Harmonic Vision - Music Ace Deluxe
Complete Music Lessons For Beginners!
Pitch, Ear Training, Music Theory, Sight Reading, Scales, Rhythm, Melody, Harmony, Key Signatures and Much More

Music Ace Deluxe combines 36 of the highly-engaging music lessons from the award-winning Music Ace and Music Ace 2 products into a single, carefully sequenced product.

Designed by music education professionals, Music Ace Deluxe is a comprehensive series of music lessons and games that teach beginning music students of all ages the basics of music theory, rhythm, pitch, note reading, listening, and the keyboard. No previous musical experience or instrument is required.

Under the guidance of animated tutor Maestro Max, students are led through a carefully sequenced series of music lessons. Used alone or as a complement to traditional music lessons, this program will challenge, engage and motivate music students and help them succeed by mastering important music concepts and skills.

Music Ace Deluxe also includes the creative Music Doodle Pad that allows beginners to easily compose and hear their own musical creations. The Music Doodle Pad alone provides many hours of fun and learning.

This program will challenge, engage and motivate music students and help them succeed by mastering important music concepts and skills.

• Easy to use, self-paced learning
• Complements traditional music instruction
• Appropriate for students of any instrument
• Create and play your own music
• Compatible with General MIDI keyboards (optional)

Educator Versions

Whats Great About Music Ace

Awards, Reviews & Endorsements

MUSIC ACE MAESTRO VERSIONS

Educator Version - Designed for the teaching classroom. Tracks the progress up to 240 students. Licensed for a single computer. Includes 1 CD-ROM, 1 User's Guide and 1 Teacher's Guide*.

Educator Lab Packs - These are pre- packaged standard educator versions with a license for multiple seats. Educator Lab Packs are available in 5+, 10+, and 30+ seat configurations. More seats can be added to any of these configurations at an additional charge. Includes 1 CD-ROM, 1 Teacher's Guide* and 1 User's Guide.

Network Version - These versions are designed to run in a networked lab environment. Tracks the progress of up to 3600 students on the network - 60 students per class x 60 classes. Educator Network Packs are available in 5+, 10+, and 30+ seat configurations. More seats can be added to any of these configurations at an additional charge. Includes 1 CD-ROM, 1 User's Guide, 1 Teacher's Guide*, and 1 Network Installation Guide.

*Teacher's Guide - Designed by music educators to maximize the usefulness of Music Ace in an educational setting, this Teacher's Guide comes in a three-ring binder and includes a comprehensive User's Guide, activity ideas, black-line masters and a detailed matrix of Music Ace lesson content.

"Many music software programs are boring, or lack a strong curriculum, or are too difficult for young students. Their developers should study this program. It works."
-- Wired Magazine

"Guaranteed hands-down winner...excellent introduction to the basic study of music."
-- PC Gamer

"If you want your students to have fun while learning the fundamentals of music, this program will be a hit."
-- Teaching K-8

"Top 10 New Education Programs"
-- San Diego Union-Tribune

"...combines a serious music training program with whiz-bang graphics and super sound...but what lifts Music Ace above the crowd are all the extras. There are a myriad of games to be played- [and there is] the Music Doodle Pad, a unique feature that allows users to compose their own music using a variety of instrument sounds. For once, a cover blurb such as `Makes Learning Music Fun!' is really truth in advertising."
-- Southtown Daily

"This excellent self-paced course comes with credentials (an associate professor at Northwestern University helped develop it) and top-notch multimedia quality...provides an excellent introduction to music."
-- The Dallas Morning News

"For a program that works as well as it looks- and sounds- try Music Ace. Of all the programs I have tried this year, Music Ace is among the few nearly perfect packages."
-- PC Gamer

"Music Ace is an example of the very best computer programming for music instruction...this product is of the highest professional quality."
-- Pennsylvania Music Educators Association News

"Learning music is easy for young and old alike with Music Ace..."
-- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"My kids love it, but they usually have to drag it away from me, first."
-- Miami Herald

"If anybody in your family is interested in learning about music, then Music Ace is a must, an absolute, 100% sure bet."
-- Big Spring Herald (TX)

"Great musical introduction for students ages 8 to 108."
-- The Lawton Oklahoma Constitution

Music Ace 2 Reviews

"Music Ace 2. A wonderful combination of lessons and games, this CD playfully introduces kids to music fundamentals like notation, rhythm, melody, and harmony. The lessons are tailored to kids’ responses, providing just the right amount of guidance."
-- Working Mother
Super Software: Early School
January 2000

"Music Ace 2 is a great way for kids already familiar with musical basics to learn about more advanced concepts such as rhythm, intervals, and harmony. Using a combination of clever animation, games, and timeless music from Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and other classical masters, Music Ace 2 gives a lesson that you and your children are sure to enjoy."
-- Fortune
Products to Watch
December 6, 1999

"The 24 lessons on such basic music concepts as notation, rhythm, melody, and harmony are fun, engaging, and well designed. You can even attach an electronic keyboard during the lessons, but the goal of the program is to teach fundamental music concepts, with or without an external keyboard. This program offers a systematic, affordable way to introduce children to music essentials."
-- Better Homes and Gardens
The Year’s Best Educational Software and Toys
December, 1999

"Teaches basic music concepts like notation, harmony, rhythm and melody."
-- The Chicago Tribune, Parade
Choosing The Right Digital Tutor
November 28, 1999

"Best Software Titles of 1999."
-- Working Mother

"I was so wildly impressed with this program that if one award were to be given this year, I would hand it over promptly to Harmonic Vision, the developers of this program. Aside from the fact that this program truly teaches kids how to write music, understand rhythm, melody, harmony, syncopation, time signature and all the music basics, the program is just plain captivating. Twenty-four lessons are packed into this program that turns your computer into a veritable midi-system, while a creative doodle pad makes composing music a visual and auditory extravaganza. Take a look at this one right away. Your family will be fighting for their turn at the keyboard."
-- Janice White, National Parenting Publications Association Judge and Columnist

"...an ideal supplement to one-on-one music instruction" that "uses delightful animation in a crisp, well-structured learning environment to walk anyone older than around 8 years old through the world of rhythm, harmony, syncopation, standard notation, melody and time signatures...."
-- Larry Blasko, The Associated Press

"This sequel to the excellent Music Ace is even better than [the] original. The 24 lessons on basic music concepts like notation, rhythm, melody and harmony are fun, engaging and very well designed. You can attach a midi keyboard during the lessons, but the goal of the program is to teach fundamental music concepts, much of which is accomplished without an external keyboard. This program offers a systematic, affordable way to introduce children to music essentials."
-- Children's Software Revue, September/October 1999

"Each lesson involves a lesson followed by a game, although game is a gentle word: they are really exercises in ear training and rhythm that are more useful than what typically passes for entertainment on children's software."
-- Bruce Headlam, The New York Times

"Whether you or the kids want to learn more about standard notation, beat and tempo, quarter notes or time signatures, you'll find it covered with humor and excellence."
-- Mike Madson, Computer Bits Radio Show

"Programs like Music Ace 2 are an excellent form of [music] instruction for children."
-- Gadget Girl, WBZ Television, Boston

"...the most comprehensive music theory software. You've got to see it to believe it!"
-- School Band & Orchestra Magazine

Music Ace Awards

Mac-nificent
-- MacHome Journal

Recommended
-- Family PC

1997 Technology & Learning Software Award
-- Technology & Learning Magazine

4 CD-ROMS
-- PC/Computing Magazine

National Parenting Center Seal of Approval
-- National Parenting Center

Four Mice
--Macworld

Notable Computer Software Award
-- Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association

1/2
5.0 Value Rating (Highest possible)
-- Children's Software Revue

Exemplary Rating
-- California Instructional Technology Clearinghouse

1997 EDDIE (Educational Software Review) Award
-- ComputED Learning Lab

1996 Parents' Choice Gold Award
-- Parents' Choice Foundation

(Educational Value)
--LearningWare Reviews

1996 Parents' Choice Gold Award
-- Parents' Choice Foundation

(Educational Value)
--SuperKids Software Review

Bronze Award
--Kids Out! Magazine

-- Macworld UK

"Outstanding"
-- CUE (Computer-Using Educators) Newsletter, July/August 1996

Gold Seal Award [Best Children's Software]
-- Oppenheim Toy Portfolio

Only the Best: The Annual Guide to the Highest-Rated Software and Multimedia
--Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Best Children's Music Program
--The 18 Best and 25 Worst Educational Software Programs, KID SmartWare

All Star Software (Top 34 out of 1540 titles)
-- Children's Software Revue

"Best Bet"
-- PC Gamer Holiday Buyer's Guide

"100 Best PC Gifts"
-- Family PC

"Top 10 New Programs"
-- San Diego Union-Tribune

E.R.I.C. Award (Best Music Software)
-- Homeschool PC

5 Hearts (Highest Rating, 1997 and 1998
-- Practical Homeschooling

Editor's Choice
-- J.W. Pepper (music publication)

"Most Innovative Educational Product" (Nominee)
-- The Music and Sound Retailer

"1996 Buyers Guide: Multimedia Home Companion for Parents and Kids: A Guide to the Best in Interactive Media for Children" [Included in Creativity and Music Category]
-- Warner Books

Music Ace 2 Awards