Great idea Carol. Thanks for the feedback this would be a very useful feature indeed!

Hi Marie,

Thanks for the feeback – I agree that it would be nice to have the sound played. Some of the games will definitely have some Aural – At this stage we’re unsure of how much aural to put in, and how much straight theory, as it would be a mess in a big computer lab with no headphones!

Also we do plan to put in some teacher customizations, to allow for multiple levels of the same idea

I really like the sample game. I have another product that does well but is not as interesting as yours. I would love to hear the note sound as it is placed correctly on the staff to stimulate ear training. I agree that you need to be careful about how many sound effects you add, esp. in an institutional setting but feel the auditory connection of the note placed on the staff is essential.

Also, how about adding a tab or button leading to a page where teachers could customize lessons, choosing exactly which notes, intervals, etc. to be studied in a specific lesson?

Thanks again for all your hard work and the wonderful products you’ve produced.

Hi Jan and it’s always nice to hear from you. As with the licensing structure, we’ll do what we already do with our CD- ROMs. It’ll be a “one off” affordable purchase which will give you access to the materials in a computer lab or on individual computers. We feel that once you’ve bought it, the choice will be yours as to how you use it and the product should be adaptable to use on the many different tools available to us all as music teachers. So yes- computer lab would be one of the main uses for the product. We love your ideas of the graphics and fireworks- we’ll certainly be developing this into the product. Thanks as always for your feedback.

Hi Jenn, we are hoping for a release in 2-3 months, but this will depend a bit on how quickly we can get the programming and editing of the product done. Now that we’ve shown everyone our initial idea, we’ll be working around the clock to get it all completed ASAP!

I hear you Lynn! This is certainly something we’d be interested in pursuing as we further develop the product. There is never enough more advanced music theory games available at higher levels.

Thanks for this lovely idea Kristi! This would be a great idea for a composition type game.

Hi Douglas and thanks for your honest feedback. You’re right, at the moment the note can actually be placed over the clef sign, so this will need to be modified. I love the idea of the beginning composition game. I’m very interested by this composition game concept. Were you thinking of an arranging type game where the students write it from scratch and then try it out by printing the parts or something else?