A computer program that allows children of all ages and of all skill levels to perform with a professional accompanist.

For Teachers Individualizes your instruction Lets you keep up with a students individual progress You can assign work and document a students results easily Saves time

For Students Prepares them for concerts or recitals Makes home practice fun and easy Develops their skills Makes practicing fun so they enjoy it and want to do it longer and more often

For Administration Affordable An innovative assessment program Allows teacher to give a parent a clear idea of where their child is at Allows music teachers to offer students differentiated learning and individualized instruction

Key Features Repertoire List Intelligent Accompaniment Adjustable Tempo Recording Assessment Impact Grade Book Exercises Tuner Metronome Transposition Practice Loops Fingering Charts Hear Solo/ Accompaniment Line Play By Ear Improvisation Patterns Jazz Exercises

Limitations Could possibly hold back a students music reading skills Could make the transfer to a live accompanist difficult If used to much in a classroom, can take away from the music making experience

Price’s For Teachers For Students 130 Dollars Per Year This is a yearly subscription and a 1 year contract is mandatory This version includes the web-based impact grade book 30 Dollars Per Year This is a yearly subscription as well and a 1 year contract is mandatory

Smartmusic Main Display This is the main page of Smartmusic and what your computer would look like while you were using the program.

Smartmusic on a computer screen

Assignment Window

Smartmusic Microphones Vocal Microphone Instrumental Microphones

Smartmusic being used in the classroom

System Requirements Windows® XP Pentium® 4 or Athlon® 64 class processor or higher* 512 MB RAM DirectX® 9 or later compatible sound card Windows Vista® Pentium® 4 or Athlon® 64 class processor or higher* 1 GB RAM Windows Vista 32-bit edition (64-bit compatible) Windows® Experience Index Processor Subscore of 4.5 or higher DirectX® 10 or later compatible sound card** Macintosh® OS 10.4 (Tiger) 867 MHz G4 processor or higher PPC or Mac-Intel* 512 MB RAM Minimum OS Microphone adaptor***

System Requirements(Continued) Macintosh® OS 10.5 (Leopard) 2 GHz Intel Core Duo processor or higher* 1 GB RAM Microphone adaptor*** All Systems (Windows XP/Vista, Mac OS 10.4 or 10.5) 1GB available disk space CD or DVD-ROM drive Microphone Headphones or speakers Monitor resolution of 1024x768 (800x600 minimum) One available USB port for the optional foot pedal Internet access is required to activate your subscription, to receive and submit assignments via SmartMusic Impact, and to download accompaniments.

Bibliography "Smatmusic." Music Education Technology. 8 Apr Penton Media, Inc. 12 Apr "Smartmusic." Smartmusic. 12 Apr Makemusic. 12 Apr