Emuso for SEMPRE MET24 delegates
Hi and many thanks for wanting to check out emuso v3 pre-release. We really appreciate your interest.
To access v3, there are two steps.
- request a download link for v3 pre-release.
- request a free, permanent license via https://emuso.buzz/buy-emuso-studio/?type=one-off
1. Download link
Please use the form at https://emuso.buzz/emuso-practicesuite-v3-pre-release/. After form submission, you will see a page with the download link and a license. IGNORE THE LICENSE. This is only used when someone is trialing v3 rather than owning it.
2. Free permanent license
You will have received a promo code that carries 100% discount in response to your request email. You will need you to “purchase” an emuso license with this code.
The purchase url is https://emuso.buzz/buy-emuso-studio/?type=one-off. You will see “one-off” mentioned for the plan on that page. Fill in your details, choose your OS, enter the promo code, and click BUY.
This takes you to our distributor, paddle.com, where you’ll need to provide an email and postcode (no credit card needed).
This returns you to our site, and you will receive an email from no-reply@sales.musicincite.buzz. This may take a few minutes to come through. It contains your license, to enter into the license manager that appears when you first launch emuso. This license doesn’t expire. IGNORE THE DOWNLOAD LINK in the email. Make sure to use the download link provided by step 1. You will also receive emails from paddle.com.
Help content needs updates
Once the user trials complete, we will update the impacted Help videos and help-related content to match v3. Currently, the videos are old, and the UI differs quite a bit. There are “quick start guides” that are pretty much up-to-date, that take you through using emuso.
Your feedback
We’d love to receive feedback about v3 that we can use publicly. But that’s entirely optional. Ideally, we’d like an evaluation and a short testimonial.
Evaluation
Emuso is a fully-fledged application that cannot be learned thoroughly in a few minutes. How effective do you think the visualisation tools and UI are at helping folk learn how to create (improvise) and understand music, and practice (ear training, technique, rhythm, timing)? How effective is it on providing freedom to explore and experiment rather than pre-ordaining what must be learned when? How effective is the auto-correcting interactive content that lets a student see and hear corrections compared with mistakes?
Emuso expects that users know how to hold the guitar, and doesn’t teach how to play songs, as there are plentiful sites out there that do this. It’s primarily aimed at those who are coming back to music, once life’s circumstances allow, that struggle or can’t improvise because the don’t understand note choice either due to learning by rote (guitar tab) or couldn’t get on with theory as traditionally presented.
However, we have been told by Chris Loughrin, music education consultant to the State of Michigan, that he thinks children in their early teens would find emuso both easy enough to use, but also motivational and fun, and hard to get them off the computer once they know how to use it. He is currently working with us, trialing v3, and will shortly be working with a few students using v3.
Here is a summary provided by Chris so far.
“As with traditional approaches to music instruction, upon opening Emuso Practice Suite, I expected a linear, rigid, step-by-step program, with music theory randomly injecting between lessons. I watched the introductory video explaining the concept, then began exploring the different options and layout of Emuso. I soon realized this program is unlike the others. The Emuso approach to learning is multidimensional and reflects current research on the way our brains learn. As researchers and educators uncover how the brain learns, so too can we develop better ways to facilitate learning new skills and concepts. Emuso Practice Suite does just that. Emuso approaches guitar and music concepts organically, while empowering the learner to understand guitar, melody, harmony, rhythm and broad music concepts in a brain-compatible, research based approach through curiosity, discovery, aspiration and the innate desire for new understanding. A dynamic, fluid approach that assumes nothing other than the brain and body’s natural way of learning. With Emuso Practice Suite you’re not just learning to play the guitar, you are growing a deep multidimensional understanding of music that can elevate you as a guitar player, musician and creator.”
Assistant Professor Music, Music Education, of Boston University College of Fine Art, Gareth Dylan Smith, thinks emuso is one of the best music education applications he has seen. Gareth is co-editor of the Journal of Popular Music Education. Gareth’s testimonial: “emuso is uniquely excellent in its combination of intuitive interactivity and applicable music theoretical and listening skills. For guitarists, this is a one-stop shop for many aspects of music learning that can be missed from working with instructional books and in bands. Something to really take your musicianship chops to the next level!”