These are areas that should be considered for music software supplements. Students can learn, through individualized instruction, without additional teacher time or in-class involvement. Good, solid software will instruct and evaluate the student in a sequential fashion. The first software purchase a teacher should make is a title which covers remedial or basic information. Some students need additional time and interactions to gain full understanding of music information or concepts.
Some students fall behind as they transfer from one school to another.
These fundamentals programs can provide a safety net for students at or near the bottom of the class. All students should have access to these materials, however. In larger decisions which affect the entire curriculum and a majority of students, the final decision should rest on the teacher's assessment of the number of topics covered by the software as it applies to the goals of the music curriculum. Certainly software can offer comprehensive knowledge to the non-performing, general student. These students can be energized with the added attention they receive from learning in a computer or music laboratory.