Notion Music Conducting

Imagine placing the sounds of the entire London Symphony Orchestra into the hands of the Conducting class – every day. Students can master the nuances of conducting by leading classmates exactly as if they were an entire ensemble with actual instruments.

Augmenting existing curricula with NOTION Conducting provides full class involvement (with an element of fun), immediate feedback, useful homework, independent score study, and frees the instructor to concentrate on each individual student's continued improvement.

Workbook Curriculum

The workbook includes Conducting fundamentals, exercises, and scores arranged in increasing difficulty. Titles include:

• Bach: Chorale 
• Holst: Second Suite for Band, Mvt. III
• Ravel: Mother Goose Suite excerpts
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, Mvt. I
• Mozart: Overture to the Magic Flute
• Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture
• Wagner: Prelude to Tristan and Isolde
• Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
• Puccini: “Mi Chiamano Mimi” – with a real soprano voice

Software Features

The plug-and-play software requires no special technical skills: just open a score and start playing. Students can:

• Control tempo by tapping on a computer or MIDI keyboard.
• Play certain instruments or sections from built-in layouts or audio mixer.
• Visually progress through the score during playback with no page breaks.
• Start on any beat and jump to specific measures or rehearsal marks.
• Edit dynamics, articulations, or metronome marks and instantly hear the result.
• Watch full-motion videos of lessons, exercises, and scores in the workbook.
• Learn to hear wrong notes and other deviations from the original score.

Computer Specifications

PC

Minimum:

• Windows XP (SP2)
• 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 or equiv.
• 1 GB RAM
• 3 GB free disk space

Recommended:

• Windows XP (SP2) or Vista
• 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo or equiv.
• 2 GB RAM
• 3 GB free disk space

MAC

Minimum:

• OSX: 10.4.11
• 2.3 GHz G5 or equiv.
• 1 GB RAM
• 3 GB free disk space

Recommended:

• OSX: 10.4.11 or later
• 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo or equiv.
• 2 GB RAM
• 3 GB free disk space