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User G

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e

Rev. D

-29/07/2004

Versio

n 2.1

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are package are subjectto international copyright law

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are Australia Pty L

td.

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arks

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usition and Rising Softw

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isingSoftw

are Australia Pty. L

td.

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User G

uide Authors

Peter Lee

Ham

ish Moffatt

Tim

Wilson

The authors m

ay be contacted at:

Rising Softw

are Australia Pty. L

td. A.C

.N. 077 057 213

3 Darling St

Fairfield, VIC

3078A

UST

RA

LIA

Phone: +61 3 9481 3320

Fax: +61 3 9481 3380

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:http://w

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.risingsoftware.com

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are.com

Contents

Lim

ited Warranty

..........................................................................................7

Auralia Features O

verview...........................................................................

9Topics

.........................................................................................................11

Selecting a Topic..................................................................................

11Selecting a level

...................................................................................11

Information Screens

..............................................................................12

To Begin

...............................................................................................12

Using a Topic

........................................................................................12

The A

uralia Screen.....................................................................................

13T

he ‘File’ Menu

....................................................................................13

Changing your details

...................................................................................13V

iewing personal results

..............................................................................13Starting a Test...............................................................................................14

Toolbars................................................................................................

14C

hanging Levels

...........................................................................................14Scores

...........................................................................................................15V

olume C

ontrol............................................................................................15

Tempo

...........................................................................................................15Inform

ation Screens..............................................................................

15S

ound..........................................................................................................

16M

IDI Setup

............................................................................................16

Correct and Incorrect Sounds

...............................................................17

Volum

e Levels

......................................................................................17

Using your M

icrophone.............................................................................19

Setting up the Microphone

...................................................................19

Singing hard syllables..........................................................................

20O

ther issues...........................................................................................

20Security &

Logging In

...............................................................................21

Levels of Security

.................................................................................21

Single User Settings

.....................................................................................22N

etwork File Security

...........................................................................22

Recording R

esults......................................................................................

23A

n Introduction to Users and C

lasses...................................................23

Enabling L

ogins and Record K

eeping.................................................

23M

anaging Users

....................................................................................24

Adding a N

ew U

ser.....................................................................................24

Deleting a U

ser.............................................................................................25R

esetting a User’s R

esults............................................................................25

Logging In

....................................................................................................25C

opyright © 1999-2004 R

ising Software A

ustralia Pty. Ltd. A

.C.N

. 077 057 213. All rights reserved.

User A

dministration O

ptions................................................................

25A

utomatic U

ser Registration

........................................................................25A

llowing U

sers to Change their Settings

.....................................................26R

ecording Statistics......................................................................................26

Managing C

lasses.................................................................................26

Adding a N

ew C

lass....................................................................................26

Deleting a C

lass............................................................................................27

Resetting a C

lass’s Results

...........................................................................27M

inimum

Levels

..........................................................................................28A

ctive Topics................................................................................................28

Testing and Custom

isation.........................................................................

29Introduction to Tests

.............................................................................29

Creating Tests

.......................................................................................29

Nam

ing and Assigning a Test.......................................................................29

Adding Test E

ntries......................................................................................30

Starting a Test...............................................................................................31D

eleting Tests...............................................................................................31

Resetting Test R

esults...................................................................................32

Topic Custom

isation.............................................................................

32Term

inology.................................................................................................32

Chords

..........................................................................................................32O

ther Topics.................................................................................................33

Em

phasis......................................................................................................34

The Professor

..............................................................................................35

Who is T

he Professor?..........................................................................

35E

nabling The Professor.........................................................................

35C

ustomising T

he Professor...................................................................36

Professor Options

........................................................................................36O

btaining Results and R

eports..................................................................

37Introduction

..........................................................................................37

List R

eports..................................................................................................37

User R

esult Reports

.....................................................................................37C

lass Result R

eports....................................................................................37

Test Result R

eports.......................................................................................38

Using and Printing R

eports..................................................................

38A

bout the Individual Topics......................................................................

40A

dvanced Chord Progressions..............................................................

40A

dvanced Scales...................................................................................

41A

dvanced Scale Singing.......................................................................

41C

adences...............................................................................................

42C

hord Progressions...............................................................................

43C

hord Recognition

...............................................................................44

Chord Singing

......................................................................................45

Cluster C

hords......................................................................................

45

Counterpoint S

inging...........................................................................

46Interval C

omparison

.............................................................................46Interval R

ecognition.............................................................................47

Interval Singing....................................................................................

48Jazz C

hord Progressions.......................................................................

49Jazz C

hords...........................................................................................

50Jazz C

hord Singing...............................................................................

51M

elodic Dictation

................................................................................51

Meter.....................................................................................................

53N

ote Recognition

.................................................................................53

Rhythm

Dictation

.................................................................................54

Rhythm

Elem

ents.................................................................................

56R

hythm E

lement D

ictation...................................................................

56R

hythm Im

itation.................................................................................

57R

hythm Styles

......................................................................................58

Scales....................................................................................................

58Scale Singing

........................................................................................59

Tuning

...................................................................................................59

Technical Support......................................................................................

61Introduction

..........................................................................................61

World W

ide Web

..................................................................................61

Electronic M

ail....................................................................................62

Facsimile

..............................................................................................62

Telephone............................................................................................

62 Post.......................................................................................................

62

Auralia 2.1 U

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Lim

ited W

arranty

This softw

are is provided ‘as is’, without w

arranty of any kind, eitherexpressed or im

plied, including but not limited to, the im

plied warranties of

fitness for a particular purpose.

Rising Softw

are Australia Pty L

td does not warrant that the functions

contained in the software w

ill meet your requirem

ents or that the operationof the program

will be uninterrupted or problem

free. Rising Softw

areA

ustralia Pty Ltd does not guarantee that the softw

are will function as

documented, as expected or as prom

ised. All risk as to the quality and

performance of the softw

are is with you.

Rising Softw

are Australia Pty L

td does warrant that the physical m

ediumupon w

hich the software (including docum

entation) that is provided will be

free from defects, assum

ing normal use, for a period of fourteen days from

the date of delivery. Rising Softw

are Australia Pty L

td will replace, free of

charge, these materials if notified w

ithin this period of fourteen days.

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Au

ralia Featu

res Overview

Auralia contains 26 topics, covering areas such as Intervals, C

hords, Scales,H

armony, R

hythm, M

elody, Jazz Chords and T

uning. Each topic has a

system of levels, allow

ing you and your students to work through A

uralia’sexercises in a progressive m

anner. Some topics also feature m

icrophoneinput, such as Interval Singing.

Auralia includes m

any features that make using A

uralia in a classroom or

network environm

ent very easy. We encourage you to use as m

any of thesefunctions as possible.

Firstly, Auralia enables you to track all your students results individually,

and you may have as m

any students enrolled in the program as you w

ish!N

umerous reports are built into A

uralia, so that you may print out student

results when the need arises.

The Professor allow

s you to automate student progress. T

he Professor will

advise students when to m

ove up and down through the levels, using

settings that you control. These settings are different for each class,

allowing great flexibility.

As a practise tool, A

uralia excels, giving students a diverse selection ofexercises to choose from

. The testing features give A

uralia a number of

new applications. T

ests have a predefined list of quesitons for students toattem

pt. All test results are stored separately and you m

ay create as many

tests as you desire. Tests can be used for exams and quizzes or sim

ply tocustom

ise Auralia to your particular teaching m

ethod.

Auralia 2.1 integrates w

ith Musition 2.0, allow

ing your students to havethe sam

e password and user nam

e in both programs. O

n a multi user

network system

(Desktop Site L

icense required), this feature becomes even

more valuable.

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Top

ics

Selectin

g a To

pic

Auralia contains four topic groups, identified by the four large buttons near

the top of your screen. Clicking on one of the topic groups w

ill change thetopic buttons that are displayed below

.

To select a topic, click on the topic button. Y

ou will then be show

n a‘L

evel Selection’ screen, where you w

ill need to select a level.

Selectin

g a level

The m

ethod of selecting a level is identical for each topic. To choose a

level, simply click on ‘L

evel 1’ or similar in the level selection screen.

Auralia w

ill then display a list of levels; click on the level that you wish to

use. If a minim

um level has been set for your class and this topic, only that

level and above will be show

n here. As you click on a level, the

accompanying description box w

ill change to show the contents of the

selected level.

Some topics have ‘C

ustom L

evels’, where you can choose a selection of

question types to be drilled on. This feature is very useful w

hen trying toelim

inate a particular problem (eg. M

inor 2nds and Major 2nds in the

Intervals topic).

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Info

rmatio

n S

creens

All topics have an accom

panying Information screen. B

asic conceptsregarding the topic are outlined, and exam

ples are given. For example, the

Chord R

ecognition Information show

s you notated examples of chords and

allows you to play the chords back. To enter the inform

ation screen, clickon the Info button w

hen selecting a level. If you need help with the

information screen, click on H

elp.

You m

ay also enter an information screen by using the ‘Inform

ation’ menu

from the m

ain screen.

To

Beg

in

To begin practising, click the ‘Start’ button on the level selection screen. If

you decide not to proceed with the topic, you can click on the exit button to

leave the level selection screen or drill screen.

Usin

g a T

op

ic

When you have entered your answ

er, press OK

. If you are practising,A

uralia will tell you w

hether you were right or w

rong. If you were w

rong,you m

ay be able to try again.

You can hear the question again (or the starting note for a singing topic) by

pressing the Replay button. W

hen you are finished practising, or if youw

ish to cancel the rest of your test, press Exit.

Th

e Au

ralia Screen

Th

e ‘File’ M

enu

Ch

ang

ing

you

r details

Click on the ‘File ->

Change Y

our Details’ m

enu to change your details.Y

ou will be able to change your passw

ord, class and voicetype by selectingthe options provided If you are changing your passw

ord, note that you will

be required to type your new passw

ord twice.

NO

TE

: This function w

ill only work if the ‘U

se names and passw

ords’securty option is enabled.

View

ing

perso

nal resu

lts

You can view

your results by using the ‘File -> C

heck my results’ m

enu onthe m

ain screen. This screen w

ill give you imm

ediate feedback on yourprogress in any of the topics in M

usition 2.0* and Auralia 2.1 for both tests

and practice.

*Musition 2.0 is R

ising Software’s theory training softw

are package which

can share user, class and database information and statistics w

ith Auralia

2.1. The adm

inistration features for both programs can be set up here in

Auralia 2.1.

To check your progress for any of the topics, first select that topic from

thedropdow

n box. Then select the level for w

hich you would like to view

yourresults.

Once you have entered this inform

ation, you will be show

n the number of

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questions that you have attempted, and the percentage of these that you

have answered correctly for both tests and practice. Y

ou may also select a

‘date range’, to narrow the tim

e period from w

hich your results are selected.Sim

ply click on the date boxes to select a starting and finishing date for theresults you w

ish to view.

NO

TE

: This function w


se names and passw


Startin

g a T

est

If there are tests available for you to attempt, use the ‘File ->

Start Test’

menu to bring up the list of tests. A

status bar below the list of tests w

illindicate w

hether you have started or finished the test, and if the resume

function is available. If the resume function is available, you m

ay stopdoing the test part of the w

ay through, and then resume at the point w

hereyou left off the next tim

e you use Auralia!

NO

TE

: This function w


se names and passw


To

olb

ars

The tw

o toolbars in Auralia give you certain controls w

hile practising andor testing. M

ost toolbar functions are only active when you are w

ithin atopic’s drill screen. T

he exception is the volume control, w

hich is always

active.

Ch

ang

ing

Levels

The larger toolbar allow

s you to change between levels w

hile practising in adrill area. D

epending on your current level, you can move either forw

ard orback, one level at a tim

e. The current level is displayed on the left hand

side of the toolbar.

Scores

The larger toolbar also provides you w

ith a current score tally andpercentage. T

his is reset each time you change level or topic.

Vo

lum

e Co

ntro

l

The button on the far right of the toolbar w

ill bring up the Window

s mixer

or volume control w

hen clicked upon. This w

ill allow you to change

volume settings w

ithout leaving Auralia.

Tem

po

The sm

all toolbar on the right allows you to change the tem

po of the currentexam

ple. For instance, if you were doing a rhythm

ic dictation exercise, andit w

as a little too fast, you could slow it dow

n by using the slide bar. The

metronom

e marking is indicated on the left hand side of the toolbar.

Info

rmatio

n S

creens

Information screens relating to each topic can also be accessed using the

‘Information’ m

enu on the main screen.

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So

un

d

MID

I Setu

p

The M

IDI setup screen allow

s you to control the way A

uralia uses MID

I inyour system

. From the m

ain menu, select ‘A

dministration ->

General ->

MID

I sound’ to open the MID

I setup screen.

Output D

eviceT

he ‘Output device’ box is w

here you select which device A

uraliaw

ill use for MID

I output. This is used to play exam

ples of intervals,chords and scales in these topics and their accom

panyinginform

ation screens. To enable M

IDI output, click on the box

provided.

To change the m

idi output device click on the ‘Open the M

ultimedia

Control Panel’ button. C

lick on the MID

I tab and then select one ofthe devices from

the list. To enable this new

MID

I device you must

then click on the ‘Apply’ button follow

ed by OK

.

MID

I Thru / M

IDI Input

This option, w

hen enabled, allows M

IDI T

hru during practice. This

means that users w

ill be able to play and hear sounds from a

keyboard (or similar M

IDI device) w

hilst operating in Auralia.

To enable MID

I Thru, click on the box provided. To select your

desired MID

I input device simply select a device from

the drop-dow

n box.

NO

TE

: You m

ust exit the program and then re-enter for the changes m

adeunder the M

IDI tab to take effect.

Co

rrect and

Inco

rrect So

un

ds

Auralia has the capacity to play ‘w

ave’ sounds, at certain times during a

session. These sounds require a sound card to be present in your system

. Ifyou are using pure M

IDI equipm

ent, it is unlikely that these features will

work. To open the w

ave sound setup screen, select ‘Adm

inistration ->G

eneral -> W

ave sound’.

Option: Play Startup Sound

If this option is selected, a sound will play w

hen Auralia is loaded.

This sound cannot be changed.

Option: Play C

losing SoundIf this option is selected, a sound w

ill play when A

uralia is closed.T

his sound cannot be changed.

Option: Play sounds for a correct answ

erIf this option is selected, w

hen a student gets a question correct ancorrect sound w

ill be played. The sound w

ill change each time,

chosen randomly from

a selection.

Option: Play sounds for an incorrect answ

erIf this option is selected, w

hen a student gets a question incorrect anincorrect sound w

ill be played. The sound w

ill change each time,

chosen randomly from

a selection.

Vo

lum

e Levels

You m

ay wish to change the balance of volum

e between the ‘correct’ and

‘incorrect’ sounds (wave sound) and the volum

e level of the questions(M

IDI sound). Y

ou will firstly need to bring up the W

indows m

ixer orvolum

e control, as outlined in the section above ‘The Toolbars’.

Adjust the levels in the M

IDI section and the W

ave section until they are toyour liking. T

est the levels by completing som

e questions within the

Auralia program

.

If a control marked ‘W

ave’ or ‘MID

I’ doesn’t appear, select ‘Options ->

Properties’ from the m

enu in the mixer. In the list of controls at the bottom

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of the window

s, ensure that ‘Wave’ and ‘M

IDI’ both have checks in their

boxes. Click O

K, and they w

ill appear on the volume control.

NO

TE

: The M

IDI sound control m

ay also be known as ‘Synthesizer’ in the

mixer / volum

e control.U

sing

you

r Micro

ph

on

e

Auralia can listen to your singing and w

ork out which note you have sung.

Sound2MID

I is the pitch recognition technology used in Auralia’s singing

topics, which are listed below

;

* Interval Singing* Scale Singing* A

dvanced Scale Singing* C

hord Singing* C

ounterpoint Singing* Jazz C

hord Singing* N

ote Recognition

There are a few

tricks to note when using these topics in A

uralia.

Settin

g u

p th

e Micro

ph

on

e

In the Window

s mixer, the m

icrophone device needs to be selected forrecording. L

oad the mixer by double clicking on the speaker icon in the

group of icons in the bottom right of the screen, right of the W

indows Start

menu. C

hange to recording properties by selecting Properties from the

Options m

enu, and then selecting ‘Adjust volum

e for: recording.’ The

Microphone device should be checked (have a tick next to it), in the list of

volume controls. T

hen press OK

. The ‘Select’ box for the m

icrophonedevice m

ust be checked; if it is not, click on ‘Select’ to check it.

In the Playback Options, it is best if the m

icrophone is muted w

hile usingA

uralia. How

ever, you should uncheck the muted checkbox and speak into

your microphone to test that the volum

e is not too loud or too soft. Both of

these conditions will low

er the accuracy of the note recognition in Auralia

and may m

ake Auralia think your answ

er is incorrect.

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Sin

gin

g h

ard syllab

les

Pitch recognition works best if you sing long but detached notes. Y

oushould not sing legato (w

ith your notes joined together); Auralia w

ill notrecognise som

e of the notes you sing. It is best if you start each syllablew

ith a ‘Ma’ or ‘L

a’ sound; other sounds may m

ake Auralia m

iss your notesor detect the w

rong note. Take your time w

hen singing back your answers;

there is no time lim

it.

Oth

er issues

If you receive the message ‘D

river halted – not enough power,’ this m

eansthat your com

puter is not powerful enough to use the Sound2M

idi pitchrecognition softw

are. You m

ay not be able to use the singing topics inA

uralia. A 486-66 or better is required for Sound2M

idi. This error m

ay alsooccur if you are running som

e other application programs at the sam

e time

as Auralia; w

e recomm

end that you close these applications while running

Auralia.

Secu

rity & L

og

gin

g In

Levels o

f Secu

rity

Auralia has a security system

which, w

hen enabled, provides users with

different levels of access to the program. T

he ‘Adm

inistration -> G

eneral->

Security’ screen allows you to set the security level that you w

ish to useand thereby define w

hether students, teachers and administrators w

ill beasked for a passw

ord upon entering Auralia.

Auralia allow

s three types of security. The m

ost secure uses names and

passwords to identify individual users. It also uses an access level for each

user, and records each user’s voice type. In this setting, Auralia also records

statistics for all users. When users start A

uralia they are asked for theirnam

e and password. To enable this option, select ‘U

se names and

passwords’. T

his setting is the optimum

for use in schools, and may also be

useful in other situations if statistics are desired.

NO

TE

: You m

ust have a user with adm

inistrator access defined in order toactivate this option. O

pen ‘Adm

inistration -> U

ser Maintenance’ to add

such a user.

The second setting is to passw

ord-protect the Adm

inistration screens. Ifyou don’t need to use nam

es and passwords (and don’t w

ish to recordstudent results), but need to prevent people from

changing configurationoptions, then click on ‘P

assword protection for adm

inistration functions’and fill in a passw

ord in the box provided. When a user selects the

Adm

inistration menu, they are asked for this passw

ord. No passw

ord isrequired to use and of the topics w

ithin Auralia. (T

his password is only

shown w

hen you are editing it. At other tim

es, asterisks will be show

n forsecurity reasons.)

The final security option is to use ‘N

o security’. Anyone m

ay use the

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administration program

and change any of its settings. This setting is not

recomm

ended when m

ore than one person will be using A

uralia.

To make one of the security settings active, click on the button next to it.

Sin

gle U

ser Settin

gs

The ‘A

dministration ->

Users ->

Single User Settings’ screen provides

options for Auralia w

hen it is being run in a single user environment. T

hesettings on this page w

ill take effect if you are not using the security option‘U

se names and passw

ords’. No student results are recorded w

ith thisoption disabled.

If you are using Auralia in a single user environm

ent, select your voicefrom

the drop-down box provided. If you w

ould like to be able retryquestions that you answ

er incorrectly, then tick the box. To exit the single

user settings screen click on OK

.

Netw

ork F

ile Secu

rity

Please consult the installation guide for information about files perm

issionsw

hen using Auralia’s netw

ork database features.

Reco

rdin

g R

esults

Auralia is capable of recording all results, allow

ing you to track individualstudent progress. R

esults can be printed out, and you may also reset each

student’s scores when necessary.

An

Intro

du

ction

to U

sers and

Classes

If you wish to record your students’ progress, they w

ill each need to be‘enrolled’ into A

uralia and given a login name and passw

ord. Each student

will also need to belong to a class.

A class is sim

ply a grouping of students. They are very m

uch like theclasses found in a typical school environm

ent If you are using Auralia in a

school, we recom

mend that you sim

ply replicate your existing school classstructure w

ithin Auralia.

As a private teacher, you m

ay wish to setup your ow

n class structure togroup your students. A

uralia has a built in class, called the ‘Default C

lass’,w

hich you can add your students to if you wish.

There are particular options that you can set for each class, giving you the

flexibility to tailor Auralia for different groups of students.

En

ablin

g L

og

ins an

d R

ecord

Keep

ing

To record your students progress, you m

ust first ensure that the securityoption ‘U

se names and passw

ords’ has been chosen. This option is found

under the ‘Adm

inistration -> G

eneral -> Security’ m

enu. Before you can

enable this option, you must add an ‘A

dministrator’ user to the system

,w

hich is explained in the following section entitled ‘A

dding a New

User’.

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Description of the various security options are covered in detail in the

previous section entitled ‘Security and Logging In’.

Man

agin

g U

sers

The user m

aintenance screen allows you to add new

users to your Auralia

configuration and change details of existing users, such as their passwords.

For each user, Auralia m

aintains the name of the user, their passw

ord, theirclass, and an access level.

An access level sets the functions that a particular user m

ay perform in the

Auralia system

. Auralia has three levels of access. Student access w

ill bethe m

ost comm

on; it allows people to use the A

uralia program, but does not

allow any adm

inistration or configuration of the system. T

eacher accessallow

s access to statistics and tests, but not to configuration, class or userm

aintenance. Adm

inistrator access allows all of these functions. (B

othT

eacher and Adm

inistrator access levels do also allow use of the A

uraliaprogram

itself)

Ad

din

g a N

ew U

ser

To add a new

user, click on the Insert button. Select the Nam

e box andenter the nam

e of the new user. N

ext, change to the Password box and

enter a password for the user. T

he password w

ill only be shown w

hen youare editing it; asterisks w

ill appear at other times.

Next, you should set the user’s class. C

lick on the Class box, and select a

class from the dropdow

n list. There w

ill always be at least one class

available - the ‘Default C

lass’.

If this user is a teacher or an administrator, select their level of access from

the options provided. You m

ust have at least one user with adm

inistratoraccess if you have ‘U

se names and passw

ords’ enabled in Auralia.

If you happen to be LO

CK

ED

OU

T of the program

, contact Rising

Software for further assistance.

When you are finished, press the A

ccept button. Your new

user will then

be ready. If you don’t want to save your new

user, press the Undo button.

Deletin

g a U

ser

Select the user and then press Delete. T

he user will then be rem

oved fromthe system

.

Resettin

g a U

ser’s Resu

lts

There m

ay be a point in time w

here you wish to reset a user’s results. For

example, at the start of a new

school year or at the start of a new sem

ester.Sim

ply click on the button marked ‘C

lear results for this user’.

Lo

gg

ing

In

The login screen is used to identify all users and their access levels so that

statistics and administration functions can be used in A

uralia. All users are

required to enter their name and passw

ord. New

users may be able to

automatically enroll in the program

; see ‘Autom

atic User R

egistration’,below

.

The login screen w

ill only appear if the ‘Use nam

es and passwords’, or

‘Password protection for adm

inistration functions’ security settings areenabled.

User A

dm

inistratio

n O

ptio

ns

Au

tom

atic User R

egistratio

n

If enabled, Auralia w

ill allow users not m

anually added by an administrator

to login and be added to the user database. These new

users will be given

Student access, and will not have access to teacher or adm

inistratorfunctions. It is recom

mended that you enable this option in a school

environment to avoid adding each user individually to your system

.

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other options as outlined below by sim

ply clicking on the boxes.

Enable Professor for this class:

If this option is on, The Professor w

ill be active. See the sectionentitled ‘T

he Professor’ later in this guide.

Students may retry questions:

If this option is on, student in the selected class will be able to retry

a question if it is initially incorrect.

Use the student’s voice type:

If this option is on, the pitch topic will play exam

ples in the vocalrange of the student. (W

hen a user is enrolled, they are required toenter their voice type. T

his option utilises that information.)

Choose appropriate instrum

ents at random:

If this option is on, all the examples in A

uralia will be played on

random instrum

ents. Auralia w

ill use General M

IDI instrum

ents1-64.

Students may ignore their voice type:

If this option is enabled then students will be able to override the

voice type function if they wish.

To save your new

class click on the Accept button and the class setting w

illbe saved. If you don’t w

ish to save your new class, press the U

ndo button.

Deletin

g a C

lass

Select the class from the list and then press the D

elete button. Any users

who w

ere in this class will not have a class set. Y

ou may w

ish to edit theseusers in the user m

aintenance screen to move them

into their proper class.

Resettin

g a C

lass’s Resu

lts

There m


here you wish to reset a class’s results. For

example, at the start of a new

school year or at the start of a new sem

ester.Sim


lear results for this class’.

NO

TE

: If Auralia is does not have ‘U

se names and passw

ords’ enabled (seeSecurity &

Logging In), this option w

ill have no effect.

Allo

win

g U

sers to C

han

ge th

eir Settin

gs

If this option is enabled, Auralia w

ill allow people using the program

tochange their passw

ord, class and voice type. If this is disabled, the user will

not be allowed to change these details.

NO

TE


se names and passw



ill have no effect.

Reco

rdin

g S

tatistics

When this option is enabled, A

uralia will record statistics about users’

progress during practice as well as during tests. T

hese statistics can beview

ed using the reports.

NO

TE


se names and passw



ill have no effect.

Man

agin

g C

lasses

The class m

aintenance screen allows you to add classes to your A

uraliaconfiguration. Y

ou can also edit existing classes. For each class, Auralia

maintains the nam

e of the class, it’s teacher and a variety of other settings.

Ad

din

g a N

ew C

lass

Open the class m

aintenance screen from the m

ain menu; ‘A

dministration ->

Classes ->

Maintenance’. To add a new

class, click on the Insert button.Y

ou will then be able to enter the nam

e and teacher of the new class, and set

the options. Click on the N

ame box and enter the nam

e of the class.C

hange to the Teacher box and select a teacher for this class. Select the

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Min

imu

m L

evels

The m

inimum

level setting for each topic sets the minim

um level the

students of a class may attem

pt. For example, if you set the m

inimum

levelfor Intervals (A

uralia 2.1) to level 3, students in this class will not be able to

use levels 1 or 2 of intervals. All m

inimum

levels default to level 1,allow

ing students to attempt all levels of the topic.

To set the minim

um levels for a class, select the class from

the list. Then

select a topic from the topic dropdow

n list. You m

ay then specify them

inimum

level and the number of retries for that topic in the spaces

provided. To set the minim

um levels for a different topic sim

ply select thattopic from

the list and follow the above process.

To change any of the minim

um levels, select the topic that you w

ish tochange. Select the level you w

ish to make the m

inimum

by clicking on thatlevel.

Active T

op

ics

It is possible to ‘turn off’ topics for any particular class. This could be

especially useful for younger classes, where you m

ay wish to ensure they

have focus on particular areas.

To set a topic active or inactive, use the ‘A

dministration ->

Classes ->

Minim

um L

evels’ screen. Firstly, select the class from the list and then

choose the topic from the topic box below

. On the right of the topic box,

there is a box called ‘Active T

opic’. When the box is checked, the topic is

active, and will be available for students of the class to use.

Testing

and

Cu

stom

isation

Intro

du

ction

to Tests

Tests are one of the m

ost useful features of Auralia. T

hey can be used forsetting up a quiz, an exam

ination or simply to custom

ise Auralia to your

particular teaching method. A

test is really just a set of questions fromvarious topics that you w

ish your students to attempt.

When you create a test, the students w

ho are in the class that the test iscreated for all get the chance to do the test, w

ithout any intervention fromthe teacher. C

lasses can have multiple tests assigned to them

, and all theresults can be view

ed on the ‘Reports ->

Tests’ m

enu. Each test has its

results stored separately.

If there are tests available for a students class when they login to A

uralia,they are given the option of doing the test, or proceeding into A

uralia for anorm

al practice session. Tests are only enabled if you have set A

uralia to‘U

se names and passw

ords’.

Creatin

g T

ests

The test adm

inistration screen allows you to add tests to your A

uralia setup.Y

ou can also edit existing tests. For each test, you must specify a test

name, a class, and w

hether the test applies to Auralia or M

usition.

Nam

ing

and

Assig

nin

g a Test

Open the test adm

inistration screen by selecting ‘Adm

inistration -> Tests’

from the m

ain menu. C

lick on the Insert button. You w

ill then be able toenter the nam

e of the test, and select a class.

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Click on the N

ame box and enter the nam

e of the test. Change to the C

lassbox and select a class from

the list. Next select w

hether the test is forM

usition or Auralia by clicking on the relevant button.

If the box marked ‘A

llow resum

ption of test’ is enabled, users will be able to

stop in the middle of the test, quit, and resum

e the test at a later date.

The other option available is w

hether you want A

uralia to ‘Indicate corrector incorrect answ

ers’ during the test. If you wish A

uralia to perform this

function, click on the button provided. To save the test, click on A

ccept.

To define the contents of the test click on the E

dit Test E

ntries button. Forinform

ation on creating test entries read the following section ‘A

dding Test

Entries’.

NO

TE

: If you are editing a test, and it has entries, you cannot change theprogram

that the test applies to.

Ad

din

g T

est En

tries

The test entries screen allow

s you to define what topics and levels form

thequestions in the test.

You can enter this screen by clicking on the E

dit Test E

ntries button fromthe test adm

inistration screen, or by clicking on the Test E

ntries tab.

There are six sim

ple steps when creating a test entry:

1.Select the test for w

hich you wish to define the test entries.

2.Select the topic from

the dropdown box. If you have set the test to

be for Musition or A

uralia, then only the topics for that program w

illbe displayed.

3.Select the level from

the level box.

NO

TE

: Musition and A

uralia will provide default values for the

number of replays and the num

ber of questions for each level ofeach topic. Follow

steps 4 and 5 below to change these values.

4.Select the num

ber of replays from the replays box. T

his is thenum

ber of times the student can replay the exam

ple while doing the

test (Auralia only).

5.Select the num

ber of questions. This is the num

ber of questions thatthe student w

ill be asked before moving on to the next test entry.

6.C

lick on the Add button.

This entry w

ill now be added to the C

ontents of Test list.

Repeat steps one to six above for each test entry you w

ish to create. Each

time you click on the A

dd button, the entry will appear in the box labelled

‘Contents of test’.

If you click on a test entry in the box labelled ‘Contents of test’, the D

eletebutton, M

ove Up and M

ove Dow

n buttons will be enabled. T

hese basicallydescribe them

selves; the delete button will delete the entry, the m

ove upbutton w

ill move the entry up the list and the m

ove down button w

ill move

the entry down the list.

Entries can be added or deleted from

the test at any time by sim

plyfollow

ing the above add and delete methods.

NO

TE

: If the test you are adding to has already been attempted by students,

the students’ results will no longer be com

plete. Musition w

ill warn you of

this when you press A

ccept. Your students w

ill have to resume the test to

complete it. (R

esumption of the test w

ill be switched on autom

atically).

Startin

g a T

est

If there are test(s) available for students they will be prom

pted after theylogin. T

hey then need to select a test from the ‘File ->

Start Test’ m

enu.A

uralia will then lead them

through the test.

Deletin

g T

ests

Select the test from the list and then press the D

elete button. Any results

that were available for the test w

ill be lost.

NO

TE

: If the test you are editing has already been attempted by students,

any results for the test will be lost w

hen you delete it. Auralia w

ill warn

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Editing E

xisting Chords

To edit an existing chord, select the chord that you wish to change and then

click on the edit button. You can then add notes to the chord by clicking

them in on the keyboard, or re-enter the entire chord after first clicking on

the Clear button. To save this new

chord click on Accept. If you do not

wish to save the chord click on U

ndo.

You can also delete chords from

the database by selecting the chord andthen clicking on the D

elete button.

Oth

er Top

ics

Some other topics in A

uralia have options which you can set on this page.

Scales, Advanced Scales, Interval R

ecognition, Chord R

ecognition andJazz C

hords all ask the student to recognise a particular scale, interval,chord, etc. H

owever, as an added challenge the student can also play the

scale, interval or chord back on the keyboard. If the ‘Use on-screen

keyboard’ option is selected, a piano keyboard will be show

n on the screenand students can play back their answ

ers on this keyboard using the mouse.

You can also select ‘U

se MID

I keyboard’ to allow these answ

ers to beentered on a M

IDI keyboard attached to the com

puter.

Note: the starting note for the interval, chord etc is show

n on the on-screenkeyboard. If you enable the M

IDI keyboard but not the on-screen keyboard,

students will not be show

n the starting note.

Rhythm

Dictation and R

hythm E

lement D

ictation both have a count-inbefore the rhythm

starts, and a metronom

e while the rhythm

is played. Astudent can turn the m

etronome off by clicking on the ‘Play M

etronome’

option in the topic. How

ever, you can also disable metronom

es completely

in these topics by clicking on the ‘Use M

etronome in R

hythm D

ictation andR

hythm E

lement D

ictation’ option so that it is unchecked. Students will not

be able to turn on the metronom

e. The count-in is still played. T

hem

etronome is alw

ays played during rhythm im

itation, and never playedduring m

eter recognition.

A m

etronome is also played during m

elodic dictation. You can disable the

metronom

e by turning off the ‘Use M

etronome in M

elodic Dictation’

option.

you of this when you press D

elete.

Resettin

g Test R

esults

There m


here you wish to reset a test’s results. For

example, if you have a test setup as a sequence of drills that the students are

required to complete on a w

eekly basis. It is much sim

pler to reset theresults than to recreate the test! Sim


learresults for this test’ to reset all the results.

Top

ic Cu

stom

isation

Termin

olo

gy

If you wish to use B

ritish terminology instead of A

merican term

inolgycheck the box m

arked ‘Use the term

“crotchet” instead of “quarter note”etc’. T

his will apply throughout the program

.

Chords

The custom

topics screen allows you to add new

chords to Auralia. T

hesechords are used in the C

hord Recognition and C

hord Singing topics.

Adding N

ew C

hords

To add a new chord to the database, click on the Insert button, give the new

chord a name and set the m

inimum

level for which you w

ant it to appear.T

hen simply click the chord in on the keyboard provided and it w

ill benotated on the staff. T

o enter the note as a sharp, natural, flat, double-sharpor double-flat sim

ply click on that button prior to clicking in a note on thekeyboard. If you have entered the chord incorrectly, click on the C

learbutton and then re-enter the chord.

To save this new

chord click on Accept. If you do not w

ish to save thechord click on U

ndo.

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Em

ph

asis

All rhythm

topics have an emphasis played on the m

ajor beats of each bar.Y

ou can increase or decrease the amount of em

phasis on these beats bym

oving the slide bar with the m

ouse. Use the ‘T

est’ button to hear anexam

ple of rhythm played w

ith the changed emphasis. It m

ay be necessaryto increase or decrease the em

phasis if it is not easily heard on your soundcard or if it m

akes it difficult to hear the other parts of the rhythm.

Similarly you can increase the em

phasis on the bass line in chordprogressions, advanced chord progressions, jazz chord progressions andcadences by m

oving the chords slide bar. The test button w

ill play anexam

ple cadence with the em

phasis you have chosen.

Th

e Pro

fessor

Wh

o is T

he P

rofesso

r?

The Professor can be thought of as a teachers assistant. H

e is there to helpstudents m

ove up and down through the levels of each topic. For exam

ple,you m

ay wish your students to advance a level as soon as they are getting at

least 75% of questions correct. T

he Professor can automate this process for

you, either by giving your students a reminder to m

ove up a level, orenforcing the m

ove up a level.

It is also possible to have your students asked to move dow

n a level usingT

he Professor. The sam

e logic applies; if a student is getting less than aspecified percentage correct, T

he Professor can ask the students to move

down a level or enforce a dow

nward m

ove.

You also need to set a m

inimum

number of questions that you w

ould likeattem

pted in each level before The Professor m

akes recomm

endations.

NO

TE

: The Professor can only be active if the ‘U

se names and passw

ords’security option is enabled.

En

ablin

g T

he P

rofesso

r

The Professor is setup on a class by class basis, giving great flexibility in

the way you im

plement goals and hurdles for your students. T

he Professorhas default values, so that you m

ay quickly turn the feature on, without any

further setup. The default values are show

n below:

Level U

p Threshold - 80%

Level D

own T

hreshold - 30%

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Minim

um N

umber of Q

uestions to be Attem

pted - 15

Turning the professor on is done in the ‘A

dministration ->

Classes ->

Maintenance’ screen, using the box m

arked ‘Enable Professor for this class’.

Cu

stom

ising

Th

e Pro

fessor

As previously m

entioned, The Professor has default settings. If you w

ish tochange the settings, use the ‘A

dministration ->

Classes ->

The Professor’

screen.

For each class, it is possible to have separate settings per topic, or you may

have one set of settings applying to every topic. If you wish to have

different settings for only one or two topics, the default values w

ill be usedfor the others.

To change the default values, firstly select a class using the dropdown list

at the top of the screen. You m

ust now decide if you w

ant to haveindividual settings for each topic. C

hoose from the buttons m

arked ‘Use

the SAM

E settings for each topic’ and ‘U

se IND

IVID

UA

L settings for each

topic’.

The setup is then the sam

e; except that you must also pick the topics you

wish to change if you selected the ‘U

se IND

IVID

UA

L settings for each

topic’ button. You w

ill need to set the ‘Level U

p Threshold’, ‘L

evel Dow

nT

hreshold’ and ‘Minim

um N

umber of Q

uestions to be Attem

pted’. Simply

type your desired values into the boxes.

Pro

fessor O

ptio

ns

On the sam

e ‘Adm

inistration -> C

lasses -> Professor’ screen, there is an

option entitled ‘Allow

students to ignore professors advice’. If this isenabled, students w

ill be able to ignore the advice of the professor when he

pops up during their practise sessions. This option applies regardless of

whether you use the sam

e settings for each topic.

Ob

tainin

g R

esults an

d R

epo

rts

Intro

du

ction

The reports screen allow

s you to find out information on all of the

program’s users and observe your students’ progress in both tests and

practice. Auralia can only record statistics and track users and classes if the

‘Use N

ames and P

asswords’ security option is being used.

List R

epo

rts

The L

ist reports give you information about the users, passw

ords, voicetypes, classes, and the tests that have been set up w

ithin Musition and

Auralia.

User R

esult R

epo

rts

The U

ser Statistics reports give you information about a specific user’s

progress in both tests and practice for any of the topics and levels inM

usition and Auralia.

Class R

esult R

epo

rts

The C

lass Statistics reports give you information about all the users’

progress (in a particular class) in both tests and practice for any of the topicsand levels in M

usition and Auralia.

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Test Resu

lt Rep

orts

The T

est Statistics reports give you information about a specific user’s or

class’s progress in tests for any of the topics and entries in Musition and

Auralia.

Usin

g an

d P

rintin

g R

epo

rts

To select one of these report types, simply choose it from

the‘A

dministration ->

Reports’ m

enu. Once you have selected a report type,

you will be presented w

ith a list of different formats w

hich can be adopted.T

he information that is contained in each of these form

ats is explained indetail further dow

n the page. To select one of these report form

ats click onit and then click on the N

ext button. Depending on the report form

at, youm

ay be asked to select users, classes, tests, entries, topics or levels from the

drop-down boxes that appear. C

lick on next after making a selection for

any of the above.

In some reports, you m

ay also select a ‘date range’, to narrow the tim

eperiod from

which the results are selected. Sim

ply click on the date boxesto select a starting and finishing date for the results you w

ish to view.

Otherw

ise, select ‘Display all results’ from

the options. Click on the next

button to continue.

At this stage A

uralia will ask you w

hat paper size you would like to use :

A4 or L

etter. To select one of these paper sizes, click on it.

After com

pleting the above process, you will be asked if you w

ould like toview

the report before printing. To view

the report click on Yes, if you

wish to print im

mediately click on N

o. If you choose to view the report the

following inform

ation and options will be available to you.

The num

ber of pages to be printed will be show

n in the bottom left corner

of the screen. To preview

any of these pages, simply m

ove through themby clicking on the left and right arrow

s on the tool bar.

To change the print setup, click on the print setup icon on the tool bar and

the print options screen will be displayed.

The report can be saved to file by clicking on the save icon on the tool bar

and then selecting the destination. Similarly, a report can be loaded onto

the screen by clicking on the load icon on the tool bar.

To print, click on the printer icon in the tool bar at the top of the page.

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Ab

ou

t the In

divid

ual To

pics

Ad

vanced

Ch

ord

Pro

gressio

ns

In Advanced C

hord Progressions, Auralia w

ill play a progression of chordsand ask you to identify it. A

tonic chord is played before the progressionbegins, but is not part of the progression. C

hromatic harm

ony is introducedhere, and all chord from

the Chord Progressions topic are used.

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There are ‘boxes’ on the screen for you to enter your answ

er. Each chord

goes into a separate box. The chord box that you are currently w

orking onis highlighted w

ith a black border. To enter the chord for a particular box,

click on the chord’s symbol button. T

he next chord box is automatically

highlighted. You can change a chord you have already entered by clicking

on the box and pressing the button for the appropriate chord. Use the ‘R

ootposition’, ‘First Inversion’ and ‘Second Inversion’ buttons to set theinversion for the chord you are adding or changing. Y

ou can set thechord’s type (U

naltered, Augm

ented Triad or M

ixture) by clicking on thetype buttons.

Ad

vanced

Scales

In Advanced Scales, A

uralia will play a scale and ask you to identify it.

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In Advanced Scales, you w

ill also notice that a piano keyboard is shown.

When A

uralia plays a scale, the first note is shown on the keyboard. Y

oucan also answ

er the question by playing the entire scale, either on thekeyboard on the screen, or on your M

IDI keyboard. (Y

our teacher oradm

inistrator may have turned off this option.)

Ad

vanced

Scale S

ing

ing

In Advanced Scale Singing, A

uralia will play a note and ask you to sing an

advanced scale starting on that note. Press the Start button, then sing thescale. W

hen you have finished singing the scale, Auralia w

ill stopautom

atically and tell you whether your answ

er was correct or incorrect. If

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Auralia does not seem

to stop, then you have not sung enough notes! Some

lights on the screen show how

many notes have been recognised. If it seem

sto be incorrect, you can press ‘Start again’ to reset and start over.

Advanced Scale Singing has the sam

e level structure as Advanced Scales.

Cad

ences

In Cadences, A

uralia will play a cadence and ask you to identify it. In som

elevels the cadence is played after a short tune. W

hen you have identified thecadence, click on its nam

e in the left panel and press OK

. Some levels play

a tune with tw

o cadences; in this case you will need to select a cadence

from the right panel as w

ell as the left. A tonic chord is played before each

question.

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kroja

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drae

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dne

Ch

ord

Pro

gressio

ns

In Chord Progressions, A

uralia will play a progression of chords and ask

you to identify it. A tonic chord is played before the progression begins, but

is not part of the progression.

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Ltn

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C1l

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syeKr

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ekro

niM

dnar

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oni

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a

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er. Each chord



ith a black border. To enter the chord for a particular box,

click on the chord’s symbol button. T

he next chord box is automatically

highlighted. You can change a chord you have already entered by clicking

on the box and pressing the button for the appropriate chord. Use the ‘R

ootposition’, ‘First Inversion’ and ‘Second Inversion’ buttons to set theinversion for the chord you are adding or changing.

Ch

ord

Reco

gn

ition

In Chord R

ecognition, Auralia w

ill play a chord and ask you to identify it.W

hen you have identified it, select it from the list of chords on screen, then

press OK

.

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Ltn

etno

C1l

eveL

.noit

isop

toor

niro

niM

dnar

oja

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eveL

snoisrev

nilla

niro

niM

dnar

oja

M3l

eveL

noiti

sopt

oor

niht

7tna

nimo

Ddd

A4l

eveL

.sno

isre

vnil

lani

ht7t

nani

moD

dnar

oni

M,ro

jaM

5lev

eLno

itiso

ptoo

rni

sdro

hcde

hsin

imi

ddn

adetn

emg

uadd

A

In Chords, you w

ill also notice that a piano keyboard is shown. W

henA

uralia plays a chord, the first note is shown on the keyboard. Y

ou can alsoansw

er the question by playing the entire chord, either on the keyboard onthe screen, or on your M

IDI keyboard. T

he first note is not necessarily thetonic of the chord. (Y

our teacher or administrator m

ay have turned off thisoption.)

Ch

ord

Sin

gin

g

In Chord Singing, A

uralia will play a note and ask you to sing a chord. T

henote played is the tonic of the chord, w

hich may or m

ay not be the startingnote of the chord. (For a chord in first, second or third inversion, the givennote is the tonic, w

hich is note the first note of the chord). The chord

required is shown on the screen.

Press the Start button, then sing the chord, ascending. Auralia w

ill stopautom

atically when you have sung the chord and tell you w

hether youransw

er was correct or incorrect. If A

uralia does not seem to stop, then it did

not detect your singing or you did not sing enough notes. See the ‘Using

your microphone’ section earlier in this guide for singing tips. Som

e lightson the screen show

how m

any notes have been recognised. If it seems to be

incorrect, you can press ‘Start again’ to reset and start over.

Chord Singing has the sam

e level structure as Chord R

ecognition.

Clu

ster Ch

ord

s

In Cluster C

hords, Auralia w

ill play a sequence of chords and ask you toenter it. T

he chords are all built on intervals of the second and the fourth.T

he number of chords in the sequence depends on w

hich level you arepractising or testing.

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Ltn

etno

C1l

eveL

droh

c1

dnaet

onne

viG

2lev

eLsd

rohc

2dn

aet

onne

viG

3lev

eLsd

rohc

3dn

aet

onne

viG

4lev

eLdd

aton

seod

droh

chtr

uofeh

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rohc

4dn

aet

onne

viG

driht

eht

morf

seto

nowt

segn

ahct

ub,eto

nreh

tona

.dro

hc

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ser’s Guide 47

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are

To enter your answer, m

ove the mouse over the staff and click on the note

you wish to add. Y

ou can set whether the note is to be added in its natural,

sharpened or flattened form by using the Flat, N

atural or Sharp buttons. To

remove a note w

hich you have added, click on it again. (You do not need to

have the same Flat, Sharp or N

atural button selected to remove a note.)

Co

un

terpo

int S

ing

ing

In Counterpoint Singing, A

uralia will play a short tw

o-part phrase and askyou to sing either the upper notes or the low

er notes. Press the Start button,then sing the the m

elody. When you have finished singing, A

uralia will

stop automatically and tell you w

hether your answer w

as correct orincorrect. If A

uralia does not seem to stop, then you have not sung enough

notes! Some lights on the screen show

how m

any notes have beenrecognised. If it seem

s to be incorrect, you can press ‘Start again’ to resetand start over.

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Ltn

etno

C

1lev

eLot

seto

n4

naht

ero

moN.

trap

2.seid

ole

mwols

,troh

S.e

nilon

arpo

Sgn

iS.tr

apa

yawr

iafase

niL.

kcab

gnis

2lev

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ilss

abfo

gnig

nis

ddA

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ass

abht

oB.

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lcgn

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rets

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iles

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Interval C

om

pariso

n

In Interval Com

parison, Auralia w

ill play two intervals and ask you w

hich

interval was larger. R

ead the question carefully; Auralia m

ay ask you which

interval was larger (first or second), or w

as the first interval larger or smaller

than the second, or was the second interval larger or sm

aller than the first.

Click on the answ

er which you think is correct, then press O

K. If you are

practising, Auralia w

ill tell you whether you w

ere right or wrong. If you

were w

rong, you may be able to try again. (If you are doing a test, your

teacher may have told A

uralia not to tell you whether you w

ere right orw

rong.)

You can hear the question again by pressing the R

eplay button. When you

are finished practising, or if you wish to cancel the rest of your test, press

Exit.In

terval Reco

gn

ition

In Interval Recognition, A

uralia will play an interval and ask you to identify

it. You w


hen Auralia plays

an interval, the first note of the interval is shown on the keyboard. Y

ou canalso answ

er the question by playing the second note of the interval either onthe keyboard on the screen, or on your M

IDI keyboard. (Y

our teacher oradm

inistrator may have turned off this option.)

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ser’s Guide 49

48 Rising Softw

are

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Ltn

etno

C1l

eveL

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ogn

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inni

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agn

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illA

Interval S

ing

ing

In Interval Singing, Auralia w

ill play a note and ask you to sing a the note acertain interval above it or below

. The interval and the direction required

are shown on the screen. Press the Start button, then sing the interval.

Auralia w

ill stop automatically w

hen you have sung the interval and tellyou w

hether your answer w

as correct or incorrect. If Auralia does not seem

to stop, then it did not detect your singing. See the ‘Using your

microphone’ section earlier in this guide for singing tips.

Interval Singing has the same level structure as Interval R

ecognition.

Jazz Ch

ord

Pro

gressio

ns

In Jazz Chord Progressions, A

uralia will play a progression of chords and

ask you to identify it. A m

ajor or minor triad w

ill be played before theprogression begins, but is not part of the progression.

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Ltn

etno

C1l

eveL

.sno

isserg

orp

dnuo

ranr

utdn

a'1-

5-2'

2lev

eLot

dedd

aerasn

oitair

avdn

asn

oisn

etxe

nom

moce

moS

snoiss

ergo

rpdn

uora

nrut

dna'

1-5-

2'

3lev

eL-3'e

mos

dnasy

ekro

nim

nis'1-

5-2',stn

ani

mod

deretl

A.d

edda

erasn

oiss

ergo

rp'1

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-6

4lev

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atszz

ajmo

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mmo

ce

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'1-5

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ome

mos

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ani

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da.s

nois

serg

orp

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mos

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oiss

ergo

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uora

nrut

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mocss

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moS

.ded

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oiss

ergo

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nats

zzaj

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ajno

mmo

css

ele

mos

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utits

bus'

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edda

erasn

oiss

ergo

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nats

7lev

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t4fo

elcy

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oiss

ergo

rpdr

ohc

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eveL

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udort

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erast

neme

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amo

rhc

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-5-2'r

oni

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rp


er. Each chord



ith a black border. To enter the chord for a particular box,select the key of the chord from

the keys box, any alterations to the chord

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ser’s Guide 51

50 Rising Softw

are

(such as m7 or 9) from

the alterations box, and any slash note as necessary,then press the Set button. T

he next chord box is automatically highlighted.

You can change a chord you have already entered by clicking on the box,

choosing the correct chord as before, then pressing Set again.

Jazz Ch

ord

s

In Jazz Chords, A

uralia will play a jazz chord and ask you to identify it.

When you have identified it, select it from

the list of chords on screen, thenpress O

K.

In Jazz Chords, you w


henA

uralia plays a chord, the first note is shown on the keyboard. Y

ou can alsoansw

er the question by playing the entire chord, either on the keyboard onthe screen, or on your M

IDI keyboard. N

ote: the first note is not necessarilythe tonic of the chord. (Y

our teacher or administrator m

ay have turned offthis option.)le

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ani

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oni

M,ht

7tna

nimo

D,ht

7de

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imi

D,de

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detn

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