Each of the three Groovy Music programs is designed to be used by a different age group, with more complex musical ideas being explored as children progress through the series. Each program has its own ‘theme’, with exciting and engaging graphics to appeal to the age group for which it’s designed.

• For 5-7 year olds
  
• Teaches simple musical concepts
  
• Children create music using shapes to represent sounds

In Groovy Shapes, the first of the three programs, children learn about basic music concepts. The Explore section guides them aurally through a series of progressive exercises which teach them how music works. They can then put into practice what they’ve learned by creating their own music in the Create section.

Shapes are used to represent elements of music such as rhythms, melodies and chords. As your chosen character walks across the screen, the shapes play their sounds. A library of preset sounds is included, which children can simply drag onto the screen to build up their musical creation.

Then they can play back their piece, edit it, or even see the elements displayed as music notation.The progressive exercises mean Groovy Shapes can be used immediately by a non-specialist teacher, and because instructions are given aurally, no reading is required.

Groovy Jungle:

• For 7-9 year olds
  

Groovy Jungle introduces children to notes and notation, ostinato, major and minor, and simple musical terms. More complex musical textures are explored, and additional instruments allow them to experiment further with their own compositions.

• Add music to a composition by recording from a keyboard or other MIDI instrument
  
• View compositions in a full score display
  
• Create and edit text
  
• Jungle-themed Create mode with sounds represented by animals and plants

Groovy City:

• For 9-11 year olds
  
• Introduces more complex musical concepts, including notation and musical terminology
  
• Built-in tracking of children’s progress

In the third program, children learn more about notation, and complete more complex listening tasks. They are also introduced to question and answer phrases and the blues scale, so that they can begin to build up more sophisticated compositions.

• Futuristic city themed Create mode
  
• Library of sounds includes patterns, as well as individual sounds

Minimum System Requirements:

Windows

• Windows 98/2000/XP or Mac OS X 10.2 or later
  
• 800Mhz processor or faster (1.4GHz for Groovy Jungle and City)
  
• 128MB+ RAM (512MB+ for Groovy Jungle and City)
  
• 100MB free hard disk space
  
• 16-bit sound card
  
• CD-Rom drive required for installation

Educational Pricing:

- Can be purchased using eLC's

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