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.
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.
A compatible MIDI controller with USB MIDI capabilities
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Download the latest release of Core4MidiJ
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Place the downloaded Core4MidiJ extension into your Java Extensions folder:
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Download and the latest release of Jalmus and run the installer
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Open the Jalmus application by navigating to it's folder (
/Applications/Jalmus/bin/) and double-clicking the jalmus.jar file. -
With Jalmus open, Click Settings > MIDI Options
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Open the Midi In drop-down and select the option:
Core4MIDIJ - USB MidiIf this option is unavailable, check that your MIDI controller (keyboard) is plugged in correctly (some cables have midi-in/midi-out cables labeled in reverse). If you connected your MIDI device after starting Jalmus you will need to close and relaunch the application.