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SmartMusic and Impact Training Guide

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MakeMusic Inc.

MakeMusic recently announced the release of a new spiral bound training guide for the SmartMusic software and SmartMusic Impact online grade book. For the teacher who has never used SmartMusic this new guide book is essential to learning the many different features SmartMusic and Impact. Even the experienced SmartMusic user will find solutions to problems as well as new ways to use the software in ways that they had not considered.

Like any good guidebook the SmartMusic and Impact Training Guide starts out with the most essential basics and quickly moves on to the nuts and bolts of how to use the SmartMusic software. The various chapters of the book include:

Overview and installation of the software

Setup and calibration of the microphone, speakers, and other devices

How to use the system to practice music from method books, concert repertoire, and solo repertoire

Dedicated sections that focus on using SmartMusic with vocalists and in the jazz band setting

A dedicated chapter on the functionality and usage of SmartMusic Impact (the online gradebook that is integrated into SmartMusic Studio)

How to manage and update subscriptions to the SmartMusic service

Many best practice lesson plans for elementary as well as middle and high school level ensembles

Editor review

Useful and Complete Info For Teachers Using SmartM

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The SmartMusic and Impact Training Guide does what it sets out to do, train a user in the basics of using the software and the accompanying online Impact gradebook tool. It is very much a resource for new users or for users that are new to using Impact. Experienced SmartMusic users will already know 90% of the information in the book, however the Best Practices section includes some very useful suggestions that many teachers have never thought of. Tips on how to incorporate the software into the large group ensemble rehearsal as well as how to use the software with more advanced groups to prepare ensemble literature make the book worth purchasing even for the more seasoned SmartMusic Studio users.

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