Re: The prognosis for alt.guitar is good
- From: "=Guitar Man=" <shannon.wayne@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 20 Jan 2006 00:36:28 -0800
Welcome to eMusicTheory!
eMusicTheory.com provides online tools for teachers and students of
basic music theory, everywhere.
If you're teaching music, as a subscriber to eMusicTheory.com you can
manage your student list, give out assignments, and check student
scores, all online. More info....
If you're learning music, you can use free online games to practice
your skills. More info....
To get started with the games, click "Music practice" (on the left).
NEW: You can now purchase and download software that will let you run
the drills directly on your computer! More info....
News
| 15 August, 2005 |
The changes are mostly MIDI support and features for teachers:
· MIDI input support: You can now use an attached MIDI keyboard to
enter your answers for all of the applicable drills in the downloadable
software.
· Student groups for teachers: you can now divide your students into
groups -- plus you have the option of giving assignments to an entire
group at a time with a single click.
· Also for teachers: You can now copy an existing assignment into a
new one (instead of making the new one from scratch every time).
· Various small changes to the drills to make them easier to use.
| 1 May, 2005 |
eMusicTheory now has a discussion forum -- students can get help with
their music theory questions, teachers can discuss instruction methods,
and anyone can offer suggestions on how to make eMusicTheory a better
place.
There are also a few changes to the drills and interactive exercises:
· The Rhythm drills (Dictation and Performance) now have a "silent"
mode like the other drills (using flashing lights to replace the
audible metronome).
· Two new Interactive Exercises: C-Clef Note Names and Intervals --
try them out at Interactive learning.
· All of these updates have been made in the downloadable software as
well. If you own the software, check your email for a software update
message with instructions on getting the new version.
| 20 March, 2005 |
One big update and a couple of smaller ones:
· Finally, stand-alone software for everyone who wants to run the
drills offline, on their own computers (or on computers without
internet access). It's cheap (only $12!), and these purchases will help
fund further development here.
· For teachers: added the guitar and rhythm drills to the list for
building assignments.
· For teachers and students: now you can see the details of your
assignment right next to the drill. No more wondering how many you have
to get right!
· Updated the audio for the guitar and rhythm drills.
· Updated the message displayed when a student score wasn't good
enough to meet the assignment.
· Other little website changes to keep everything running smoothly.
| 13 February, 2005 |
Lots of updates:
· New drills! Guitar Note Reading, Rhythm Dictation, and Rhythm
Notation. Try them out, and send in feedback if you have ideas for
improvements. (Note: the long notes in the rhythms sound shaky, and the
guitar sounds like a piano... these will be fixed soon.)
· A new feature: interactive learning. There are only a few so far:
Note Names, Piano, and Guitar. More to come! Click the "Interactive
learning" link on the left to try them out.
· Updates to the Key Signature Drill: now it's much easier to see
what's a "hint" and what's not, plus if you choose the option "Just
tell me major or minor", now that part of your answer is automatically
filled in.
· Teachers: Your student list has a new link next to it -- click on
"Progress Report" to see a page with that student's list of
assignments, if a score was reported, and when.
| 15 September, 2004 |
First, some updates to the teacher's view on the website:
· On the score list page, now you can delete individual scores. This
is useful if students submitted multiple scores.
· Also on the scores page, now you can click a column heading to sort
the list (by submit date, student name, or assigment completed).
I also updated the website and the drills to make reporting scores
safer. A few students were running into problems reporting scores, so
this will make sure that the score isn't lost: now, if there is any
problem reporting a score, the drill program will try to report the
score in a new browser window, and include a web address in the drill's
error message that can be used to report the score if necessary.
| 29 August, 2004 |
A few updates (been busy this month moving from New York to Michigan),
mostly adding website features instead of changing drills (though I
also fixed a few bugs with score reporting in the Intervals drill):
· Students can now see on the assignment list if they've sent in a
score and completed the assignment. The page also shows if they
submitted a "best effort" score but didn't fulfill the assignment yet.
· The assignment list for students is now easier to read.
· Teachers with less than 30 days left on their subscription will now
see a message in red text when they log in, showing how many days are
remaining.
| 17 June, 2004 |
Lots of changes to the practice drills:
· Smart accidentals (scales): natural signs and cautionary accidentals
are now automatically shown as needed.
· New options for note names: Do Re Mi Fa So La Si, and C D E F G A H.
· Larger, easier-to-click staff for chords and scales.
· New scale: added the blues scale (the "blue" note only needs to be
enharmonically correct).
· Smarter question engine (all drills): now you won't see a repeat
note/scale/chord until you've done them all.
Students who are doing assignments will still be using the previous
stable versions, for a week or so.
| 25 February, 2004 |
I updated the practice drills, mostly with a lot of changes that you
won't be able to see but which will hopefully make the drills work
better with newer browsers (NOTE: I'm not supporting older browsers
like Netscape 3.0 anymore). So if you've had problems before, make sure
to try the new versions of the practice drills, and let me know how it
goes! Students who are doing assignments will still be using the
previous stable versions, for a week or so.
| 05 February, 2004 |
I've been working a lot on changes you won't really see (just making
the site run better), but I've also made a few changes the teachers
will probably like: the assignments page is easier to read, and lists
how many scores have been reported so far (and the date of the last
one). The scores list page itself is also easier to read (same thing
with the printed version, when you click that "Print" link), plus now
it lists the students who HAVEN'T submitted a successful score yet,
instead of just listing the scores you have so far. Try it out! I've
also made a lot of internal changes to the drills, but I'm still
testing (I'm hoping to fix the problems some Apple users have run
into).
| 17 November, 2003 |
eMusicTheory is accepting the first teacher subscriptions! For this
first step, we're limiting it to teachers with less than 75 students.
If you work with more students, you have two options -- you can wait a
little while for the next phase, or you can run a "pilot" program with
just one or two classes. This will give you a chance to see how you and
your students like it, and you can make suggestions for improvements
you'd like to see before the next stage!
We are also not yet accepting online payments (check or money order
only). Online payments need a little more testing, but I'm expecting to
enable them soon.
| 09 November, 2003 |
Many of you have been asking when I'll be accepting subscriptions
(understandably... read the news below where I keep hinting it'll be
within a week... as weeks pass!). The good news is that all of the
important changes I needed to make are done, but I've still been
handling a number of little problems reported by beta testers and
teachers trying out the test teacher account. I've fixed all of those
issues, plus added in a few helpful features, like a printable version
of the scores list, and better handling of the demo account (a number
of people thought it was safe to use with their students... it's not,
because that same demo account is shared by anyone who wants a demo!).
I'm going to wait another week (I'm sorry!) to make sure that I haven't
introduced any new problems with these changes, then I'll start
accepting subscribers. Thanks again to everyone who's been sending
encouraging emails!
| 09 October, 2003 |
Many of you probably noticed that the site was returning errors
recently. I made some important changes to the website design to
address those problems. The good news is the updates have gone
smoothly, I've ironed out more bugs thanks to the beta testers, and I
expect to be accepting subscribers in about a week. I apologize for the
delays... but it's important to postpone taking on paying subscribers
until the site is stable.
| 14 September, 2003 |
I made a few fixes and enhancements based on feedback from a beta
tester teacher (thanks, Sam). I also added a Downloads page (nothing
really there yet), a page of links to other sites where you can learn
music theory, and I turned on the help system - try clicking the little
question mark on the upper right, on any page! There isn't a lot in
there yet, but the list of questions and answers will grow as more
people use the site.
| 07 August, 2003 |
I wrote a new page all about the origins of eMusicTheory.com for anyone
who's interested (or if you're wondering what happened to the Java
Music Theory website).
| 24 July, 2003 |
eMusicTheory.com is born! For those of you coming from the old
JavaMusic site that was hosted at Hamilton College: make yourself at
home. This new site will continue to offer everything that the old one
did, plus much more. A lot of you asked me about running the games
without being connected to the internet -- that's the next thing I'm
working on.
If you're a teacher interested in subscribing, you'll have to wait a
few weeks while I do more testing and add a few more important
features. If you want to try out some of the features that will be
available, you can log in as a teacher and wander around:
username: teacher
password: music
Also feel free to try out the drills I have so far (use the "Music
practice" link on the left). For now, don't worry too much if you run
into any problems on the site -- it's a work in progress, and there are
a few kinks I need to iron out before it is fully operational.
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