MiDisaurus Music School Teacher Subscription is an annual license to the MiDisaurus curriculum which is designed to support the teaching and learning of music in elementary levels. MiDisaurus Music develops real music skills, the understanding of music in relation to history and culture and fosters the ability to be musically creative. An edutainment approach holds the student's interest with colorful animation, fun-filled games, songs and activities. Recently added content includes additional revision exercises, a solfege section, a selection of keyboard pieces with an adjustable metronome, and guided composition exercises (including a junior notation program). Teacher tools include enhanced record-keeping and the ability to assign teacher chosen content as lessons over the internet.
MiDisaurus Music School Teacher Subscription includes the Teacher install for 1 computer and the Student install for 5 computers. Additional computer installs are available at the same school (please contact us for ordering information for additional computer installs).
Allows a maximum of 30 classes of 80 students each.
System Requirements:
Windows:
Windows XP, Vista, 7
Hard Disk with 4 GB of free space available
DVD-ROM drive
Internet connection (required for activation and sending or receiving lessons)
Mac:
Mac OS X
Hard Disk with 4 GB of free space available
DVD-ROM drive
Internet connection (required for activation and sending or receiving lessons)
MiDisaurus Curriculum:
1) Introduction: Computer Basics; Hands & Fingers; Fast & Slow in Music; Opposites in Music; Sounds Around Us; Body Percussion
2) The Musical Keyboard: Black Keys Activities; Black Keys Songs; The White Keys; White Keys ABCDEFG
3) Note Values: Quarter & Half Notes (1); Quarter & Half Notes (2); Whole Note; Quarter, Half & Whole Notes; Songs in Quarter & Half Notes; Dotted Half Note: Eighth Note; Dotted Quarter Note; Sixteenth Note; Dotted Eighth Note; Note Values Revision
4) The Staff: The Treble Staff; The Bass Staff; The Grand Staff; The Space Notes; The Line Notes; The Ledger Lines (Treble); The Ledger Lines (Bass); The Staff Revision
5) Dynamics: f & p; ff, pp, mf & mp; Crescendo & Diminuendo
6) Accidentals: Sharps & Flats; Natural Sign; Accidentals Revision
7) Articulation: Accent; Tie; Slur; Legato & Staccato; Fermata
8) Key Signature: Key Signature (Sharps); Key Signature (Flats); Key Signature (Sharps & Flats); Key Signature (C, F, G Major); Key Signature (G, D, A Major); Key Signature (G, D, F Major); Key Signature Revision
9) Time Signature: 2-4, 3-4, 4-4 Time Signature (1); 2-4, 3-4, 4-4 Time Signature (2); 3-8 Time Signature; 6-8 Time Signature; More Time Signatures - Introduction of the 2-2, 3-2, and 4-2 time signatures
10) Rhythmic Patterns: Accompaniment Patterns; Anacrusis; Answering Rhythms - Introduction to rhythmic questions and answers; Ostinato; Triplets
11) Introducing Solfege: Doh to Mi; Doh to Soh; Doh to Hi-Doh; Drill in C; The Staff; The Grand Staff
12) About Intervals: Steps & Skips, Semitones & Tones; Intervals 2nd & 3rd; Intervals 4th & 5th; Intervals 6th and 7th; The Octave; Intervals Revision
13) Introducing Scales: Tetrachords C, G, D, A, E, B, F#; Tetrachords Gb, Db, Ab, Eb, Bb, F: The Major Scales Ascending & Descending - Review exercises for key signature and scale recognition; The major Scales and Key Signatures; Blues & Pentatonic Scales
14) Finger Positions on Keyboard: Middle C Close Position: C Position; C, F, G Position (Group 1); Chord I in C, F, G; D, E, A Position (Group 2); B Position; Db, Eb, Ab Position (Group 3) Bb & Gb Position (Group 4)
15) More Chords on Keyboard: The Chord V7; The Group 3 V7 Chords; The V7 Chord - Harmony; The Group 4 V7 Chords; 5-Finger minor & minor chord I; The Chord IV; Chords i-iv-V7-I; Major, Minor & Diminished Chords; Major Augmented Chords; Tonic Triads; Chords Revision
16) Easy Keyboard Pieces: Finger Drills in C; Keyboard Pieces in C (1); Keyboard Pieces in C (2); Keyboard Pieces in C (3); Keyboard Pieces in C (4); Keyboard Pieces in C (5); Keyboard Pieces in G (1); Keyboard Pieces in G (2); Keyboard Pieces in F; Classical Pieces; Contemporary Pieces; Ensemble Practices
17) The Great Composers: Bach, Mozart & Beethoven; The Baroque Period - Bach, Vivaldi & Handel; The Classical Period - Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven; The Romantics Period - Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Schubert & Schumann; The Late Romantics Period - Dvorak, Strauss, Tchaikovsky & Wagner; The Composers Summary; Musical Forms
18) Musical Instruments: Orchestral Instruments; World Instruments; More World Instruments; Percussion Instruments; The Piano, String Instruments; Listening Activities (1); Listening Activities (2)
19) Songs to Sing-Along: Hands & Fingers; 2 and 3 Black Keys; When I was little; Sing-Along 1; Sing-Along 2; Sing-Along 3; Sing-Along 4; Sing-Along 5; Sing-Along 6
20) Fun Composition Activities: Picture Compositions: Fun With Music Mixing; Guided Composition Activities; Junior Notation Suite
21) Copy & Writing Music: Rewriting Notes & Rests: Beaming of Notes
22) Theory of Composition: Structure of Songs; Coda & Phrasing; Patterns & Sequence; Theme & Variation; Question & Answer: Binary & Ternary Forms
23) Modern Music & Technology: Pop Music & Genre; MIDI & Music Technology
24) Revision Aids for Teachers: Revision Flashcards; Music Dictionary
