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SCHOOLS

Eight massive "schools" contain interactive music lessons featuring customisable teaching machines.

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SCHOOL OF SCALES

Colour-coded tetrachords and heptatonic scales, culminating in a series of interactive redstone "Scale Machines".

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Tetrachords

Ground floor contains 26 colour-coded tetrachords, which are four-note mini scales that are combined to produce heptatonic scales.

SCHOOL OF CHORDS

Contains colour-coded chords that increase in complexity as you ascend the floors. Interactive machines negative harmony, chord extensions and there is also an arpeggio practice machine.

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Ground Floor

Triads, Sixths and Added Ninths

SCHOOL OF TONALITY

Demonstrates how leading tones create dominant function in Major and Minor keys. The upstairs floors also explore the concepts of "Phrygian tonality" in the context of flamenco and "Blues tonality". There is a dedicated Scale Machine for each tonality, allowing you to combine colour-coded tetrachords to create scales associated with each.

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School of Tonality

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SCHOOL OF RHYTHM

Contains interactive teaching machines that are designed for you to play along with on your instrument. There are dedicated machine for learning rests, accents and subdivisions. Several machines are customisable, allowing you to create your own rhythms, instantly changing the audio output and visual interface. 

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Strumming Machine

Learn to strum the guitar by selecting pre-made patterns. The interface lights up as you play-along!

SCHOOL OF FLAMENCO

Contains five floors of flamenco palos (song/styles) for you to listen to and a massive underground chamber containing the Flamenco Metronome Machine, allowing students to practice various palos in compas (rhythm cycle). It is complimented by a clock-face which represents the 12-beat cycle and even lights up the correct beats as you play along!

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Flamenco School

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SCHOOL OF BLUES

Contains a 12-Bar Blues chord progression that you can hear on guitar, piano or banjo, allowing you to play-along or practice improvisation. Upper floors contain blues tetrachords, scales and chords.

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Blues School

Screenshots of Blues School coming soon...

SCHOOL OF JAZZ

School is under construction

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School of Jaaz

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SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL

School is under construction

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School of Classical

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OTHER BUILDS

More buildings exist on campus that serve important functions for students. Some are just for fun!

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Dormitory

Each student gets a room in the dormitory where they can store items and where they will respawn if they accidentally die! Connects directly to the Schools via elevated walkways.

Exploring teaching and learning through a co-created virtual sandbox environment.

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