Example of lessons in the early Commodore CDTV Musicolour interactive music teaching software

If you have a Commodore CDTV your machine is virtually incomplete without this fine piece of especially created CDTV software. I understand it will also run on an Amiga 500 but have not had an opportunity to have tested this personally.

Learn the basic fundamentals of music - quickly gain an ideal and enjoyable foundation in Musical skills.

Ideal if you want to learn to compose or start to learn to play any instrument - this will put you right on the fast-track.

Ideal also for musicians who can play but wish they could read and understand music or would love to write their own compositions and easily harmonise those tunes. It's all possible with the lessons you will happily learn from with this simple fun interactive program.

Musicolour is a multimedia CDTV title that uses many of the techniques and learning games from the Tobin System, to offer a highly pleasing, rewarding, well structured and progressive series of self study lessons for kids and adults alike. Musicolour won an EMMA (European Multi-Media Award) for best educational programme in Europe, and also a BIMA - a British equivalent award. This provides teachers, students and the general public with a comprehensive interactive aid.

The lessons, creative material, and full design of the program was put together by Candida Tobin, with the technical know-how from Virgin in cooperation with Binary Vision to create this show-stopping multimedia title. In 15 step by step lessons, illustrated with scintillating colour graphics, the user learns the elements of rhythm, pitch and harmony whilst composing. The voice-over for many of the lessons is provided by children's TV and theatre presenter Derek Griffiths.

Musicolour was developed in by Virgin Multimedia for the Commodore CDTV multimedia console and to 'showcase' the interactive potential of the new machine. At the time of its development, the Multimedia industry was in its infancy. Many advanced techniques that today are considered commonplace on a multimedia PC, were ground breaking at the time - such as the movement of colour graphics carefully synchronised with sound and music. This software has stood the 'test of time' and presents all the smooth functionality one would expect from modern product.

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