Saturday, October 18, 2008

Mozart 1.0 Released for iPhone/iPod touch




We are happy to announce that after many months of hard work Mozart has been released for the iPhone. You can view some videos and screenshots on Mozart's homepage.
Mozart is a program designed to aid in the process of learning how to read music. It does that in form of a game. Once the game is started via the toolbar or menu a stream of whole notes comes streaming from the right side of the screen. These notes have to be named in the order of their appearance with the current input instrument (i.e. piano). Once a note gets too close to the clef on the left side of the screen it disappears in a cloud of vapor and the player loses one life. For each note named in time the player gets one point or more depending on level. The further the game progresses the more notes will appear in this steady stream and their range will widen to potentially include many ledger lines above and below the staff. Once a player has depleted all his lives the game is over and he might receive a high score.

Designed for the beginning musician as well as the professional, Mozart is an excellent tool towards better reading in 12 minor and major keys, practicing, Solfege or unfamiliar keys or just to have fun while learning. You can get Mozart here and also from the AppStore on your iPhone.