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- <demointr>
-
- WELCOME to the CHORDMASTER DEMO ! ! !
-
- This demo will introduce you to some of CHORDMASTER's most
- important features. After running this demo you will be
- able to begin getting the most out of CHORDMASTER.
-
- The demo moves along on it's own. If you can absorb the
- information more quickly use the <ENTER> key to move on.
-
- EXIT the demo at any time by striking the <ESC> key.
-
- WARNING : The demo will not run properly if the chord library
- files (*.CFD) are missing or altered significantly.
-
- Strike <ENTER> to continue . . .
-
- <chdinput>
-
- CHORDMASTER starts by prompting you for a chord entry . . .
-
- Let's enter a simple 'A' chord . . .
-
- <dofrtbrd>
-
- After an entry is made, all notes in the chord appear on the fretboard. . .
-
- <automenu>
-
- The prompt at the center of the screen is CHORDMASTER's 'AUTOMENU' . . .
-
- <automuse>
-
- The SPACEBAR can be used to cycle through common activities . . .
-
- An activity is selected by pressing ENTER.
-
- <ovrsel >
-
- For instance we could try an OVERLAY . . .
-
- <ovrinput>
-
- Let's overlay an 'A MIN' chord on top of the 'A' chord . . .
-
- <ovrstudy>
-
- The overlayed fretboard now shows all the notes in both chords . . .
-
- Color is used to show notes that are unique or common to each chord . . .
-
- You can see that the 1st and 5th notes are common, but that the chords
- have different 3rds.
-
- Strike <ENTER> to continue . . .
- <movtoswi>
-
- If we choose the SWITCH option from the AUTOMENU . . .
-
- <swtchscr>
-
- A new fretboard is opened on the other half of the screen . . .
-
- <chinhelp>
-
- HELP is available at all times by pressing the F1 key . . .
-
- <swientry>
-
- Let's enter a 'C' chord . . .
-
- <fbshftup>
-
- The view of a fretboard can be shifted using the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys.
-
- The RIGHT ARROW ( -> ) key moves the view to higher frets . . .
-
- <fbshftdn>
-
- The LEFT ARROW ( <- ) key moves the view to lower frets . . .
-
- <clearfb >
-
- The CLEAR selection from the AUTOMENU clears the active fretboard for
- a new entry.
-
- <clearinp>
-
- Let's input a more complicated chord . . .
-
- <reslvexp>
-
- The information that appears below the fretboard after a chord is
- entered is called the RESOLVE line. The RESOLVE line shows chords
- that are synonyms or near synonyms of the chord that was entered.
-
- Here you can see that CHORDMASTER has resolved this complex entry
- to a simple 'A MIN6' synonym.
-
- Strike <ENTER> to continue . . .
- <enter_A >
-
- Let's switch to the top fretboard, and enter a simple chord . . .
-
- <dispchds>
-
- Now let's DISPLAY some individual 'A' chords . . .
-
- DISPLAY is initiated by pressing the 'D' key . . .
-
- <disping1>
-
- After the first chord is displayed, subsequent chords are displayed by
- pressing the RIGHT ARROW ( -> ) key.
-
- <disp_esc>
-
- DISPLAY can be abandoned by pressing the ESC key.
-
- <dispset1>
-
- The individual chords that are displayed can be limited to certain
- combinations by making the necessary adjustments in the DISPLAY SETUP
- screen under the OPTIONS menu.
-
- <dispset2>
-
- Let's set the DISPLAY so that only chords on
- the top three strings are displayed.
-
- <Atri_inv>
-
- This particular chord display setup shows an important concept
- in music theory for guitar. . . 3 note triad inversions. Notice
- that in each subsequent chord, the notes are rotated.
-
- <dispset3>
-
- Let's explore some other DISPLAY SETUP options . . .
-
- <dispset4>
-
- Let's re-enable display on all strings . . .
-
- <dispset5>
-
- Then we'll restrict display to frets 5 - 12 . . .
-
- and increase the maximum number of notes in a chord to 6 . . .
-
- <dispset6>
-
- As expected only chords on frets 5 - 12 are displayed as we
- strike the right arrow key.
-
- <dispesc2>
-
- Again we'll abort further display by pressing ESC.
-
- <dispset7>
-
- Let's check out one more option of the DISPLAY SETUP . . .
-
- <dispset8>
-
- First we'll return the fret range values to the defaults . . .
-
- <dispset9>
-
- Now then . . .
-
- The BASSNOTE setting determines which of the notes in the chord will
- be the lowest, bottom or bass note.
-
- By default this value is set to '0', indicating no preference . . .
-
- <dispst10>
-
- Let's change this value to '1' . . .
-
- This will only allow display of chords that have the root, in this
- case 'A', as the bass note.
-
- <dispAbas>
-
- As promised, all the chords now displayed have the root or 'A' as the
- bottom note.
-
- In this manner, display can be limited to only those chords that have
- a certain note as the bass.
-
- <dispsumm>
-
- Using the tools we have just explored it is possible to identify chords
- that can be used for a variety of special purposes.
-
- <intervl1>
-
- Let's explore another DISPLAY option - INTERVAL DISPLAY . . .
-
- <intervl2>
-
- Enabling INTERVAL display will cause notes to be displayed as
- musical steps.
-
- <dispints>
-
- Listen to the surprising musicality of various instances of
- a single chord.
-
- <nt_ent1 >
-
- Until now we have entered the chords we want to work with by name.
-
- CHORDMASTER offers another option which allows the user to enter
- the notes in a chord and have it resolved . . .
-
- <expntent>
-
- Enter the notes found in an unknown chord . . .
-
- CHORDMASTER will resolve and display it for you . . .
-
- <epilog1 >
-
- Now that you have an idea of the kinds of things CHORDMASTER can do,
- you probably want to get started on your own.
-
- Keep in mind that we haven't fully explored CHORDMASTER's power yet!
-
- Experiment with the other features found in the OPTIONS menu!
-
- And REMEMBER . . .
-
- <epilog2 >
-
- . . . YOU CAN STRIKE <F1> ANYTIME FOR HELP ! ! !
-
- <epilog3 >
- CHORDMASTER DEMO - Final Word
-
- This is an UNREGISTERED VERSION of this program. It is fully functional,
- however, the chord library files used to display individual chords have
- been limited to four chords each. As you have seen CHORDMASTER can rip
- these entries into dozens of chords, but this is nothing compared to the
- library capablities of the REGISTERED version. The REGISTERED version
- has about 70 library files of unlimited size, resulting in over 2400
- chords in the key of 'A' alone. See the MANUAL.DOC file included for
- more information about the REGISTERED version.
-
- Strike <ENTER> to exit . . .
- <end>