Music is a demon for some teachers. If you're not a confident musician it can be difficult to get things going, and if you are confident you need to incorporate the ICT element the curriculum requires.

BETT Gold Award-winning MusicBox tackles these frustrations head on, by encouraging pupils to explore sounds, chords, percussion and composition by 'painting' on the screen. Compositions can be speeded up, slowed down, edited, recorded, printed, saved - even played backwards! Over 200 different 'instruments' are available in version 2 (grouped into percussion, wind, etc.), plus 'fun' sounds like pigs, whistles and spoken phrases.

There are four activities, each of which prepares pupils for traditional music notation (see right).

You can tailor the program to suit individuals or groups

Lock pupils into one activity, or allow them to roam

Use Pentatonic, Chromatic and Whole tone scales, as well as diatonic Majors and Minors

Classroom management is made even easier with new group and network options

MusicBox 2 is already the definitive music program in thousands of schools in the U.K., and beyond, because the enjoyment and learning pupils get from it is limited only by imagination.

Licences and prices for MusicBox 2 (Windows and Mac only)

If you're ordering for use at home all you'll need is a Home Edition. If you're ordering on behalf of a school, please remember our 30 days Approval Service which allows you to 'try before you buy'.

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