The Art of Composition
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.
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 Tracker. Topics include
melody, harmony, scales, rhythm, dynamics, transformations, timbre, texture,
and form.
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Tracker
Compass's Tracker is a unique educational sequencer which helps students record and
develop musical ideas. It includes 1200 motives (e.g. chord sequences, rhythms, scales)
to use – plus tools to create canons, inversions, ostinati etc., and combine material in new ways.
Structured projectsThe lessons lead on to composition projects such as theme and variations, songwriting and blues.
Students develop music in the Tracker, and can also transfer it to Sibelius 3 or any sequencer.
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