Smart Music

Smart Music is award-winning interactive music software that provides the ideal practice environment. With a subscription to SmartMusic, students have unlimited access to the world’s largest accompaniment library for all ages and skill levels, which includes thousands of pieces of music.

Teachers create and send customized assignments from a huge, growing library of band and orchestra titles, which includes solo contest pieces and popular method books.

Students open an assignment from their teachers, which contains customized instructions for playing a particular piece of music.

• As the music appears on the screen, they play or sing along with background accompaniment.
• Following each performance, SmartMusic provides an immediate assessment, displaying the notes that students performed correctly in green and the notes they performed incorrectly in red.
• Students record and listen to each performance to hear how they really sound and how their part fits within the whole.
• When they are satisfied with their performance, they send a recording to their teacher who can assess, score, and build a portfolio to track their progress over time. 

Students improve faster with instant feedback about which notes they’ve gotten right or wrong and by listening to recording of their performance.

Teachers grade assignments, track student progress, and can build portfolios of student work.
I really enjoy using this program when working with students on improvisation.  Students have the chance to play over changes and see specific notes that may be a bad selection for the chord provided in the progression.  They get to see their tendencies and hear what it sounds like.