MacGamut is a horrendous computer program made for musicians. It contains intervals, rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic dictation, scales, and chords. You have to be able to listen to these and tell the difference between intervals. On a computer program, this is HARD! Mostly because it is hard to portray the actual sound of an instrument or voice on the computer, but also because it's just hard. You have to identify triads and the different types of scales, Major, minor (melodic, harmonic, and natural). You get to do rhythmic dictation, which is when the program plays a specific rhythm and you the student are suppose to write it down on the lines provided. It's all very technical and time consuming.
That's when it boils down to the teacher. You see some teachers want you to get past a certain number of levels for each specified category. There are 20 levels in each category total. Then you have the teachers that just want you to try your hardest and log time. Those are the most wonderful teachers EVER. When you get those teachers you can just watch Television all day and click stuff. As long as the mouse is moving and you are active, you log time. It may not benefit you to do this, however, when you're a college student you get to a point when you just don't care anymore. As I type this beautiful blog, I am doing exactly that, clicking away just to log time.
So for those of you who have to just log time, sit down and watch a movie or listen to music while you click at your mouse. Ready, set, GO!
