What's New in SmartMusic 11

New Repertoire:

• New Method Books - Standard of Excellence for Band, Book 3, Rubank Advanced, Volume 2 and Rubank Intermediate, and Essential Elements for Strings, Book 2
• New Band and Orchestra titles - Hundreds of new titles have been released over the summer like Jenkins’ “American Overture for Band” and Arnold’s “Prelude Siciliano and Rondo,” and more are on the way. Upcoming new releases this fall include long standing concert band classics like Ives’ “Variations on America,” Reed’s “La Fiesta Mexicana,” and Schumann’s “When Jesus Wept.” See Recently Posted Titles
• A selection of new jazz standards recorded by Wynton Marsalis
• Support for duets in Standard of Excellence, Book 3 and the Rubank methods
• State scales for Illinois and North Carolina

NOTE: New SmartMusic titles require SmartMusic 11 which is a free download to all current subscribers.

New Features:

• Improved assessment for piccolo, flute, oboe, bassoon, bass clarinet and tuba
• More accurate assessment of fast repeated notes

• Easier set up with fewer screens and an automated microphone set-up
• More intuitive page scrolling makes it easier to play music from the screen, especially in music with complicated repeats
• Easier to select start locations when practicing. Simply double-click on the location where you wish to start and press play

• Finale 2009 saves teachers time with support for linked parts so that teachers can make one file and assign it to entire band. Students just pick their part when they open their assignment in SmartMusic
• Files created in Finale 2009 also support repeats and a greater variety of other notated items

• Automated Weekly Rhythm Assignments – Choose from easy to advanced-level rhythm assignments which can be automatically scheduled to appear each week for students to complete
• Gradebook Export - Export student and parent contact information as well as assignment and grading data. Choose from comma separated (.csv), tab delimited (.txt), and Excel (.xls) file formats, allowing you to share Impact Gradebook™ data with other software – including other grade book applications
• Printable Gradebook reports - Create customized printouts for class reports and individual student progress reports. Class reports can be customized to show student names, IDs, or both. Student progress reports are perfect for parent teacher conferences or sending home to parents, either for mid-term or final grade reporting
• Preview the audio recording of band and orchestra titles by clicking on the title in SmartMusic Impact’s library

Free Updates for Current Subscribers

• Download the SmartMusic 11 Update
• Order an update CD by contacting Customer Support online.(Shipping costs apply and due to size limitations; the CD doesn’t contain the new repertoire.)

We are releasing 50-100 new concert band, jazz ensemble, and orchestra titles each month. These titles have on-screen notation, professional audio recordings, and pre-authored assignments for all parts. SmartMusic will notify you when new repertoire is available and current subscribers can download the titles from their SmartMusic program. New repertoire is updated in the background so you can use SmartMusic while getting updates. SmartMusic 11 is required to access the latest repertoire releases.

See Recently Posted Titles

Note: MakeMusic is temporarily suspending the assessment feature for bells and marimba parts while we make general improvements to bell and marimba assessment. This is a high priority development effort and will be available when it meets our quality standards. In the meantime, a recording will be automatically required in lieu of an assessment score for Impact assignments. Thank you for your patience and understanding.