Music Ace Deluxe

Fifty bucks for a program that runs in 640x480 and looks like something installed from a floppy disk is tough. I seem to be learning from it anyway, so that's good, but I have to knock at least one star off purely for the presentation quality. You can't argue that this wouldn't be a more effective learning tool, especially with younger people, if it were visually up to date. The midi and wav audio is nothing to write home about either. If something like this were made today I'm sure it would use real instrument samples instead of midis.I also have an issue with the 'echo this rhythm' stuff. You're expected to repeat rhythms by syncing your mouse clicks or space bar taps, which is very awkward and difficult at times. I've tried for at least an hour to pass one particular section where you're required to repeat rhythms from 4 different instruments 2 or 3 times in a row without error - quite frustrating, and definitely not something my younger self would do willingly for more than 15 minutes (unless my parents had me on Ritalin or something).All in all, it serves its purpose, but I wish I could have found a more modern piece of software, especially considering the price.

worked great for YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS....No More....Now with OSX High Sierra, the professor's voice has been silenced. The instruments still play, but Music Ace Deluxe is seriously crippled without the professor's voice...Harmonic Vision could NOT solve the problem. I tried everything they suggested...They said an update is coming Fall 2018 maybe?This beautiful software from 2004 just doesn't fully work anymore,even though I respect and LOVE its design (for its intended purpose - fun music lessons and games).

I have been teaching 22 years as a certified music teacher. Don't hesitate to trust Music Ace with beginning music students, advancing students who need to sure up some gaps and vocabulary, and adults who want a good-natured and very engaging second chance at music literacy. Don't miss the available demo and session titles.As I was finishing my Masters thesis on computer-assisted music instruction in the early 90s, I was introduced to Music Ace through available demos. I was able to acquire it for my students through the years in educational versions and eventually network versions of Music Ace and Music Ace 2 for my school. I purchased both titles in the single versions for my own children at home. I dedicated a summer to assisting my daughter and son through all 48 sessions. They were able to advance immediately in their private piano lessons. Music Ace was a factor in their public school band performance. My students and I are now enjoying Music Ace Maestro which is all 48 sessions from the two titles above. Harmonic Vision's Music Ace Deluxe has managed to keep the best and most essential 36 sessions under one title for home or other settings. I recently purchased two copies of Deluxe (for my father and my sister). My father is using it to instruct musicians and music leaders in the rural church where he is pastor. My sister is including it in her home school curriculum with her five children.Today I continue to see the advantages of having another virtual instructor in my elementary classroom. Music Ace motivates, instructs, customizes drills and individualizes the progress of each student while maintaining progress records on all of them. Music Ace Deluxe will do the same for up to 10 re-assignable users at home or in the studio. I consider it appropriate for new readers with assistance all the way through music novices in high school. It is a great compliment to private music lessons. The foundational content is not insulting. Ear training, music vocabulary, and notation are introduced for students with no musical experience in a setting that promotes rapt attention and well-sequenced advancement. Staff reading and piano basics are patiently developed within an atmosphere that fosters quick advancement if the skills are demonstrated. As a balance to the patient pace, the element of urgency is effective for the video game generation. With sensitive personalities, this intensity can be moderated by the use of a pause button on lessons and the menu button during game mode. The bonus title, Doodle Pad, makes a light first impression until you see its vast and deep application as an instructional tool for demonstration, music literature, and creativity. It is accessible to the youngest of students and challenging to the advanced student. Instant transposition and the option to save original work make it very versatile. I am waiting for Doodle Pad to be offered with and option for traditional rhythmic notation and print capability. At the price of Music Ace Deluxe, this all constitutes a value with enduring and broad applications. In 20 or so years on the market, nothing else in its class can approach it, let alone replaced.

I bought this for my violin beginner 11 year old on the strength that it had pictures of violin players on the box. I wanted her to get comfortable with reading music for violin. However none of the software is directed at violin players, but rather just to piano players.Though my daughter is bright and very computer literate this software offered her very little in the way of an interesting learning tool. It may be advertized as good for teaching musical theory but it failed miserably to capture the attention of my daughter.We have a lot of educational software (40+ including Edmark by IBM) ranging from Math, Spelling and Typing games and find this package very limited in functionality and consequently very overpriced!

I worked with it for a while bu t I found out that my sense of rhythm is not what I would have hoped and I abandoned it

IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE LATEST VERSION OF MAC OS. I DID NOT HAVE PROBLEMS RETURNING THE ITEM BUT AMAZON KEPT MY $10 AMAZON STORE COUPON THAT I USED FOR THE PURCHASE!

If you already Music Ace 1 & 2 then this is just a repeat of them. There is nothing new on this program just selected sections from 1&2.

This program is absolutely wonderful. I have always wanted to learn music and how to play some sort of instrument but never did. So when my son was getting ready to start first grade, I felt it was time to look into some sort of music lessons. Well, with my husband bringing in the only income for our homeschooling family of 5, music lessons are expensive! So with that not being an option I decided to look into some sort of computer programs. This one came highly recommended so I decided to give it a try. It's great. I decided to do 1 lesson everyday each week, and my son is learning music, the vocabulary, and music theory so quickly. After a few weeks he was teaching his grandma things she didn't even know and she's been playing piano for over 40 years! If you have to go the computer route, this program is the one to choose. It really starts you off as a complete beginner and then goes to pretty advanced! There are over 30 lessons, and my son loves the free play the most!

I tried to study music at school and found it a very difficult subject. Now that I have the time I decided to have another attempt. This product came well recommended compared to others, however it seemed expensive but nevertheless I went ahead. It has been a marvellous experience for the following reasons:1) The 36 lessons contain practical exercises with good feedback on one's efforts2) Should one struggle within the lessons, everything is slowed down until one can understand or can play the exercise3) Each lesson comes with an optional game which is great fun and reinforces the learning4) A little cartoon guy called Maestro Max runs the lessons and is great for kids and grown ups5) There is a doodle feature where you can make up your own music and hear it played back. It also comes with a jukebox6) A progress chart is automatically maintained on the lessons one has completed and also records the game's scores7) More than one person can use the system so each member of the family can (separately) do the lessons etc. It won't run without the CD in the drive but that's not an unusual way of protecting IPR.8) You can connect it to external devices, but I have not tried that yet.The graphics are basic compared to current day software, however one is using it to learn about music and it is an excellent tool for that purpose. It does not list compatibility with Windows 7 on the box, but worked fine on my Windows 7 machine.

Having used this as a career4 musici8an and music teacher - and music therapist I cannot recommend this product too highly, especially for children who find music difficult. It simultaneously teaches pitch and thythmic skills whilst being fun and entertaining and is a superb confidence booster. I bought this for my own grandson whyo used to play with it on my laptop.

Very usful