhere, not in other programs for any computer. I designed the Cochlear Consciousness software to have lasting value and great scope. Beginners can easily use this software, and I know young children who do use it (including some who were "playing the games" during the software development). I also provided advanced levels, information, and flexibility, for those who want it. This software has all the stepping stones to take you from the beginning to advanced levels. It's as simple as this: - If you want to hear intervals, chords, and chord progressions well enough to reproduce them, to write them down, or to improvise upon them... - If you want to correctly tune an instrument such as a piano or a guitar... - If you want to hear what the masters heard... Join the musically enlightened. When you understand the music you love, you'll love it even more! Banzai, Julius Pierce FEATURES OF THE SOFTWARE The Cochlear Consciousness software is a suite of six programs. Each program provides you with an environment to explore some aspect of musical sound, and a game or quiz to refine your perception and knowledge. The games analyze your personal performance, adjusting the strategy so you make swift progress. The "chords" program teaches you to recognize of intervals, chords, and chord progressions. You can use it with the supplied database of intervals, chords, or the harmonic extracts of over 100 Bach chorales. All database files are standard text files, so you can alter them if you want to. You can also create new ones with the built-in recording feature, or with a text editor. To enable you to achieve chord recognition in real-time, MIDI is supported. You can also access all features without MIDI. The next four programs, (1) "harmonics", (2) "beats", (3) "just", and (4) "temper", are a sequence that teaches you the aural skills necessary to tune an instrument. The "harmonics" program teaches you to recognize individual harmonics of a tone. The "beats" program teaches you to recognize (nearly) coincident harmonics of two tones, and their beat rates. The "just" program teaches you to tune so that the coincident harmonics of two different tones are beatless. This is "just" tuning. The "temper" program provides an environment in which the skills of the previous three programs are consolidated. You can create or modify tunings (or temperaments) with a graphical user interface, and hear the changes instantly. You can load two different tunings and listen to the difference with a click of the mouse. The "temper" program can show you a graphical indication of the difference between two loaded tunings; or it can show you a numerical display of frequencies, beating harmonics, and beat rates (which is especially useful for those who are interested in designing tunings, or in studying beat rates in chords and intervals). A quiz mode is provided (as in all of the programs) so you can assess how well you tune to a reference tuning. The program comes with a great variety of temperaments and tunings. You can easily create or import other tunings either with the graphical user interface, or with any text editor, because the tuning files are just (editable ASCII) frequency tables. The tunings you create can also be used with the "chords" and "absolute" programs. The "absolute" program teaches recognition of tones without the use of relative pitch. A testing mode eliminates relative-pitch feedback, so you can assess your progress with absolute pitch. The "absolute" program uses extensions of ideas discussed in two articles for the scientifically inclined: Lola L. Cuddy's "Practice Effects in the Absolute Judgment of Pitch" (from "The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America" vol. 43, #5, 1968), and Paul T. Brady's "Fixed-Scale Mechanism of Absolute Pitch" (JASA vol. 48, #4, part 2 1970). According to Cuddy's research, the method used in the "absolute" program of the Cochlear Consciousness software is effective, but the method used in another much-hyped commercial course in "perfect pitch" is not effective. Cochlear Consciousness software implements a microtunable wavetable synthesizer on the Amiga. This synthesizer has better frequency precision than do many dedicated-hardware commercial synthesizers that claim to be microtunable. Such high-resolution tuning makes things possible that were not previously available on an affordable platform: you can learn the aural skills necessary to tune a piano, or you can even use the software for microtonal ear-training. Cochlear Consciousness software runs on any Amiga with 500KB of RAM or more (and probably even much less), and AmigaDOS 1.3 or later. Stereo speakers, or speakers with higher fidelity than speakers that are built into into a video monitor are recommended. Headphones are fine. Cochlear Consciousness is not copy-protected, and includes installation software for hard disk drives. Cochlear Consciousness is commercial software. Julius Pierce wrote the Cochlear Consciousness software and holds the copyright. Cochlear Consciousness costs $150.00 (US Dollars, shipping is included, even international shipping), and is distributed by: Pierceptron 375 North Quince Salt Lake City, UT 84103-1641 telephone: (801) 521-7215 internet: pierce@xmission.com From: IN%"rdobbins@marvin.ag.uidaho.edu" 22-JUL-1994 11:05:11.90 To: IN%"bhugh@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU" CC: IN%"rdobbins@marvin.ag.uidaho.edu" Subj: RE: Music theory/ear training software Return-path: Received: from ag.uidaho.edu (ford.ag.uidaho.edu) by VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU (PMDF #3182 ) id <01HF06HFTBKWCRN4O2@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU>; Fri, 22 Jul 1994 11:04:56 CDT Received: from acs5.ag.uidaho.edu by ag.uidaho.edu (5.65/1.35) id AA26999; Fri, 22 Jul 94 08:57:09 -0700 From: rdobbins@marvin.ag.uidaho.edu (Bob Dobbins) Subject: RE: Music theory/ear training software To: bhugh@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU Cc: rdobbins@marvin.ag.uidaho.edu Message-id: Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT MusiCalc II is a music theory calculator for IBM-PC or compatible computers. It requires version 3.20 or later of MS- or PC-DOS, CGA, EGA, or VGA adapter, and uses about 200k of disk space and can run from a floppy disk. The program will display spellings of over 100 chords in 30 keys (15 major and 15 minor), in all inversions, in either treble or bass clef. MusiCalc can display figured bass symbols for all chords as well. Chord types: Natural Triads Natural Sevenths Suspended Fourth, Diminished 7 Secondary Dominants Secondary Leading Tone Secondary Dominant Seventh Secondary Leading Tone Half Diminished 7 Secondary Leading Tone Full Diminished 7 Raised and Neopolitan Augmented Sixths Raised and Neopolitan Seventh Flat Fifths Augmented Fifths Natural Ninths Natural Elevenths Natural Thirteenths Borrowed Chords From The Parallel Minor Chromatic Mediants Altered Dominants MusiCalc contains over 20 scales and can display them in 30 different keys (15 major and 15 minor), in either treble or bass clef. Scales: Major Scale Melodic Minor Ascending Melodic Minor Descending Harmonic Minor Bach's Ten Note Minor Pentatonic WholeDtone Chromatic Ascending Chromatic Descending Jazz Minor Blues Gypsy Minor Augmented Gypsy Composite Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian Locrian ----------------------------------------------------------- MusiCalc II is free to everyone, just send me e-mail and I will send you two uuencoded pkzipped files. There is no user's guide yet, someday I'll get around to it. ----------------------------------------------------------- From: IN%"KLOTH@xavier.xu.edu" 25-JUL-1994 11:53:26.86 To: IN%"bhugh@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU" CC: Subj: Eat Training Return-path: Received: from xavier.xu.edu by VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU (PMDF #3182 ) id <01HF4F1JF47KCRMYXP@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU>; Mon, 25 Jul 1994 11:53:20 CDT Date: 25 Jul 1994 12:50:50 -0400 (EDT) From: KLOTH@xavier.xu.edu Subject: Eat Training To: bhugh@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU Message-id: <940725125050.20c1da64@xavier.xu.edu> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I read your message on the comp.music bulletin board. You might consider ordering the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI) Courseware Directory a 330+ page, annotated listing of music software. Send $30 to Tim Kloth,Treasurer ATMI 2336 Donnington Lane Cincinnati, OH 45244 (513) 624-0515 kloth@xavier.xu.edu From: CSTP::BHUGH "Brent Hugh" 25-JUL-1994 23:15:32.37 To: bhugh CC: BHUGH Subj: music ear training Path: news.umkc.edu!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!caen!malgudi.oar.net!sun!oucsace!att-out!pacbell.com!well!rhand Newsgroups: comp.music Subject: Re: Ear training software Message-ID: <30is3p$6eq@nkosi.well.com> From: rhand@well.sf.ca.us (Roger Hand) Date: 20 Jul 1994 09:51:53 GMT References: <30h1si$bgb@kasey.umkc.edu> Distribution: inet Organization: The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 21 bhugh@CSTP.UMKC.EDU (Brent Hugh) writes: >Can anybody recommend good ear training software? Ideally, it would be >for Windows (DOS also possible), playing through a MIDI keyboard and >also allowing responses through the MIDI keyboard. I am planning to use >it for piano students (ages five on up), so it would be nice if it were >simple to use. It would also be nice if it were available on the net, >but this isn't absolutely necessary. I've been pretty happy with "Piano Works" There are two levels, both DOS based. It requires some reading, so 5 years old might be a little too young. There is a new program, similar, called "Piano". A demo of that is available on the net. It is new, and Windows based. Also, Ibis software publishes "Ear Play", "Note Play" and "Play It by Ear". Then there's the Miracle system, but I don't know if that gets into ear training. -- Roger Hand rhand@well.sf.ca.us CIS: 73520,3506 "Life is the only thing worth living for!" From: CSTP::BHUGH "Brent Hugh" 27-JUL-1994 16:07:04.58 To: bhugh CC: BHUGH Subj: musicware Path: news.umkc.edu!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!nrlvx1.nrl.navy.mil!cs.umd.edu!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!gatech!udel!news2.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwnexus!chinook!blob Newsgroups: comp.music Subject: Re: Ear training software Message-ID: <30kksu$hl2@nwfocus.wa.com> From: blob@chinook.halcyon.com (Robert L. Sutton) Date: 21 Jul 1994 02:01:02 GMT References: <30h1si$bgb@kasey.umkc.edu> <30is3p$6eq@nkosi.well.com> Distribution: inet Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Lines: 37 rhand@well.sf.ca.us (Roger Hand) writes: >bhugh@CSTP.UMKC.EDU (Brent Hugh) writes: >>Can anybody recommend good ear training software? Ideally, it would be >>for Windows (DOS also possible), playing through a MIDI keyboard and >>also allowing responses through the MIDI keyboard. I am planning to use >>it for piano students (ages five on up), so it would be nice if it were >>simple to use. It would also be nice if it were available on the net, >>but this isn't absolutely necessary. You might look at Musicware Piano. Kind of a successor to PianoWorks. There is a demo for FTP at wuarchive.wustl.edu in /pub/msdos_uploads/win3. The file is MWPIANO.ZIP -- Robert L. Sutton ----------------------------------------------------------- R&D Musicware Inc., Redmond, WA blob@halcyon.com, CIS 73122,3137 KUGS-FM 89.3, Bellingham, WA n9110620@henson.cc.wwu.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CSTP::BHUGH "Brent Hugh" 28-JUL-1994 12:53:33.81 To: bhugh CC: BHUGH Subj: music-ear Path: news.umkc.edu!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!caen!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.dell.com!tadpole.com!uunet!news.mtholyoke.edu!news.byu.edu!news Newsgroups: comp.music Subject: Re: Ear training software Message-ID: From: JOHNSODC@caedm.et.byu.edu Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 16:33:29 UNDEFINED References: <30h1si$bgb@kasey.umkc.edu> <30is3p$6eq@nkosi.well.com> Distribution: inet Organization: Brigham Young University Lines: 44 In article <30is3p$6eq@nkosi.well.com> rhand@well.sf.ca.us (Roger Hand) writes: >From: rhand@well.sf.ca.us (Roger Hand) >Subject: Re: Ear training software >Date: 20 Jul 1994 09:51:53 GMT >bhugh@CSTP.UMKC.EDU (Brent Hugh) writes: >>Can anybody recommend good ear training software? Ideally, it would be >>for Windows (DOS also possible), playing through a MIDI keyboard and >>also allowing responses through the MIDI keyboard. I am planning to use >>it for piano students (ages five on up), so it would be nice if it were >>simple to use. It would also be nice if it were available on the net, >>but this isn't absolutely necessary. >I've been pretty happy with "Piano Works" There are two levels, both >DOS based. It requires some reading, so 5 years old might be a little >too young. There is a new program, similar, called "Piano". A demo >of that is available on the net. It is new, and Windows based. >Also, Ibis software publishes "Ear Play", "Note Play" and "Play It by >Ear". Then there's the Miracle system, but I don't know if that gets >into ear training. I've used Piano Works before and the Demo of Piano and just bought the Miracle Software. I think the Miracle is the most fun and flexible (and effective), BUT I do not think it does any ear training. You can get the Miracle System software $80 at Computability ( 1-800-554-9903) It is made by the Software Toolworks ( 1-800-234-3088 or 415-883-3000). Piano Works is by Temporal Acuity ( 1-800-426-2673 or 206-462-1007 ). Piano is by MusicWare ( 1-800-99794266 ). Play it by Ear is by Ibis (415-546-1917 ). This is probably the most powerful ear training program around (from what I've read). Ear Play is good I'me sure (they try to make it a game ) but does not have all the versatility like Play it by Ear does. Call these companies for catalogs/brochures. -Dean From bhugh@cstp.umkc.edu Thu Nov 17 13:45:07 1994 Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 13:45:07 -0600 (CST) From: Brent Hugh Subject: Re: Listen software for Mac To: Greg Jalbert In-Reply-To: <199411170733.AA18208@bolero.rahul.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Status: O X-Status: On 16 Nov 1994, Greg Jalbert wrote: > Hello. > I am writing to let you know about a commercial music ear training package > for the Macintosh called Listen. It has been shipping since 1986. It offers > a wide variety of melodic and harmonic exercises, with a flexible system of > changing the level of difficulty. There is a WWW site for Imaja software > (http://www.woodwind.com/Imaja/), which includes a description of Listen > and a picture of the main screen. There will soon be an FTP site where > people can download a demo version of the software. Please let me know if > you want more information. Greg, Thanks for the information. I will add it to the page right away. --Brent --------------------------------------------------------------------- Brent Hugh / bhugh@cstp.umkc.edu : Music Instruction Software Page University of Missouri-Kansas City : http://www.cstp.umkc.edu Conservatory of Music : /users/bhugh/musici.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------