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Making Music

Create! Play! Experience! No Reading Required! Making Music is the first real (and totally cool) composing space for kids! A program that children of any age will enjoy, this software lets children experience what it is like to compose music - without any formal music training. Making Music presents all the components of music visually and aurally so kids can experience sound not only with their ears but also with their eyes. Composer Morton Subotnick, a pioneer in electronic and interactive computer music systems, built it from the ground up with the idea of making a completely interactive musical playroom. Kids will delight in their creations and learn tons along the way about what it is to make music.

The Central Composition Space: Enter notes by drawing on the screen. Then you can duplicate them, turn them upside down and backwards, or change the scale. Choose any of sixteen instruments the way real composers do.

Melody & Rhythm Maker: Create melodies and rhythms; hear how they sound separately and together.

Building Blocks: Listen to six sample tunes to learn about structure and repetition, then mix them up and make your own.

Flip Book: Combine three elements melody, rhythm, and instrumentation from a musical flipbook.

Games: From novice to maestro these games can even be played using your compositions!

AWARDS & REVIEWS:

“Top Choice” Software Award, Museum of Science, Boston 2004

Newsweek "One of the rare programs that use the computer's capabilities to give teaching and learning a whole new beat."

Wired "A great way to learn."

The New York Times "Making Music deserves applause."

The Boston Herald "Multi-media at its finest."

Computer Music Journal "Easy, fun, and inexpensive. What more could a parent want?"

The New Mexican "Adults seem to be having fun with it too."

LA Weekly "Making Music is supposed to be for kids, but it keeps me up late nights making tunes, orchestrating tunes, playing tunes backward."

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