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Morton Subotnick's Making More Music

Win/Mac CD-ROM

$29.99   


Rated E for Everyone

"Making More Music is brimming with interactivity and can certainly inspire and instruct any budding musician."

– Family Fun Magazine

Overview

Discover an exciting, new way for kids to become a composer, musician, and audience all at once. Learn the basics of rhythm, theme and variation, and search the virtual encyclopedia. Write and edit music with an easy-to-use graphical interface, print and save compositions, and play games that enhance musical understanding. Choose from over two dozen instruments. Pick up the baton and conduct your virtual orchestra!

Making More Music by Morton Subotnick will inspire children in their musical pursuits by offering them the opportunity to act as composer, performer, and audience. The process is simple: draw notes on an animated screen, experiment with different instruments, and assemble sections of a score. Through games and easy-to-use music-making tools, children are exposed to a unique, creative learning experience that brings the musical heritage of Western culture to life.

Ages 8 and up.

Morton Subotnick is one of the pioneers in the development of electronic music and an innovator in works involving instruments and other media, including interactive computer music systems. The work that brought Subotnick celebrity was Silver Apples of the Moon (1966-67). It was commissioned by Nonesuch Records, marking the first time an original large-scale composition had been created specifically for the disc medium. His distinguished career has included works for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, theatre, multimedia productions, music software and website. Subotnick's academic career includes teaching positions at Mills College, New York University, Yale University, and The California Institute of Arts, of which he was a founding member. Since 1998 he has developed a series of Children's educational music software programs: Making Music, Making More Music, Hearing Music and Playing Music.

From our partner VIVA Media.

Features


Musical Styles Screen



Scales Screen
(click to enlarge)

Compose, Conduct and Listen!

With Making More Music, you’ll learn about composing and be the maestro as you draw musical notes, experiment with different instruments, and put together the components of a score. Renowned American composer, Morton Subotnick puts your inspiration and creativity to work in this totally unique music learning game.

Compose in the style of Mozart, Beethoven, Byrd, Chopin, or your own!

Print out your melodies or save them in your Composition Books


Educational games

  • Chamber Music and Rhythm Band interactive sections featuring more than 2 dozen instruments.
  • Theme and Variation segments illustrate fundamental concepts of tempo, scale, and musical notation.
  • Games and easy-to-use Music-Making Tools
  • Virtual Encyclopedia of Music with 50 entries

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Requirements

System Requirements

Windows:
Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP/Vista
CD-ROM drive, sound card, 256+ color display
speakers or headphones
16 MB of free RAM 		Macintosh:
Mac OS 8+ or Mac OS X
CD-ROM drive, 256+ color display
speakers or headphones
16 MB of free RAM

Questions about system requirements? Contact our technical support department.

Academic Lab Packs

Educator Lab Packs

Making More Music is also available in discounted multi-station lab packs and site licenses for schools.
For more information, please contact the eMedia Educational Sales Department.

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