Compass from Sibelius is a software program to help students learn how to compose. It includes lessons, worksheets and self-tests covering a wide range of topics, leading on to complete composition projects.
For each lesson, students study relevant interactive topics, test themselves with the built-in quiz and try out what they've learned in the "Tracker." Topics include melody, harmony, scales, rhythm, dynamics, transformations, timbre, texture and form.
The software is suitable for students in high school and college.
Note:
This package is an educational discount that requires proof of current educational status. Available to fully accredited K-12, College, or University Institutions in North/South America.
Extensive lessons and composition projects in the art of composition
Covers a wide range of styles
Unique "Tracker" educational sequencer
Includes 1,200 motives to use (e.g. chord sequences, rhythms, scales), plus tools to create canons, inversions, ostinati etc., and combine material in new ways
Thirty-three quizzes, marked automatically
Music developed in the Tracker can be transferred to Sibelius or any sequencer
Supports MENC and QCA standards