Rising Software Auralia 5 - Ear Training Software (Download)

Auralia 5 from Rising Software is a comprehensive ear training software which employs real music to teach musicians the skills to imitate, compare, sing, identify, and transcribe various musical elements. It offers students of all ages and abilities a drill-based approach to contextual learning, and a fun, engaging way to practice, while giving teachers powerful tools to create customized syllabuses, set tasks and assignments, run exams, and track and assess the progress of their students.

What's New in Version 5

New content library has hundreds of pieces of repertoire ready to use - audio recordings, notation excerpts, questions

Import audio, notation, and images, and map content to curriculum

Create amazing questions using any item in the library, with control over student feedback and response - notation entry, notation highlighting, chord symbol entry, multiple choice, tapping

Integrated notation editor allows you to create your own scores, making it easy to customize melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic dictation exercises

Notation editor offers unlimited parts, unlimited bars, beaming options & anacrusis support, ties & tuplets, MusicXML import, chord symbols (both contemporary and classical)

New test & courses features: Integrate library questions, question banks use library questions, time limits (entire test or individual entries), custom courses (for school curriculum mapping), test & course groups for easier navigation, enhanced reports

New student Home area shows all tasks, tests and courses that have been assigned to each student

Students can see their most recent practice and task activity, complete with scores and timing information - messages from their teacher appear right below

Improved Singing function with new microphone setup wizard to help each student set their optimum input level, ensuring accurate pitch assessment

Students can hear back their singing after it is assessed

New interface retains its trademark simplicity, but with a modern clean look

New interface features include: Improved student feedback (simpler with less clutter), drill revisions with an emphasis on consistency, administration changes (workflow improvements and handy shortcuts)

Practicing

Drill-based learning provides a fun and easy way to practice, assess, and teach ear training

43 ear training topics, each with carefully sequenced levels that gradually introduce students to more difficult drills - beginners and advanced students learn at their own pace

Students receive feedback when answering incorrectly

Includes playback, notation, and text explanations

Content

Content library contains hundreds of audio recordings, notation excerpts, and questions for your students to practice

Teachers can import their own items into the library, using them to create high-quality questions for their students

Integrated notation editor - unlimited parts and bars, control over beaming and grouping, anacrusis support, and ties allow you to create examples quickly and easily

Import and export MusicXML files - reuse any existing notation that you may have

Learning

Each topic has an accompanying Lessons module, where you can learn about the concepts that you will be practicing

Lessons contain text, audio recordings, notation with electronic textbook both at home and in the classroom

Singing

Pitch recognition technology allows students to sing their answers in many of the topics

Microphone setup wizard helps students set their input levels, ensuring accurate assessment

Students can hear back their singing after it is assessed

In the Classroom

Students have unlimited ear training drills to practice

Student scores and progress recorded automatically

Automatic grading and assessment

Easy creation of worksheets, quizzes, and tests

Flexible and comprehensive administration tools

Courses & Tests

Courses & tests are a great way for teachers to supervise student activity and deliver curriculum-relevant content

Give the teacher absolute control over the number and type of questions that students will attempt

When creating tests, the questions may come from any syllabus, topic or level, and you can also include library questions

Test scores are stored separately and tests can be taken multiple times if required

Courses are sequenced pathways that include questions and lessons - teacher can set thresholds that must be hit before a student can progress to the next stage

Syllabus Support

Designed to support multiple syllabuses, so that students can practice ear training topics relevant to the curriculum they are using

Syllabuses Included

Auralia 5 Complete

AP* Music Theory

Band

Jazz

Florida State MTA

GCSE

New Zealand

Trinity

VCE

Western Australia

Queensland

Solfege - Fixed Do

Solfege - Moveable Do La

Solfege - Moveable Do

South Australia

Syllabus Customization

Create your own syllabuses that match your curriculum - use in your and tests and courses

Syllabi need only have levels for relevant topics - there is no limit to the number of levels you can create

Students only see topics that have levels, simplifying their practice screen and ensuring focus on the key areas

Creating a syllabus is simple, and once done, can be assigned to any of your classes

Solfege, Piano, and Guitar Input

Onscreen Solfege controller allows students to enter their answers using Solfege note names (Do, Re, Mi, Fa, etc.) as well as allowing for questions to be displayed on the Solfege controller

Allows students to see their correct and incorrect answers in two ways, using both traditional notation and Solfege note names

Choice of on-screen piano keyboard or guitar fretboard

Intervals & Scales

Scale Singing - sing the notes of a certain scale shown on screen

Interval Comparison - identify which interval is larger or smaller

Interval Imitation - sing the interval that is played or shown on screen

Interval Recognition - identify an interval using a piano keyboard or guitar fretboard

Interval Singing - sing the second note of a required interval shown on screen

Jazz Scales - identify jazz scales shown on screen using a piano keyboard or guitar fretboard

Jazz Scale Singing - sing the notes of a certain jazz scale shown on screen

Scales - identify scales shown on screen using a piano keyboard or guitar fretboard

Chords

Chord Comparison - compare two chords, recognize the second chord or determine if they are the same

Chord Imitation - sing the chord played, the chord name may be shown on screen

Chord Recognition - in Chord Recognition, a chord is played and you are asked to identify the position and quality of the chord

Chord Singing - sing the notes above or below the chord played while the chord and direction are shown on screen

Cluster Chords - click the notes of a sequence of chords played, each successive chord has one extra note from the previous

Jazz Chord Imitation - sing the jazz chord played, the chord, name and direction are shown on screen

Jazz Chords - in Jazz Chords, a chord is played, and you are asked to identify the position and quality of the chord

Jazz Chord Singing - sing the notes above or below the jazz chord played, the chord and direction are shown on screen

Rhythm

Rhythm Dictation - enter the rhythm on a score

Meter Recognition - identify the time signature of a rhythm or a melody

Pulse Tapping - tap back the rhythm played

Rhythm Comparison - identify alterations between two rhythms played

Rhythm Elements - identify the rhythm pattern played

Rhythm Element Dictation - identify the rhythm played using rhythmic blocks

Rhythm Imitation - tap back the rhythm played

Rhythm Styles - identify the style of the short musical excerpt

Harmony & Form

Part Dictation - transcribe the notes of a 4-part harmonic progression including basic chords and inversions

Advanced Part Dictation - transcribe the notes of a 4-part harmonic progression including chromatic and mixture chords

Advanced Progressions - identify the chord, quality & position of a 4-part harmonic progression including chromatic & mixture chords

Chord Progressions - identify the chord, quality & position of a 4-part harmonic progression

Cadences - identify the played cadences with or without a preceding melody

Forms - You are asked to identify the form of the melody

Jazz Forms - you are asked to identify the form of the short piece played

Jazz Progressions - identify the progression played by entering the individual chords, or from multiple choice

Modulation - identify the type of modulation or the final key of the two-part example played

Pitch & Melody

Melodic Dictation - enter the played melody on a score

Absolute Pitch - identify the exact notes that have been played, or the frequency (if waves are used)

Counterpoint Singing - sing the upper or lower notes of the short two-part phrase played

Melodic Singing - identify alterations between two melodies played

Note Recognition - sing the individual notes of a two or three note chord played

Pitch Comparison - compare the pitch of two notes and identify if the second note is higher, lower or the same as the first

Pitch Dictation - identify the pitch of each note in a melody played by clicking the notes in on the staff or selecting the scale degree for each note

Pitch Imitation - sing back the note played

Sight Singing - sing back a melody using your microphone

Tuning - compare the two notes and identify if the second note is sharp, flat or in tune

Student Scores

Records what the students practiced, for how long they practiced, and their scores

Instructor can pull up summary and detailed reports showing student progress, with no grading to be done

Students can review their own scores on the home screen, with topic and overall summaries provided

Class Management

Group your students and choose content that is most appropriate for each group

Classes allow you to control a number of items for your students: Selecting available topics, assigning appropriate syllabuses, setting tests & worksheets, assigning courses

The professor feature offers a simple and effective tool for guiding students through practice levels

Students can belong to multiple classes

Tasks & Worksheets

Allows teachers to set a particular task for their students

Testing feature contains questions from any syllabus, topic or level, and may include library questions

Assessment & Reports

Reporting system allows you to easily monitor progress and provide the best direction for your students

Scores are kept separately for the following areas: Practice, tests, courses

Student reports include: Student summary, student activity log, practice results (overall score), test score (overall), course results (overall)

Reports have many intelligent filters to reduce the amount of information to review: Percentage (highlight weak or strong students), Class (only look at your students), Date (with handy presets), Test Attempts (best, last, combined scores)

Any report can be exported as PDF or CSV