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Turn ASSESSMENT off, make sure ACCOMPANIMENT is on, and click START TAKE to listen to the piece with the full band playing! One of the great features of SmartMusic is the chance to hear and practice with the full band recording!

STEP 1: If you are just starting a piece of music, listen to it a few times before practicing and follow along just going over fingerings.

You can find the TUNER in the top right hand side of the screen If you are out of tune, the assessment may be incorrect.

Before starting, make sure you are warmed up and you tune.After opening the piece of music, choose your instrument and part from the drop down menu and click GO.After the file downloads, you may now click OPEN, or you can find the piece in the left hand menu under MY LIBRARY/BAND & ORCHESTRA.

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If itвЂ™s a piece you will be working on for a while, choose DOWNLOAD FOR LATER so it will be added to your library and you wonвЂ™t need to stream it every time you practice.

You may choose to click OPEN or DOWNLOAD FOR LATER.

Once the piece comes up under SEARCH RESULTS, click the title.

If there should happen to be two or more versions, you will have to select the correct arrangement (hint: Look at the arrangers name on the composition) This should bring up what you are looking for if the piece is in SmartMusic.

In the drop down menu under CATEGORY, select BAND AND ORCHESTRA.

For ensemble/band music, type the title of the piece of music in the box that says ENTER TEXT.

On the right hand side of your screen, there is a QUICK SEARCH menu.

In the left hand menu, click FIND MUSIC.

Click the ORANGE box marked DONE when you are finished with this screen.

Speed may be adjust in small increments by clicking the + or вЂ“ signs beside the tempo number, or by sliding the bar adjustment.

You can start the metronome by choosing CLICK.

You can also choose to sound the pitch (LISTEN). Concert Bb, Concert A) in the dropdown menu under TUNER.

You may change the note you are tuning to (i.e.

You have access to a tuner, metronome and piano here.

Click the box that says PRACTICE TOOLS in the left hand menu bar.

For assessments, we donвЂ™t need to hear you echo

Either default REVERB, or turn it off.

Set your SPEAKERS to full volume (default) as you will later adjust your volume from the device, not the software.

If your built in microphone is distorting (staying in the red) or not accurately reading your pitch with the tuner or music, you will need to buy a small external microphone (approximately $10). If itвЂ™s in the RED, your sound will distort. You want the bar meter to register midway, in the GREEN. If gain is too low, you may slide the orange triangle up to increase sensitivity.

You may check your mic sensitivity here.

If there is a microphone attached to your computer, it will be recognized at the top of this menu.

Click SETTINGS in the left hand menu bar.

After installing the software, click on the link to open.

Even WITH a built in microphone, you may have to purchase an external microphone if yours is not of a quality to recognize pitches from your instrument. If you are using a desktop system, make sure that you have a microphone. You must also have an external microphone and speakers. Platforms supported are PC, Mac, and iPad. SmartMusic is a great program and when used properly, can really improve your playing! Not to mention make practice time a LOT more enjoyable! You have to pay for an annual subscription which is currently $40 for one year. Erik Riggs for creating this Smart Music user friendly document

Change scale range in new smartmusic