1. CITATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION

Title: MiBac Music Lessons 1 and 2
Author: MiBac Music Software Inc.
Publisher: MiBac Music Software Inc.
Date: Version 4.0 was written in 2004
Content: Fundamental music theory lessons as well as ear training lessons
Grade/Age: This software will be most suitable for high school and early college
aged students.
Class: The theory portion of this software would be a great asset in any music
classroom. The ear-training assignments are laid out to be most conducive to a
general music classroom.

MiBac Music Lessons 1 and 2

comes with installation discs for
Windows or Macintosh based
computers. To aid with the input of
answers, you can use the on screen
keyboard, or you can connect an
external midi keyboard.

2. Instructional Content
Lesson  one  is  based  mainly  some  fundamentals  of  music  theory.  Covering  
note  reading,  the  circle  of  fifths,  key  signatures,  piano  finger  positions,  
major/minor  scales,  scale  modes,  jazz  scales,  scale  degrees,  intervals,  and  
note  durations,  this  program  is  very  extensive  and  well  rounded.    

Lesson  2  is  the  ear-­‐training  portion.  It  covers  intervals,  triads,  triads  with  
inversions,  7ths,  and  using  roman  numerals.  In  this  lesson,  a  chord  is  
sounded,  either  blocked  or  broken,  and  the  user  must  chose  the  quality  and  
inversion  of  the  chord.  
 
The  lessons  in  this  program  each  
stand-­‐alone  and  do  not  build  upon  
each  other.    Each  lesson  has  3  levels:  
Beginning,  Intermediate,  and  
Advanced.    There  are  many  options  
the  user  can  choose  in  order  to  
customize  their  learning  experience.    
For  example,  this  image  shows  all  of  
the  options  that  you  may  choose  for  
the  intervals  lesson.  
  
This  program  has  a  great  progress  tracker.  The  teacher  or  student  can  print  the  
progress  report  out  
and  keep  it  for  their  
records.  It  is  easy  to  
use  as  a  grading  
guide.    
 
The  nature  of  
this  program  makes  
the  user  use  their  
higher  level  thinking  
skills.  I  found  almost  
all  of  the  most  
advanced  exercises  
very  difficult.    But,  
since  the  student  
sets  the  pace  of  their  
own  learning  with  
this  program,  they  
will  not  be  forced  to  
advance  too  quickly.    
 
This  is  a  
great  program  for  
teaching  music  
theory  and  ear  
training.  I  personally  
found  the  ear-­‐
training  portion  of  
the  program  the  
most  valuable.  It  allows  you  to  send  a  student  to  the  computer,  to  work  at  their  own  
pace,  on  their  personal  weaknesses.  Lesson  one,  the  theory  fundamentals,  can  easily  
be  used  as  a  quiz  or  other  small  assessment.  The  teacher  can  send  students  one  at  a  
time  while  continuing  to  work  with  the  class  as  a  whole.  Each  student  could  print  
out  their  evaluation  and  turn  it  in.  There  are  many  other  possibilities  that  might  be  
discovered  as  you  continue  to  learn  the  program.