MiDisaurus is the award winning multimedia music learning system designed for music beginners by music educators. With over 500 entertaining activities in Volumes 1-8, MiDisaurus provides a complete basic music curriculum for children ages 4-11. An edutainment approach holds the child's interest with colorful animation, fun-filled games, songs and activities.
MiDisaurus develops real music skills, an understanding of music in relation to history and culture and the ability to be musically creative.
MiDisaurus is an Emma Award winner, the most prestigious international interactive media award. Judges, in the category of "Education & Home Learning - up to 11 years," commented that
"MiDisaurus is very simple to use and extremely user friendly. The series is comprehensive and thoroughly engaging. It is the best possible computer software to teach music to this age group."
Midisaurus is designed to be user-friendly and extremely appealing to children. It uses pictures, in association with musical examples, to help the child relate graphics or animated sequences with sound. All instructions are given both on the screen and read aloud, making the product easy to use for non-readers.
MiDisaurus develops real musical skills in music fundamentals, music theory, eartraining and an understanding of musical form and history. Students begin with simple concepts (Loud/Soft, Same/Different); continue to basic concepts (Note & Rest Values, Notes on The Grand Staff); and then to more advanced concepts (Scales, Chords, Progressions). Creative and entertaining games make drills fun and easy.
MiDisaurus is designed for use with or without a MIDI keyboard; an interactive on-screen keyboard helps children work with concepts such as scales, intervals and chords. Use of a MIDI keyboard with your computer adds additional functionality to the program. MiDisaurus keeps a printable "grade report" on each child, making the program ideal for home, school or private teacher use.
The hybrid CD-ROMs work with nearly all current MAC and Windows computers. MiDisaurus is the fun way to teach kids musical skills that will last a lifetime!
The complete MiDisaurus series includes an additional 4 Focus Volumes designed for school and private teacher use.
RHYTHM consists of new games and activities that drill on Note and Rest Values from Whole to Sixteenth (including dotted values), Tempo and Time Signatures.
NOTATION includes a mix of new and excerpted games and activities that tutor Dynamics, Accents, Ties & Slurs, Articulation, Accidentals, Key Signatures and Sight Reading.
INSTRUMENTS and COMPOSERS are completely excerpted from Volumes 1-8; INSTRUMENTS explores the instruments of the orchestra and instruments from around the world; COMPOSERS explores Musical Forms and representative works by the great composers.

MiDisaurus Volume 1 includes:
Hands & Fingers
Black & White Keys
Ascending and Descending Keys
The Musical Alphabet
Listening Skills
Note & Rest Values: Quarter, Half and Whole
Middle C Close Position
Dynamics: Loud & Soft
Steps & Skip
Sing-Along Songs

MiDisaurus Volume 2 includes:
Note & Rest Values: Dotted Half, Eighth
Steps and Skips
Accents oDynamics
Time Signature: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4
5-Finger Positions: C, F and G
The I Chord
Music Composition
Introduction To Orchestral Instruments
Sing-Along Songs

MiDisaurus Volume 3 includes:
The Grand Staff and Note Reading
Steps and Skips, Half Step and Whole Step
Note Values: Dotted Quarter Note & Eighth Note
Dynamics
Time Signature: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4
Articulation
5 Finger Positions of D, E, A and B
Group 1 and Group 2 Keys
Introduction To Orchestral Instruments
Sing-Along Songs

MiDisaurus Volume 4 includes:
Intervals of 2nds, 3rds, 4ths and 5ths
Note Values: Sixteenth Notes and Patterns
Dynamics
Accidentals
Binary and Ternary Form
5 Finger Positions of Db, Eb and Ab
Group 3 Keys
The V7 Chord
The I-V7-I Chord Progression
Music Composition
Introduction To Orchestral Instruments
Sing-Along Songs

MiDisaurus Volume 5 includes:
Time Signatures
Intervals of 6ths and 7ths
Allegro and Adagio
Articulation: Legato, Staccato and Fermata
The I and V7 Chord
Tetrachords
Harmony
Accompaniment Patterns
Introduction To Musical Instruments of the World
Keyboard Playing

MiDisaurus Volume 6 includes:
Intervals of 8ths and the 8va sign
Anacrusis
Sequence
Chords and Harmony
5 Finger Positions of Bb and Gb
Group 4 Keys
Tetrachords
Accompaniment Patterns
Introduction To Musical Form
Keyboard Playing

MiDisaurus Volume 7 includes:
Key Signatures
Note Values: The Dotted Eighth-Sixteenth Pattern
Chords and Harmony
The Major Scales
5 Finger Minor Position
The Major IV Chord
The minor i and minor iv Chords
The I-IV-V7-I Chord Progression
The i-iv-V7-i Chord Progression
Theme and Variation
Music Composition: Question and Answer
Introduction To the Great Composers
Keyboard Playing

MiDisaurus Volume 8 includes:
Key Signatures
The Blues Scale
The Pentatonic Scale
Chords and Harmony
Major, Minor, Diminished and Augmented Chords
Music Composition: Question and Answer
Introduction To the Great Composers
Keyboard Playing

System Requirements:

WINDOWS

90 MHz Pentium CPU or better
WIN '95 or later
16MB memory
4X CD-ROM
Sound-Blaster compatible Sound Card
SVGA Monitor
Optional MIDI Keyboard & Connector

MAC

PowerMAC CPU
System 7.1 or later
16MB memory
4X CD-ROM
Optional MIDI Keyboard & Connector