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Manufacturer: SIBELIUS Platform: Hybrid Includes both a Mac and Windows version of the program.

Sibelius Compass is a unique 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. Sibelius Compass is a set of resources and activities for use by teachers and students to support composition classes. The software can be used at your computer, or to create handouts and worksheets. It includes special IT activities that link to Sibelius or a sequencer.  
 
Highlights:  
- Hundreds of exercises  
- High school and college levels  
- Integrates with sibelius and sequencers  
- Progressive lessons  
- Special technology section  
 
Theory & practice  
For each lesson, students study relevant interactive topics, test themselves with the built-in quiz, and try out what they've learned in the Toolbox. Topics include melody, harmony, scales, rhythm, dynamics, transformations, timbre, texture, and form.  
 
Toolbox  
Compass's Toolbox is where students record and develop musical ideas. It includes a large library of motives (e.g. chord sequences, rhythms, scales) to use – plus tools to create canons, inversions, ostinati etc., and combine material in new ways.  
 
Structured projects  
The lessons lead on to composition projects such as theme and variations, songwriting, sonata form and blues. Students develop music in the Toolbox, and can also transfer it to Sibelius 3 or any sequencer.  
 
Key features of Sibelius Compass:  
- 16 worksheets & 32 composition projects  
- Wide range of styles  
- Unique Toolbox for developing musical ideas  
- Quiz for each topic, marked automatically  
- Build up composition portfolio

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Academic/Theological Pricing for SIBELIUS COMPASS

Lab Pack 5 - Buy

Our price: $499.00

Site Licence (per seat - 11-50) - Buy

Our price: $95.00

Site License (51-100) - contact us for lower pricing - Buy

Our price: $91.00

Site License (100+) - contact us for lower pricing - Buy

Our price: $87.00

Notes on academic/theological versions: Compass single copies are for use on one computer only.   Compass Lab Packs are for 5 users; any of those can be installed off-site.   Compass Site Licenses may be installed in multiple locations within a school campus or district and do not allow for any copies to be installed off-site.

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System Requirements for SIBELIUS COMPASS

PC	Mac
Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista   512MB+ RAM   350MB hard disk space   DVD-ROM drive	Mac OS X 10.4 or later   512MB+ RAM   350MB hard disk space   DVD-ROM drive.