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1 ************************************************************ M Y P I A N O 3 ======================= José Molina ************************************************************ INTRODUCTION. The "MYPIANO 3" program has been created and designed to benefit people of all ages, especially beginners and children. It allows everyone the opportunity to learn, in an effortless and entertaining way, all about general music concepts and culture, like notes, tempo and length and it is ideal for piano practice, copying tunes, composing songs, as well as playing games. It is a compact, simple way for all the family to check, practise and improve their musical abilities. "MYPIANO 3" comes complete with the following 9 languages: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portugese, Spanish and Catalan. You have the possibility of obtaining your own personalised copy of "MYPIANO 3", complete with a personal message if it is to be given as a present. "MYPIANO 3" does not claim to be a real piano, however the synchronised mode is close to the sound obtained from a real one; the sound of the note remains until the finger is taken off the key. "MYPIANO 3" has preserved as many similarities as possible with a real piano: - The design takes the form of a grand piano, with colours to locate easily the positions of all 7 octaves. - The functions available are shown in the form of a music rest. Further novelties include: - The keyboard has been adapted in such a way that each note can be obtained easily and logically, while preserving normal typing procedures, thus speed and typing efficiency will be improved. - Every time a note is played back on "MYPIANO 3", the piano key is highlighted and the note (Do, Re, Mi etc.), as well as the length of the note (Semibreve, Minim, Crotchet etc.) are shown on the music rest. - Eight games to practise and enjoy musical abilities. These instructions provide a complete guide to "MYPIANO 3" users. However, further facilities will of course become apparent as you discover the program. ***** 2 GENERAL MUSIC TERMS AND PIANO INFORMATION. Pianos have 84 notes, made up of 7 octaves, with each octave containing 12 main and auxiliary notes. The main 7 notes are: A,B,C,D,E,F,G or La, Ti, Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So The 5 auxiliary notes are: A#,B#,D#,E#,F# or B-,C-,E-,F-,G- # means sharp (raised half a tone in pitch.) - means flat (half a tone below the note.) The length of a note is the amount of time a note is played. Classical length notes on a piano have a specific coordination between each other. The maximum length of a note is Semibreve (whole note, L=1). The other notes are reduced by one half each time, as can be seen in the following list of notes, complete with the approximate duration in seconds of each note, for the default tempo (Moderato): LENGTH OF NOTE L SECONDS Semibreve 1 (Whole note) 2 Minim 1/2 1 Crotchet 1/4 0.5 Quaver 1/8 0.25 Semi-Quaver 1/16 0.125 Demisemi-Quaver 1/32 0.0675 1/64 Note 1/64 0.03387 The length, in seconds, of a note depends on the tempo (the speed at which a note is played). The tempos available are: TEMPO BEATS PER PROPORTION MINUTE Larghissimo 32 1 Largo 48 1.5 Larghetto 64 2 Adagio 80 2.5 Adagietto 96 3 Moderato (Default) 120 3.75 Allegro 160 5 Presto 192 6 Prestissimo 256 8 Type. There are three different ways to play notes: 1. Legato: The program plays the whole note (smoothly and without breaks). 2. Normal: The program plays 7/8 of the length of the note and 1/8 pause. 3. Staccato: The program plays 3/4 of the length of the note and 1/4 pause (with each note clear and detached.) ***** 3 KEYBOARD. "MYPIANO 3" uses the standard US keyboard configuration. The three rows of letters on the computer keyboard equate to the notes of "MYPIANO 3". Each row is one octave. The default is the middle three octaves (3, 4 and 5): The top row of letters is the third octave. The middle row is the fourth octave. The bottom row is the fifth octave. By pressing Backspace the computer keyboard changes to the bottom three octaves of the piano (Octaves 1, 2 and 3). By pressing the space bar, the computer changes to the top three octaves of the piano (5, 6 and 7). (For obvious reasons the "MYPIANO 3" keyboard lacks 3 notes. The middle row on the keyboard has 1 note missing and the bottom row has 2 notes missing.) The numbers on the keyboard are used to set the length of the note or to produce pauses. ***** 4 INSTALLATION. !! "MYPIANO 3" uses the standard US keyboard configuration; to change from your usual keyboard to a US configuration, press Ctrl-Alt-F1. To revert to your usual keyboard, press Ctrl-Alt-F2. "MYPIANO 3" can only be used by IBM compatible Personal Computers, once installed in the hard disk. The installation must be carried out in hard disk C:\, by using MYINSTAL.EXE. The files will be in the Directory C:\MYPIANO3; "MYPIANO 3" requires an EGA 256, or higher, graphics adaptor. Both Colour and Black and White monitors can be used. If the system files are not complete, "MYPIANO 3" will not function. ***** 5 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. In order to use this copy of "MYPIANO 3", you should register it if you have not already done so. See Registration Form for details of how to obtain your own version of "MYPIANO 3". ***** 6 PRICES. You may pay for "MYPIANO 3" in your own currency. PESETAS DOLLARS (Spain) "MYPIANO 3" 3000 30 ***** 7 REGISTERING "MYPIANO 3". a. By Cheque, make cheques payable to José Molina. b. Direct Bank transfer/deposit. - For international transfers, you may use the following bank account: José Molina Barclays bank Plaza de Colón 2 28046-Madrid ESPAÑA. A/C Number: 0065-0100-12-0001408763 ***** 8 REGISTRATION FORM. To register your copy of "MYPIANO 3", send this form to: José Molina (1) Apartado de Correos 39102 28080-Madrid España. Name : ________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Reference Number of the copy: I wish to apply for: Floppy: 3½ ■ 5¼ ■ Currency: _________ Price:_________ Method of Payment: Cheque or money order enclosed: ■ Receipt of bank transfer or deposit enclosed: ■ Credit Card ■ No: ______/______/______/______ Exp. date: ___/_______ Barclaycard/Visa ■ American Express ■ Access/Mastercard ■ 4B (for Spain) ■ Date and Signature: ______________________ (By signing this form, you declare that you agree with the terms and conditions laid down in the Legal Agreement.) (1) Only necessary where payment is made through registered post. (*) You may include a personal message on the line below for your personalised copy (max. 120 letters). _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ***** 9 FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE. When you access the "MYPIANO 3" program, the Main Menu automatically appears in the form of a music rest and contains the following functions: F1 Games F6 Misc. F2 Readme F7 Listen F3 Print F8 Tempo F4 Search F9 Edit F5 Type F10 Save As well as the above functions, you have the following options: * Help (H). * Synchronised mode (Enter). The note sounds while the key is pressed and, the moment the key is released, it stops playing. If help is on, the following menu will appear: Letters Music Notes Numbers Pause Backspace Octave - 2 Space Octave + 2 Arrows New Tune (1) Tab Style (2) Enter Record (3) Esc Menu (1) Prepares "MYPIANO 3" only to save the tune you wish to record, without including notes previously recorded. (In other words, it resets the file named Modern or Classic.) (2) To change the notes from Classical style (i) to Modern style (ii), or vice versa. (3) You may choose to record (or not) what you are playing, by using Enter. If you choose to record, you have the option of recording in Classical style (i) or in Modern style (ii). (i) Classical Style. The relation between the length of the note is predetermined. See General piano Information. For example, if you are recording in Classical style and tempo Moderato, and you play a note that lasts 1.95 seconds, "MYPIANO 3", when playing back the note, will convert the length of that note to the nearest classical length note, in this case 2 seconds. (ii) Modern Style. Records the actual time a note has been playing. For example, if a note has sounded 1.95 seconds, it will be played back as 1.95 seconds and will not have been converted into a classical length note. The Modern style option is available in Background and Synchronised mode only. * Background mode (Backspace). Is half Synchronised: it stops playing a note the minute you play another note, but the last note in a sequence will need a pause (any number on the keyboard) or it will keep on sounding. * Foreground mode (Space Bar). Works only in Classical Style; You must preset the length of each note before playing it. The default is Crotchet. If you play a sequence of notes, the computer will not stop sounding until its own pre-set length has finished. If help is on, the following menu will appear: Letters Music Notes 123456 Length note (1) 7890-= Length Pauses (2) Backspace Octave - 2 Space Octave + 2 Arrows New Tune Enter Record Esc Menu (1) Numbers 1-6 are used to preset the length of each note. 1 is a whole note; 6 is 1/64 of the note. (2) These numbers control the length of the pauses. * Convert Melody Mode (Tab). Press Enter and choose the melody you wish to convert. The names of the created melodies will be shown by the following symbols: Modern to Classic: $ Classic to Modern: @ F1: See Games F2: Shows this file F3: To print the musical information (name and length of notes etc.) of the current tune. Other tunes must first be loaded using F4. You have the option of printing to the printer or to the screen (use arrows to select). Use tab to select Modern or Classical style tunes. F4: To choose a melody already available from "MYPIANO 3". Use tab or arrows to choose between tunes in modern or classical style notes and press enter. A screen will appear with the list. You may insert or delete a tune using the Ins/Del keys. Use the Home/End keys to place the cursor on the first/last tune of the list. Press Control and Enter to change the name of a tune. Using the arrows select the name and press enter again. MYPIANO 3 will load the tune for you, allowing you to play back (F7), edit (F9), print (F3) or save it with another name (F10). F5: To change the way notes are played. The options are Legato, Normal and Staccato. See General Music Terms and Piano Information for more details. The default is "Normal". F6: Shows another menu, containing Languages, personal message and others. F7: To listen to a particular tune, either one already available from "MYPIANO 3" (having loaded the name of the file using F4) or the current one. "MYPIANO 3" will play back the tune for you, enabling you to hear how it sounds and edit if necessary (F9). You may listen to the tune in different tempos by choosing F8. F8: To alter the tempo of the music you wish to play (in Foreground only) or play back (in all modes). Each time you press F8, a different available tempo will appear. The default is Moderato. See General Music Terms and Piano Info. for the list of available tempos. F9: Activates the fast and efficient audio-visual Editor. Fast: By pressing only one key, you can change a note either by note, by octave, by three octaves or by changing from one end to the other of the piano keyboard; similar features are available for changing the length of a note. Efficient: The possible changes are preset so you do not need to worry about whether the changes you make are feasible or not. Audio-visual: While editing a note or its length you hear the new note and, simultaneously, you see, highlighted, its name, its octave, its length and the corresponding key on the piano Keyboard. Once the Editor is initiated, the first 8 notes of the current tune will be displayed in the music rest; if your melody contains more than 400 notes, you will be prompted to determine where you wish the Editor to begin. The music rest will appear as follows if the tune is recorded in Modern Style: 1 Do c 25 1 Re d 32 1 Mi e 20 1 Fa f 22 1 So Flat g 25 1 La a 39 1 Ti b 44 1 Sol g 16 For example, in the first row, 1 means Octave 1; Do and c are the names of the note; 25 equates to the length of the note in 1/100 of a second. (If the tune has been recorded in Classical Style, the notes will be displayed with their Classical length names (Quaver, Semi-Quaver etc.) See General Piano Info. for further information. In the control panel, the following is displayed: Select Note Total ■ Ins ■ Home ■ Tab ■ Enter Tune: Nametune 1 8 ■ Del ■ End ■ Arrows ■ Esc Tab : Plays all the notes from the highlighted position. Arrows : Change highlighted note; Arrow down plays each note one at a time. Home : Places the cursor on the first note. End : Places the cursor on the last note. Ins : Inserts a note into the list. Del : Deletes a note from the list. Esc : Saves the tune and exits the Editor. Enter : Initiates the Edit function. Once the edit function is initiated, only the name of the note will remain highlighted; in the control panel, the following is displayed: Edit Note Total ■ PgUp ■ Home ■ Tab Tune: Nametune 1 8 ■ PgDn ■ End ■ Arrows ■ Esc Tab : Alternates the edit function between note and length. Arrows: Right/Left : Move one note higher/lower. Up/Down : Move to the same note in a higher/lower octave. PgUp/PgDn : Moves 36 notes (3 octaves) higher/lower. Home : Places the cursor on the first note of the piano keyboard. (If you press the Arrow Left key after Home, the note will be converted into a pause.) End : Places the cursor on the last note of the piano keyboard. Esc : Saves the alterations and returns to select mode. If you are editing a pause (its length), or you have used Tab to edit the length of a note, the above keys perform a similar role when amending the durations. F10: To save a tune you have been recording or editing. Assign a name to your melody (maximum 8 letters, the standard MS-DOS limit). You have the option to convert files saved in modern notes to classical notes. ***** 10 GAMES. There are eight games available from "MYPIANO 3". The following games are shown on the music rest: F1 Battle Tune F2 Lightning F3 Thunder F4 Race F5 Tower F6 Minefield F7 Iceberg F8 Private Eye In each game: - 1 to 8 players may participate. - Names with less than 8 characters need to be accompanied by Enter. Press Enter with no name to finish the name selection process. - Whenever asked to press Tab to define a parameter or carry out an action, the option of pressing Enter may be used so that the program uses the default or skips the action. - The score for the player and the total for all players is shown in the music rest. - In certain games, if Help is activated, some kind of help is displayed in the music rest. F1: Battle tune. An exciting new musical version of the well-known Battle Ship. "MYPIANO 3" will control all the movements and will show you all the information you need. To play, just follow the instructions: - Each player introduces his name. You may also play against "MYPIANO 3" by simply pressing Enter when prompted to give the second name or by typing "MYPIANO 3" followed by any other number (ie MYPIANO 4). Each time one of the players is "MYPIANO 3", you may select the level. 1 is Beginner, 10 is Expert. The default is 1. - Use Tab to choose the number of ships (1 to 10). - Then choose your ships, by pressing any letters of the keyboard, without showing your opponents. It is important to remember that the notes may be selected from the whole range of the piano keyboard and, therefore, space or backspace may be used to choose your own ships or locate enemy ships. As each note is defined, a ship is automatically stored and displayed in the music rest and its location will appear on the piano keyboard. A ship may be made up of 1, 2, 3 or 4 notes. Each player may listen to his opponent's ships (Tab) when it is the first player's turn, if all players agree. - Press any letter of the computer keyboard to attempt to hit your opponents' ships. Each player is told whether he has hit or missed a ship. When a ship is missed, the location of the miss is shown on the piano keyboard. When it is hit, the note will sound and the key will be highlighted in white. The previous hits and misses of each player are always shown when it is that player's turn. If a player presses a key that he has already attempted before, a message will appear telling him to try again. - Regardless of the amount of players, the game will always continue until there is one overall winner. Lightning and Thunder. Especially useful visual and audio games to learn and practise, using tunes available in "MYPIANO 3". Just follow these instructions: - Different tempos may be used, using F8 in the Main Menu. - If help is on, the name and length of the note are shown on the music stand. - When the melody ends, the program shows the total score (100 maximum) and the number of mistakes. The definitive score is the score minus two times the mistakes. - Each player has three turns to practise and therefore his best attempt will be used as his final score. F2: Lightning. - "MYPIANO 3" lights up a piano key on the screen and you have to press the corresponding note. - If the note is correct, the program plays back the note and lights up the piano key for the next note. Otherwise, it waits until the correct note is pressed. - Use Spacebar or numbers when a pause is needed. F3: Thunder. - "MYPIANO 3" plays a note and you have to press the corresponding note. - If the note is correct, the program lights the relevant piano key on the screen and plays the next note. Otherwise, it waits until the correct note is pressed. F4: Race. A game of speed and stamina. - Press Tab to listen to the tune. - Each player has three turns to play the tune as quickly as possible and with as few mistakes as possible. - The quicker one plays, the fewer points one obtains. The score is the seconds plus the mistakes. - The player with the lowest score wins. F5: Tower. Improves your memory and ear. - Press Tab to begin the Tower, if all the players agree. - The first player plays a note of his choice. - The next player has to repeat that note and add another note. The next player plays the first two notes and a further note and so on. - Each note is represented by a brick in the music rest. As each note is added, the bricks increase, buiding a higher and higher tower. - When a player plays a note incorrectly, he receives one point. When he reaches three points, he is eliminated. F6: Minefield. A dangerous game to find and deactivate or explode musical mines, randomly distributed on the piano keyboard. The instructions are as follows: - Use Tab to select the amount of notes to find (5 to 20). The notes, as well as the score and running total, appear on the music rest. - Each player has the option of pressing Tab again to listen to the random notes before every turn. - The objective is to find all the unexploded notes played by "MYPIANO 3" and each player is told whether or not he has found the mine. - When all the mines have been deactivated, the game ends. F7: Iceberg A game of chance, ear and astuteness. - "MYPIANO 3" secretely allocates 15, 10 or 8 notes to each player, depending on the number of players (maximum 4). - The first player to obtain 5, 4 or 3 correlative notes (2, 3 or 4 players respectively) wins. - Each player selects a note, either to try to make a row himself, or to block his opponents' chances of making a row. - When all the players agree, and it is the first player's turn, you have the option to listen to all the notes. F8: Private eye If you wish to improve your ear, this game is ideal for you. - Press Tab to choose whether "MYPIANO 3" plays the whole tune, 12, 8 or 4 notes of said tune. - If you choose a specified number of notes, press Tab to select which notes you wish to hear (first, second..., last). - Then simply guess the tune, by choosing the required name from the Search Menu. - The first player to reach five points wins. ***** 11 LEGAL AGREEMENT. This Legal Agreement is an agreement between you, The User, and The Author. By registering your copy of "MYPIANO 3", you are agreeing to become bound by the terms of This Agreement. "MYPIANO 3" is a registered trade mark and the legal rights of The Author are protected under Registration Number M-1638059 at the Registro de la Propiedad Industrial (Patents Office), C/Panama 1, Madrid, España. In order to preserve and protect his rights under applicable laws, The Author does not sell any rights in "MYPIANO 3" Software. Rather The Author grants the right to use "MYPIANO 3" software by means of a Software Licence. The Author retains title to all "MYPIANO 3" computer software. Software Licence. 1. In consideration of the Registration fee you pay and your agreement to abide by the Terms and Conditions of this Licence, the Author, as Licensor, grants to you, the Licensee, the right to use and display this copy of "MYPIANO 3" (the Software). In no event may you rent, lease or sell the Software. 2. As the Licensee you own the magnetic or other physical media on which the Software is originally or subsequently recorded, but The Author retains title and ownership of the software. This Legal Agreement is not a sale of the original software. 3. As the Licensee, you may not modify, adapt, translate, or create derivative works based on the Software, without the prior written consent of the Author. 4. The use and distribution of "MYPIANO 3" is strictly prohibited within or by any company, organisation or similar institution unless prior written consent has been obtained from The Author. 5. The Author may create from time to time updated versions of "MYPIANO 3". As his option The Author will make such updates available to Licensees. 6. The Author accepts no responsibility whatsoever for the Software or written materials in terms of correctness, accuracy, reliability, currentness or otherwise. 7. The copy of "MYPIANO 3" will be sent by registered post. 8. The only valid Legal Agreements are the English, Spanish and French versions. 9. This licence shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Spain. ***** 12 END