Demos with Wynton Marsalis

View videos of Wynton Marsalis explaining SmartMusic

Musician, composer, band leader, Pulitzer Prize and Grammy winner Wynton Marsalis believes in the power of SmartMusic to help students improve their skills and develop musicianship. Wynton tells you why in the video clips below.

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Why is SmartMusic such an important practice tool?

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Everybody's got to practice...
SmartMusic makes it fun!

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56k modem high speed Students need accompaniment when they practice. Playing with accompaniment helps students get better, faster.

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SmartMusic helps students get better faster... practicing can be fun!

Key features of SmartMusic

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SmartMusic listens and follows spontaneous
tempo changes.

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Listen to SmartMusic follow Cynthia’s singing.

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Metronome, warm-ups, fingering charts … everything students need for productive
practice time.

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The built-in tuner helps students see and hear where the pitch should be performed.

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Vocalists can match the music to their range, and jazz students can practice blues in every key.

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Students can take a tough measure and
slow it down, then build up speed gradually.

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Students can click on a note to see its fingering,
look up a composer’s bio, or study information about
the piece they’re practicing.

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SmartMusic allows you to save customized accompaniments for each of your students.

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Select from classical, jazz, music theater, pop,
rock, holiday . . . or make your own!

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Scales, arpeggios, and other technical exercises are fun and challenging with SmartMusic’s jazz,
rock, reggae, and other accompaniments.

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Students learn faster when they hear themselves play. Recordings can be burned to disk or
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Sonatas and concertos come to life with
SmartMusic accompaniment.

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SmartMusic uses color graphics to show students their mistakes and how to correct them.
Grades can be e-mailed to teachers.

All that Jazz!

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SmartMusic has unique features that help all students learn to have fun improvising.

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Practicing the blues.

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