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Musition Student
The fun way to learn music theory at home.
Key features
- Music theory training & testing
- Makes theory fun & easy
- Automatic marking saves hours
- For all ages & ability levels
- Hundreds of exercises in 34 topics
- Ideal for exam preparation
- Customise content to suit a specific syllabus
- New! Version 3.5 See all changes in Auralia & Musition 3.5 »
Designed for students of all ages and abilities, Musition Student is easy to use and creates a stimulating learning environment, so you can progress quickly and achieve your maximum potential. What's more, Musition Student automatically marks all the tests for you, so you can use it unaided.
Hundreds of exercises
Musition Student's interactive tests cover all levels from beginner to advanced, and are grouped into 34 topics, such as:
- Tap a rhythm with the space bar
- Identify pitches on treble, bass and C-clefs
- Identify key signatures, chords & inversions
- Identify scales & modes, and correct wrong notes
- Range and transposition of instruments

Musition Student is suitable for classical, jazz and rock/pop students, with special exercises on jazz scales, chord symbols, guitar chord diagrams and drum styles.
Teachers are advised to purchase the full version of Musition, which offers comprehensive, easy tracking of progress and test results for an unlimited number of students (Musition Student offers tracking of up to three people).
Computer requirements
Musition Student is available for Windows only.
Windows: 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). If you have - or are thinking of buying - Windows Vista, please see our notes on the compatibility of Sibelius products with Windows Vista.
Select, play or sing
Some tests in Musition Student have multiple-choice questions; others let you answer by clicking an on-screen piano keyboard, playing on a MIDI keyboard.
Advance quickly
Musition 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
Musition 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, Musition Student includes detailed on-screen reference information, with helpful music examples to listen to.
