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Auralia Student
Ear training and aural testing software for home study.
New! Auralia Student 3.5
for Windows
- Hundreds of exercies in 41 topics
- Support for multiple syllabi
- Level customisation
- Enhanced notation
- Bright new interface
- All the features of Auralia 2
(see right)
Auralia Student 2 for Mac
- Ear training & aural testing
- Frees up hours of teaching time
- Hundreds of exercises in 26 topics
- Monitors student progress
- Suitable for all ages & levels
Auralia Student's interactive tuition makes ear training easy and fun. It guides you through hundreds of graded exercises, and gives instant feedback. You can even play or sing answers using a MIDI keyboard or microphone. Auralia Student automatically marks the exercises and even records your results so you can monitor your progress over time.
Interactive testing
Auralia Student has hundreds of exercises from beginner to advanced levels, covering 26 topics (plus 15 new ones in Auralia Student 3) such as:
- Identify & sing intervals, and notes from chords
- Melodic and rhythmic dictation
- Identify cadences
- Recognize and correct poor tuning
- Sing upper or lower part of a two-part phrase
- Write down chord progressions
The tests are designed for classical, jazz and rock/pop students, with special exercises on jazz/contemporary scales, chords and progressions.
Teachers are advised to purchase the full version of Auralia, which offers comprehensive, easy tracking of progress and test results for an unlimited number of students (Auralia Student offers tracking of up to three people).
Computer requirements
Auralia Student 3.5 is available for Windows
Requirements: Pentium or faster, Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/NT4 or later, 32Mb+ RAM, 50Mb free hard disk space, CD-ROM drive, soundcard, MIDI keyboard (optional). Microphone recommended. If you have - or are thinking of buying - Windows Vista, please see our notes on the compatibility of Sibelius products with Windows Vista.
Auralia Student 2 is available for Apple Mac
Requirements: PowerMac/G4/G3/iMac, Mac OS 7.6 or later (including Mac OS X – requires OS 10.1 or later), 16Mb+ free RAM, 30Mb free hard disk space, CD-ROM drive, MIDI keyboard (optional), microphone (recommended)
Awards for Auralia
Auralia 3 was shortlisted for an award in the 'Digital Content, Secondary' category of the 2007 BETT Awards.
Auralia 3 was shortlisted for Education Resources: Secondary ICT in the BESA Education Resource Awards.
Auralia 3 recently won the Best Australian Made Product at the AMA 2005 awards.
Select, play or sing
Some tests in Auralia Student have multiple-choice questions; others let you answer by clicking an on-screen piano keyboard, playing on a MIDI keyboard; Auralia Student even lets you sing into a microphone!
"What a joy to have it [ear training] all done for you!"
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Advance quickly
Auralia Student has graded levels, so you can progress to more advanced exercises as you improve.
When a you have mastered a topic at a particular level and you are achieving good test marks, 'The Professor' will automatically move you up to the next level. You can even create your own tests to suit your requirements.
Track your progress
Auralia Student records all your results, for you to view on screen or print out.
You can print results in any of 25 useful reports, and marks are compiled over time so you can monitor your progress from week to week.
Complete reference
If you get stuck, or need some extra help, Auralia Student includes detailed on-screen reference information, with helpful music examples to listen to.
