eMedia Music to Release EarMaster Essential Ear-Training Solution

Jun 08, 2009

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eMedia Music Corp., publisher of the world's best-selling series of music tutorial CD-ROMs, adds EarMaster Essential to their growing line of music software. EarMaster Essential presents an ear training solution with the core features of EarMaster Pro 5 at a lower price. EarMaster Essential will give you all the practical knowledge you need to play in a band or an orchestra with more confidence, or pick up tunes from songs and music that you like. Train your ear, practice music theory and become a better musician today with EarMaster Essential!

You'll understand the music you hear and play better with this easy-to-follow interactive ear training software. EarMaster Essential includes 139 progressive lessons from classical music to rock including jazz chords, swing rhythms and a customized mode to practice according to your own needs. EarMaster Essential will challenge all trained and untrained ears - it is for all vocalists and musicians playing guitar, piano, bass, drums, flute or any other instrument.

Musicians of all levels will learn to identify, transcribe and play intervals, chords and rhythms. User-defined on-screen interfaces for every musician include: staff, multiple-choice, piano, guitar, bass, violin, cello and more. EarMaster Essential will teach you to connect sounds with theory with interval comparison and identification drills, chord recognition and transcriptions, as well as rhythm reading exercises. Highly interactive answer input methods such as MIDI instrument, microphone, plugged-in instrument, or the computer keyboard and mouse allow for maximum flexibility. Exercises will give you instant feedback on your responses and create detailed statistics of your progress. The complexity will increase as you progress. Each exercise will improve different areas of your musical ear!

EarMaster Essential will be released in June 2009 and will be available at computer and retail music stores nationwide with an estimated retail price of $29.95. The CD-ROM will be a hybrid for both Windows (98, 2000, Me, XP and Vista) and Macintosh (OS X 10.4.11+, Intel and Power PC) platforms.