Includes volumes 1, 2, and 3 of the Children's Music Journey series.
Every child can learn all about music from the greatest composers that ever lived!
Children's Music Journey is a beautifully animated, 3-Volume Series that incorporates rigorous pedagogy and ensures kids have fun learning the language of music by taking part in engaging lessons, activities and games. In the home or classroom, students learn to read music, play piano with both hands, improvise and compose.
Early Education
Awarded an A+ by elementary educators, the Children’s Music Journey Series addresses music reading and understanding objectives identified by elementary school music curriculums and is a valued solution for elementary school districts. The program incorporates a "teach, practice, apply" methodology that successfully helps young children learn to read music, play piano with both hands, compose and improvise. The program provides an excellent background for continued development with the piano and is an ideal preparation for band programs. In 2006, the American Federation of Teachers selected CMJ to represent 21st Century elementary music programs. Teacher resources & network licensing available.
Children’s Music Journey incorporates a "teach, practice, apply" methodology that successfully teaches young learners to read music, play piano with both hands, compose and improvise. Children enjoy:
- Interactive lessons taught by famous composers like Beethoven, Bach, Scott Joplin, and more.
- Practice sessions with ‘Miss Melody’, the practice room teacher.
- Learn-to-play songs and famous pieces.
- Games to reinforce theory and make learning fun.
- Composing and improvising with dozens of instruments, sounds, beats, and pre-loaded arrangements from classical to rock ‘n roll.
Volume 1 - Levels 1 to 25
Children's Music Journey Volume 1 is the perfect tool to introduce young children to the language of music, and develop an ability to play the piano. Animated versions of famous composers such as Beethoven, Bach, Joplin and dozens more engage the child from beginning to end of an exciting journey of music discovery, after which your child can read music, play piano with both hands, compose and improvise. The numerous educational and entertaining games and the improvisation room help reinforce theory and ensure kids learn the language of music in a really fun way.
Concepts learned in Volume 1 (25 week program)
- High notes, low notes and middle C
- Repeating short rhythmic patterns
- Variety of great piano works presented with some history
- Directional note sequences, descending/ascending, from/to, middle C
- ‘Double’ notes
- ‘Holding’ notes
- Finger numbers
- Middle C position (either by stepwise movement, or finger number)
- Stepping notes
- Musical alphabet
- Keyboard letter names
- Half notes and whole notes
Volume 2 - Levels 26 to 60
The second volume of the widely acclaimed interactive music education software series, with even more famous animated composers, providing interactive instruction and introducing new musical pieces. Parents and children will love all the activities. This volume offers many fun and exciting games such as Guitar Girl, Metronome Soup, Dueling Musicians, Build a Song, and many more. This title promises to increase your child's musical knowledge, composition, piano playing and improvisation skills, providing months of fun.
Concepts learned in Volume 2 (35 week program)
- Dotted half notes
- Grand staff, treble and bass clef
- Progressive history of music with notable compositions
- Notation of middle C position notes
- Time signatures and bar lines
- Tempo, and Italian terms: andante, allegro, moderato
- Dynamics f, mf, mp, p
- Repeat sign
- Rests
- Playing hands together
- Eighth notes
- Ties
Volume 3 - Levels 61 to 95
Concepts learned in Volume 3 (35 week program)
- Sharps, flats and naturals
- Music history with examples continued
- Notation of standard C position
- Staccato, legato, Accents, Fermata
- Increase range and diversity of repertoire
- Dotted quarter/eighth note patterns
- Intervals of 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th
- Notation of G position
- Introduction of orchestra instruments
- Moving hand positions
- Key signatures
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•Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
•Pentium II, 300MHz
•128+ MB RAM
•250 MB available hard drive space
•CD-ROM drive
•Video: 800 X 600 resolution (256 color recommended)
•Audio: Dedicated sound card with hardware MIDI synthesis
- Speakers and/or headset (microphone optional)
- MIDI keyboard with cable (velocity sensitive recommended)
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• Mac OSX
•Pentium II, 300MHz
•128+ MB RAM
•250 MB available hard drive space
•CD-ROM drive
•Video: 800 X 600 resolution (256 color recommended)
•Audio: Dedicated sound card with hardware MIDI synthesis
- Speakers and/or headset (microphone optional)
- MIDI keyboard with cable (velocity sensitive recommended)
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