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Alfred Software Demos


Alfred's Interactive Musician
For developing essential musicianship skills, Alfred's Interactive Musician features three unique sections—Pitch Training, Sight-Reading and Rhythm—and is designed to enhance your recognition of intervals, chords and scales, improve your ability to sight-read, and prepare you for various types of rhythms. The Demo Version includes levels 1 and 2 of each section. The full version unlocks thousands of levels and the ability to customize an exercise to your liking.

Alfred's Interactive Musician for Windows Demo
Pentium or higher processor, Windows 95b/98/NT/2000/XP, 32MB RAM, 22 MB hd space, VGA (or better) monitor, mouse, soundcard or MIDI interface, and opt. MIDI keyboard.
Alfred's Interactive Musician for Macintosh Demo
PowerPC (603 processor or higher), System 8.x or higher, 32 MB RAM, 22 MB hd space, 640x480 color monitor, mouse, opt. MIDI keyboard.

Theory Games
A fun way for students to learn music theory concepts. Correlates to Alfred's Basic Piano Library Levels 1A-5. The Preview Version includes abbreviated examples of the games.

Theory Games for Windows Demo
386dx or higher processor, Windows 3.x or Windows95, 4MB RAM, 6 MB hd space, VGA (or better) monitor, mouse, 3.5" disk drive, soundcard or MIDI interface, and opt. MIDI keyboard.
Theory Games for Macintosh Demo
Mac II (68020 processor or higher), System 7.0 or higher, 6 MB RAM, 5 MB hd space, 640x480 color monitor, mouse, opt. MIDI keyboard.
General MIDI Accompaniment disks
Background accompaniment disks for many of the books in Alfred's library. Demo ten MIDI files in a variety of styles. Use these files with any General MIDI keyboard, soundmodule or sequencer. 
Alfred's General MIDI Demo Disk** 
**Read here for info on how to convert MIDI files to a Mac format.
NotePlay
NotePlay teaches you the basics of playing a keyboard and how to read music. Set in a game context, there are 36 skill levels and 4 different play modes. Includes bass and treble clefs, melodies, chords, two playing speeds and drills. 
Note Play for Dos
Note Play for Windows
Play It By Ear
An interactive program that hones your ability to recognize tones, chords, intervals, melodies and scales. 
Play It By Ear for Dos
Rhythm Ace
Rhythm Ace sharpens your music abilities as you keep the beat on your computer keyboard, MIDI keyboard or your mouse! Choose from hundreds of rhythms in a variety of styles, or create your own. Reading mode lets you play the rhythm you see on the screen; Dictation mode lets you hear the pattern, then type in the correct rhythm; Custom mode lets you creat your own drills! 
Rhythm Ace for Dos
Rhythm Play
Designed in an arcade style, this program trains you to read and play rhythmically. Includes 24 skill levels with one- and two-handed exercises. Covers everything from half notes in common time to dotted and tied notes, rests, eighth and 16th notes, triplets and compound signatures for both hands. 
Rhythm Play for Dos
EarPlay
This game helps you develop your ability to recognize the sounds of music and to translate that ability into improved playing. Includes 36 skill levels, ascending and descending intervals, major and minor scales, chromatic intervals, and four-note melodies. 
EarPlay for Dos
Soloist
This revolutionary program lets you learn on the instrument of your choice! As easy as it is fun, use Soloist with your PC (286 or higher), a Soundblaster (or compatible) soundcard, a microphone and virtually any instrument you like, including guitar, keyboard, voice, sax, violin, trumpet, flute and more. Soloist asks you to play back music displayed on screen, giving you immediate feedback on your performance. 

Soloist for Dos