A computer program that allows children of
all ages and of all skill levels to perform with
a professional accompanist.
For Teachers
 Individualizes your instruction
 Lets you keep up with a students individual
progress
 You can assign work and document a students
results easily
 Saves time
For Students
 Prepares them for concerts or recitals
 Makes home practice fun and easy
 Develops their skills
 Makes practicing fun so they enjoy it and want to
do it longer and more often
For Administration
 Affordable
 An innovative assessment program
 Allows teacher to give a parent a clear idea of where
their child is at
 Allows music teachers to offer students
differentiated learning and individualized
instruction
Key Features
 Repertoire List
 Metronome
 Intelligent
 Transposition
Accompaniment
 Adjustable Tempo
 Recording
 Assessment
 Impact Grade Book
 Exercises
 Tuner
 Practice Loops
 Fingering Charts
 Hear Solo/
Accompaniment Line
 Play By Ear
 Improvisation Patterns
 Jazz Exercises
Limitations
 Could possibly hold back a students music reading
skills
 Could make the transfer to a live accompanist
difficult
 If used to much in a classroom, can take away from
the music making experience
Price’s
For Teachers
For Students
 130 Dollars Per Year
 30 Dollars Per Year
 This is a yearly subscription
 This is a yearly subscription
and a 1 year contract is
mandatory
 This version includes the
web-based impact grade book
as well and a 1 year contract is
mandatory
Smartmusic
Main Display
This is the main page
of Smartmusic and
what your computer
would look like while
you were using the
program.
Smartmusic on a computer screen
Assignment Window
Smartmusic Microphones
Vocal Microphone
Instrumental Microphones
Smartmusic being used in the classroom
System Requirements
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Windows® XP
Pentium® 4 or Athlon® 64 class processor or higher*
512 MB RAM
DirectX® 9 or later compatible sound card
Windows Vista®
Pentium® 4 or Athlon® 64 class processor or higher*
1 GB RAM
Windows Vista 32-bit edition (64-bit compatible)
Windows® Experience Index Processor Subscore of 4.5 or higher
DirectX® 10 or later compatible sound card**
Macintosh® OS 10.4 (Tiger)
867 MHz G4 processor or higher PPC or Mac-Intel*
512 MB RAM
Minimum OS 10.4.11
Microphone adaptor***
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Macintosh® OS 10.5 (Leopard)
2 GHz Intel Core Duo processor or higher*
1 GB RAM
Microphone adaptor***
All Systems (Windows XP/Vista, Mac OS 10.4 or 10.5)
1GB available disk space
CD or DVD-ROM drive
Microphone
Headphones or speakers
Monitor resolution of 1024x768 (800x600 minimum)
One available USB port for the optional foot pedal
Internet access is required to activate your subscription, to receive
and submit assignments via SmartMusic Impact, and to download
accompaniments.
Bibliography
 "Smatmusic." Music Education Technology. 8 Apr.
2009. Penton Media, Inc. 12 Apr. 2009
<http://metmagazine.com/mag/wide_world_smartmu
sic/>.
 "Smartmusic." Smartmusic. 12 Apr. 2009. Makemusic.
12 Apr. 2009 <http://www.smartmusic.com/>.