Sibelius Auralia 4 - Windows

Auralia's interactive tuition makes ear training easy and fun. It guides students through hundreds of graded exercises, and gives instant feedback. You can even play or sing answers using a MIDI keyboard or microphone. Auralia automatically marks the exercises so students can use it on their own, freeing up hours of teaching time. It even records student results so you can monitor their progress over time.

Auralia is perfect for schools, colleges, universities and anyone learning or teaching an instrument.

"The Sibelius suite of educational software has revolutionised my music teaching. In particular Auralia has made ear training much more accessible for students and has enabled me to set out-of-class activities that I was previously unable to do.

I use Auralia with whole classes via an interactive whiteboard and set groups of pupils individual tasks. Individual pupils can keep detailed personalised records of their progress. In my school Auralia transformed ear training from being a time consuming activity with whole classes to a much more individualised learning experience that is made accessible and enjoyable."

Matthew Haworth, Egglescliffe School,
Stockton-on-Tees, England

• 15 new topics
• support for multiple syllabi
• level customisation
• enhanced notation
• bright new interface
• All the features of Auralia 2

"Well designed, discrete programs such as these can only enhance and reinforce children's musical skills and help prepare them for the joy of playing with other young musicians"

Times Educational Supplement

Interactive testing

Auralia has hundreds of exercises from beginner to advanced levels, covering 26 topics (plus 15 new ones in Auralia 3) such as:

• Identify & sing intervals, and notes from chords
• Melodic and rhythmic dictation
• Identify cadences
• Recognize and correct poor tuning
• Sing upper or lower part of a two-part phrase
• Write down chord progressions

The tests are designed for classical, jazz and rock/pop students, with special exercises on jazz/contemporary scales, chords and progressions.

Select, play or sing

Some tests in Auralia have multiple-choice questions; others let you answer by clicking an on-screen piano keyboard, playing on a MIDI keyboard; Auralia even lets you sing into a microphone!

"What a joy to have it [ear training] all done for you!"

Advance quickly

Auralia has graded levels, so students can progress to more advanced exercises as they improve.

When a student has mastered a topic at a particular level and is achieving good test marks, 'The Professor' will automatically move them up to the next level. You can even create your own tests to suit your students' requirements.

Track student progress

Auralia records all your results, for you to view on screen or print out.

You can print student and class results in any of 25 useful reports, and marks are compiled over time so you can monitor students' progress from week to week.

If you use a network, all student results are stored in a single central database, whichever computer they work on.

Complete reference

If you get stuck, or need some extra help, Auralia includes detailed on-screen reference information, with helpful music examples to listen to.

Educational levels

• Primary/Elementary

• Secondary/High School

• University/College

• Instrument lessons

Computer requirements

Pentium or faster, Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/NT4 or later, 32Mb+ RAM, 50Mb free hard disk space, CD-ROM drive, soundcard, MIDI keyboard (optional). Microphone recommended. If you have - or are thinking of buying - Windows Vista, please see notes on the compatibility of Sibelius products with Windows Vista.