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Maestro Max and his choir of Singing Notes return for an encore performance with a variety of new instruments to provide students with a continuing introduction to music fundamentals and theory. Music Ace 2 continues the same fun and engaging format of 24 comprehensive lessons, challenging games and a creative composition tool as Music Ace 1. It also comes with over 2000 music examples from 75 different composers.
Lessons cover:
Standard Notation
Tempo
Comparing Rhythms
Rhythmic Dictation
Echoing
Counting
Quarter Notes
Eighth Notes
Rests
Measures
All Key Signatures
Hearing Melodies
Melodic Contour
Syncopation
Half Notes & Ties
Dotted Quarter Notes
Sixteenth Notes
Rhythmic Composition
Time Signatures
Major & Minor Scales
Introduction to Intervals
Three Sounds Per Beat
6/8 Time
Introduction to Harmony
Ear Training
Composing Melodies
Distinguishing Melodies and Harmonies
GAMES
24 exciting multi-level games (one per lesson) sharpen music skills and improve retention of important lesson concepts. Colourful animated 3-D graphics, digitized sound effects, bonus points and high scores provide fun, interactive entertainment. Users can select novice or advanced difficulty settings.
TRACKING PROGRESS
Special feature tracks an individual's progress through lessons and games. A "completion count" provides the number of times the user has gone through each section of a lesson and "games progress" provides high scores.
MUSIC DOODLE PAD
Unique feature allows individuals to easily compose their own music using a variety of instrument sounds. These creative compositions can be saved and played back for others, showcasing the knowledge and skills acquired from the lessons and games. Users can also listen to and modify popular music selections from the Jukebox section of the Music Doodle Pad.
INSTRUCTIONAL AND APPEARANCE SETTINGS
New features enable user to select clef instruction (treble and bass, treble only, bass only or alto only), determine rhythmic stringency (relaxed or strict), determine game difficulty (novice or advanced), and also adjust the appearance of the notes and instruments (with or without faces | 
