Minuet is a free and open source software for music education. Minuet aims at supporting students and teachers in many aspects of music education, such as ear training, first-sight reading, solfa, scales, rhythm, harmony, and improvisation.
Minuet makes extensive use of MIDI capabilities to provide a full-fledged set of features regarding volume, tempo, and pitch changes, which makes Minuet a valuable tool for both novice and experienced musicians
It features a set of ear training exercises regarding intervals, chords, and scales.
It is part of KDE Edu ‒ the suite of educational applications developed by the KDE Community.
Key Features
- Nearly 40 exercises regarding intervals, chords, and scales.
- Check your musical perception skills on piano keyboard.
- Highly configurable – adjust playing settings.
- Create new exercises. Minuet’s exercise specification files contain one top-level JSON object featuring the exercisesarray.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux and Android.
Website: apps.kde.org/minuet
Support: Mailing List
Developer: Sandro Andrade
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Minuet is written in C++ and QML. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Educational Music Software | |
|---|---|
| Nootka | Learn classical score notation |
| LenMus | Music education software to learn music theory and language |
| Music Blocks | Programming environment for children interested in music and graphics |
| Impro-Visor | Jazz improvisation advisor for the improviser |
| Piano Booster | Boost your piano playing skills |
| Solfege | Highly proficient ear training software |
| Minuet | Grow your music knowledge |
| Tete | Ear training software |
Read our verdict in the software roundup.
 Explore our comprehensive directory of recommended free and open source software. Our carefully curated collection spans every major software category.This directory is part of our ongoing series of informative articles for Linux enthusiasts. It features hundreds of detailed reviews, along with open source alternatives to proprietary solutions from major corporations such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, IBM, Cisco, Oracle, and Autodesk. You’ll also find interesting projects to try, hardware coverage, free programming books and tutorials, and much more. Discovered a useful open source Linux program that we haven’t covered yet? Let us know by completing this form. |