What is the VMS?
The Virtual Music School takes music education into the 21st century. It presents essentials about melody, harmony and rhythm in a well-organized series of movies, PDFs, mp3s and animations. The VMS includes clear explanations, playable songs to practice with, ear training material, pages to fill in, puzzles to solve, a Rhythm Gym, II-V-I facilities, and more. It is an integrated package, using multimedia to the max!
WYSIWYH - What You See Is What You Hear
The revolutionary VMS movie concept: as you listen to the audio, you see the notes of the melody, the chord symbols, the analysis and the scales that were used, all simultaneously. This way, music theory that looks complicated in a book becomes easily understood.
This multimedia DVD for music education is a well-organized series with movies, PDFs and mp3s for music education in a highly transparent interface. Its linear structure with many cross-references makes it easy to step in at any level – to stay on track and to go where you need to go to become a better musician.
Features:
- Explanatory movies show audio, notes, analyses and scale material simultaneously
- Detailed explanation of musical vocabulary, basic forces and phrasing issues
- Sections covering all main harmonic subjects, each with an affiliated song
- Music is played by excellent musicians, demonstrating many powerful concepts
- Play-along mp3s for all instruments, with dozens of practical exercises
- PDFs with crystal clear summaries, transparent essays and many tips for practicing
- Exercises: Puzzles with Scale Degrees, Tunes to Analyze and Melodies to Harmonize
- Ear training material with intervals, chords, scales, dictations and progressions
- II-V-I facilities and Rhythm Gym available for in-depth training
- Printable workbook for students and teachers helps to stay organized.
Code Cracking Songs
Most of the Sections of the VMS focus on a specific type of chord progression. Each Section has a song that contains practically every possible construction in which it occurs. Various exercises help you crack its code. Once you master such a VMS song, you will be able to handle any other tune containing that particular progression.
VMS in numbers
- 47 movies
- 4 hours of video
- 75 exercise pages
- 11 original songs
- 174 ear training mp3s
- Over 70 FAQs with answers
- A glossary with over 70 items
- More than 750 hyper links
- 2 GB data.
For whom?
The VMS is for anyone who is interested in the construction of music and in improvisation. You must be able to read music at a reasonable level and a certain level of competence on your instrument is required. Working with the material in the VMS (even if you only play the themes) will enhance your reading, playing and hearing abilities. You can go through the content several times, picking up more and more each time.
Using VMS in a group
The VMS contains various exercises you can do with a group.
- The Rhythm Gym contains exciting African percussion patterns. Its layers can be clapped or played with real instruments, with or without using the mp3.
- The examples for using melodic shapes (motives) can be helpful for taking the first steps into the limitless world of improvisation, whether you work individually or with a group.
- Many more of these practical assignments for use in classrooms available!
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