Free Music education software for Sight Reading

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Jalmus is a free, open source music education software helping the musicians, specially pianists, to improve their sight-reading. You can train to read music with both exercises on notes or rhythms.

A MIDI keyboard is required to use all the features of Jalmus. We are affiliated with two International Music Cyberstore Thomann.de for Europe and Musicians Friend for United States and Canada. If you are interested you can look at this selection of the best MIDI keyboards.

Jalmus is developed in Java and so available on Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS.

Jalmus is a multilingual software supporting - English, French, Spanish, Italian, Danish and German : help us to translate it in your language.

>>News

7 juillet 2010 : Version 1.6

The main new feature is a score reading exercise only playable with MIDI keyboard : see demo on Youtube. You should first set latency and cursor speed like show on video.

Change log :

- Score reading exercise
- Improving main menu and preferences window
- No more sound when mouse is moved on keyboard at screen (note reading exercise)

To do next :

- Both clef together on note and score reading exercises
- Integrate rhythm and score reading in lesson files


7 juin 2010 : Version 1.5 : problem on rhythm exercise

I’ve uploaded a version 1.5 corrected to resolve problem on rhythm exercise.

There are now two parameters to setup :

- Latency : increase this value if the points are not superposed when you give rhythms on four first beats
- Cursor speed : increase this value if the points move forward more and more

Please report any problem on forum.


5 June 2010 : New version 1.5

Version 1.5 adding a rhythms exercise with possibility to give answers with SPACE key or better a MIDI keyboard connected to your computer.

A demo is available on «Features» page or on Youtube.

It’ s very important to set latency in preferences before play rhythm game.


10 May 2010 : New video demo of Jalmus 1.4

A video demo of Jalmus 1.4 with all exercises is available at the end of «Features» page .

10 mai 2010 : Version 1.4

New version is available with changelog :

- Save and load preferences (language, midi options) in settings file when Jalmus close and start
- Adding buttons to select range of notes in note reading game.
- The notes to train are now visible in green on keyboard at screen.
- Slow down note reading game in line.
- Fixing sound problem at the end of a game (I hope it’s OK now).

Update 13/05/2010 :
- Fixing problem with green keys in learning game
- The rhythm game have sound even the sound checkbox is off in midi options (the MIDI keyboard play sound too).

To do next :

- Improve note reading game with piano staff
- Add new exercise on rhythms with possibility to use MIDI keyboard

All comments are welcome on the forum.


5 mai 2010 : Affiliation to Thomann.de and Zzsound

Jalmus is now affiliate to Zzounds for United States and Thomann.de for Europe. It means that if you buy a Midi keyboard or an another musical instrument using a link on Jalmus Website I will gain some points to upgrade my keyboard.
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