Auralia & Musition News
Ear training and music theory articles, plus conversations in music education & technology
Melodic Error Detection
15th August 2024
Auralia now includes 500+ melodic error detection questions where students have to identify performance errors in a played excerpt and edit the displayed notation to match what was performed. These exercises are fantastic for preparing students for real-world situations where they may need to identify and correct mistakes in rehearsals or performances.
Tuning
15th August 2024
Auralia now includes 200+ new questions to help students improve pitch perception and identify intonation issues.
Ear Training Olympics
14th August 2024
Go for gold!
The 'Ear Training Olympics' offer students the chance to hone their aural and musicianship skills whilst participating in multiple 'events' including basketball, surfing, swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, skateboarding, boxing and volleyball. This worksheet incudes questions on meter, tonality, instrument identification, density, form, genre, tuning, rhythm imitation and contour that are appropriate for middle school and high school students.
Fundamentals Courses
14th August 2024
The Theory & Aural I Drills (found under Courses in Auralia & Musition) are a series of carefully scaffolded assignments to build mastery in music fundamentals and musicianship. With adaptive learning technology, every student is working at their optimum level.
Instruments of the Orchestra
15th August 2024
Musition now features five new courses based around the instruments of the orchestra. Each course focuses on a particular instrument family and includes questions on instrument recognition, sound production, clefs, pitch, techniques, terms and symbols.
