Aquallegro

5.1
Released on 2009-12-29.
* Added a "Require octave" option in Aural Skills - Note Names
* Fixed a bug that could cause confusing messages to appear in Aural Skills - Note Names
* Fixed a bug that prevented users from setting a preference
* In Aural Skills - Solfege, reluctantly added an option for la-based minor


5.0
Released on 2009-12-24.
* The Aural Skills - Note Names module now has checkboxes for each pitch.
* Added keyboard shortcuts for the "Play" buttons in Aural Skills quizzes
* Added choice of "either" for initial plays harmonic/melodic
* Aquallegro now counts the initial play of an Aural Skills quiz
* Added more flexibility in tempo max/min for tempo module
* Added more flexible options for typing answers in the Notation - Scales quiz
* Ionian and Aeolian now say "(Major)" and "(Minor)" even in the actual quiz windows
* Average time now only changes after a question is answered
* Accidentals are now used in the Aural Skills - Note Names module
* Added choice of infinite for number of guesses allowed
* Times are now accurate to the nearest tenth of a second
* Fixed a bug that could cause the administrative password not to update when changed
* Improved Preferences interface
* Chords played harmonically are now twice as long
* Fixed a bug in Keyboard - Notes which caused a very annoying intermittent drawing error.
* Fixed a bug in Aural Skills - Note Names which might have caused answers to be incorrectly scored.

* Aural Skills - Solfege: Modes no longer change between playings, even if 'Keep each question in one key' is unchecked
* Aural Skills - Chords: Fixed a bug which could cause crashes with some inversion choices
* Notation - Intervals: Fixed a bug which could cause accidentals to display incorrectly
* Aural Skills - Solfege: Fixed a bug which could cause correct answers of 'ti' to be marked incorrect if 'allow nondiatonic notes' is checked

Added Aural Skills - Tempos module

Aural Skills - Chords: Added 9th chords, improved interface

Aural Skills - Chords: Extended chords now use correct jazz voicings

Aural Skills - Scales: Added Blues and Arabic, improved interface

Aural Skills - Note Names: Added support for MIDI keyboards

Notation - Intervals: Improved answer parsing

Notation - Scales: Fixed a serious bug for theoretical scales

Aural Skills - Solfege: Fixed incorrect terminology in the setup window

Improved help files

Rewrote MIDI code for better performance and to accommodate improvements

Rewrote question code to accommodate future improvements

Aquallegro now uses the Mersenne Twister to generate random numbers; questions are much more random

Improved preferences layout for all modules

Added two decimal points to average answer time

Much better experience for first-time users

Improved MIDI listening

Fixed a small reviewing bug

Improved file handling

Fixed a menu order issue

Added Notation - Terms module

Aural Skills - Solfege module now uses proper voice leading when establishing key

Notation - Intervals: fixed a bug that made it impossible to quiz on only Perfect/Major/Minor intervals

Aural Skills - Note Names: added option to play random notes between questions

Added ability to answer quizzes using a numeric keypad

Added module icons to 'Go to Module' and 'Start Quiz' menus

Added ability to use the 'Go to Module' and 'Start Quiz' toolbar items when in a menu

Completely new scoring interface

Added timed questions and related options (including logging)

Added option to review a question after knowing the answer

Added Notation - Intervals module

Added a 'Practice' button in addition to the Help button, so the practice windows can be opened individually

Rewrote all engraving for better performance

Improved loading times

Aural Skills - Tuning: fixed a grammar error

Aural Skills - Tuning: rewrote entire interface for more simplicity

Aural Skills - Tuning: added a "Use just intonation" option

Improved various help sections

Notation - Beats: fixed a bug with the help window

Aural Skills - Intervals: Intervals in the quiz can now be played upwards or downwards (and in the help window, as well)

Added a little more information in the help for Aural Skills - Intervals

Aural Skills - Tuning: You can now tune notes to intervals other than a perfect unison

Fixed a bug in Aural Skills - Tuning that would cause questions to be counted correct, even if the number of guesses was over the limit

Fixed a bug in Aural Skills - Tuning that would cause the "Correct" window not to show up

Fixed a bug in Aural Skills - Tuning that would cause answers to be unfairly marked incorrect

Added a Notation - Solfege module

Added a 49-key keyboard window

Fixed a bug in Notation - Scales that could cause answers of Aeolian (Minor) to be mistakenly marked incorrect

Made minor changes to help

Complete rewrite for improved stability
New, easy-to-use interface
More customization possible
Accepts MIDI input
New Administrative features for teachers
New quizzes, including scales, solfege, and tuning
Now runs natively on Intel processors