Content Changes - Version 6
Auralia 6 and Musition 6 have extensive syllabus, test, quiz, worksheet and course changes. Details below!
General Notes
- Syllabi from V4 and V5 are now hidden and cannot be easily accessed
- Tests and Courses using Syllabi from V4 and V5 will continue to work
New Topics
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Syllabus Changes
These syllabi have all been comprehensively revised, with improved content and level structures. Library content has been included in many topics, using notation and audio examples.
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Syllabus Changes - Library Integration
These topics have all had library content included in their levels, sometimes mixed with the generated content, giving students a great variety of questions. Audio and notation files have been used.
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Syllabus Changes - Level Changes
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| Chord Progressions | Levels restructured to isolate the introduction of specific harmonic vocabulary across major and minor keys |
| Advanced Chord Progressions | Levels restructured to isolate the introduction of specific harmonic vocabulary across major and minor keys |
| Meter Recognition | Revised to incorporate new audio based questions |
| Jazz Forms | Revised to incorporate new audio based questions |
| Chord Recognition | Revised to give more emphasis to learning the 4 main triad types before introducing inversions |
| Tonality | New levels added including modes and whole tone, octatonic and polytonal excerpts |
| Chord Singing | Revised to give more emphasis to learning the 4 main triad types before introducing inversions |
| Melodic Dictation | Revised to incorporate new audio based questions |
| Atonal Melodic Dictation | Two new levels added including whole tone, octatonic and polytonal excerpts |
| Rhythmic Dictation | Revised to incorporate new audio based questions |
| Compositional Devices | Two new levels added including concepts like Alberti bass, walking bass, cannon, imitation, countermelody, accompaniment, doubling, and ostinato. |
| Texture | One new level added, including questions with heterophonic excerpts |
| Interval Recognition | New levels introduced where the student has to distinguish between only Whole Steps (Tones) and Half Steps (Semitones) |
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| Chords | Revised to give more emphasis to learning the 4 main triad types before introducing inversions |
| Diatonic Chords | Revised to disable the 'Display first note' option for all levels |
| Scales | Two new beginner levels introduced |
| Intervals | New levels introduced where the student has to identify intervals by size only, and also a level that has the student distinguishing between Whole Step (Tone) vs Half Step (Semitone) |
| Compositional Devices | Two new levels added including concepts like Alberti bass, walking bass, cannon, imitation, countermelody, accompaniment, doubling, and ostinato. |
Test Changes
- All updated to use revised syllabi
- New topics added where appropriate
- Extra levels added for various subject areas
To see details of revised tests, simply run Test Information reports from within Auralia and Musition.
Course Changes
- All updated to use revised syllabi
- New topics added where appropriate
- Extra levels added for various subject areas
- Courses all reviewed to ensure that that topics and levels align correctly to the course level
To see details of revised courses, simply run Course Information reports from within Auralia and Musition.