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Thank you for trying ListenUp Version 3.02!
ListenUp is ear training software for musicians. ListenUp
combines sound and colors in a Graphical User Interface to
help musicians improve their sense of pitch.
By pairing a color with each note, notes can be recognized
quickly and easily. After some practice with ListenUp,
you can learn to recognize any note, even when the Color
Pairs are turned off.
ListenUp generates notes randomly, so you won't be able
to master the drills by rote learning.
Why pay $100.00 or more for an audio cassette course? Ear
training is a natural application for the computer.
University studies in the U.S. and Canada have shown that
associating colors with musical notes can dramatically
improve one's sense of pitch!
ListenUp features include:
- Colored circles that vary in color and height to aid
identification of notes and intervals.
- Five octave range
- Sound card support
- Single Note and Interval training
- User-selectable screen colors
REQUIREMENTS
An I.B.M. or compatible computer, with an EGA/VGA color
monitor, 512k RAM, DOS 2.2 or higher. All I.B.M. and
compatible computers come equipped with an internal speaker.
ListenUp 3.02 supports SoundBlaster, AdLib, and compatible
sound cards.
INSTALLATION
ListenUp will run from a floppy drive if you wish. If you
wish to install to a hard drive (say, drive C) first make a
directory called LUP and then copy the diskette to your
destination drive:
MD C:\LUP (makes the directory)
COPY A:\*.* C:\LUP (copies the diskette to drive C)
To start the program, move to the directory you created and
type:
listenup
There are four files on this diskette:
- README.1ST
- LISTENUP.DOC (A short manual you can print out)
- REGISTER.DOC (A form you can print out and complete when
you are ready to register)
- LISTENUP.EXE (The program)
To print out the documents, type:
type a:\*.DOC > prn
REGISTRATION
ListenUp is shareware. Shareware is "try before you buy"
software. If you find ListenUp to be useful, would like to
receive the Registered User Version and a brief manual with
screen shots included, please send a Money Order for
$19.00 (U.S. funds):
Fred Palmer Software
13214 - 90 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
T5E 3M6
CANADA
ph.(403)476-4425
fax(403)434-9697 (8:00 AM - 8:00 PM MST)
Compuserve I.D.#71064,3712
CREDIT CARD ORDERS
You can register ListenUp using your Mastercard, Visa, Amex,
or Discover card by contacting Public (software) Library.
PsL will notify me of your order within one business day via
Compuserve.
PsL (ORDERS ONLY!) Product # is 10583
- phone 1-800-2424-PsL
1-713-524-6394
Once you have typed ListenUp at the DOS prompt, the ListenUp
opening will run, followed by the Main Menu.
MAIN MENU
Use your Up/Down Arrow keys to move up and down the Main Menu.
Press Enter at the selection of your choice.
Begin - starts either single note training, or interval
training, depending on which Note Format you have chosen.
The default is single note training.
Color Pairs - Allows you to choose either musical notes with
their assigned colors, or notes only. The default is notes
with colors.
Note Format - Allows the user to select either Single Note
training or Interval training. The default is Single Note
training.
Octaves - Allows selection of working in either high, middle,
or low octaves. If middle or low octave has been selected,
ListenUp will ask whether you wish to work with two octaves
in that range. Default is one octave in the middle octave
range. Total range is five octaves.
Color Chart - Selecting this menu item switches to the Color
Reference chart, which shows which colors correspond to which
notes. For example, when you hear a note, and see a blue
circle presented with that note, you will know that the note
was "A" by studying the Color Reference Chart.
Configuration - The Configuration menu allows the user to
either change screen colors, or activate a sound card:
In the shareware version, you must activate the sound card
every time you start ListenUp. To do so, select "Sound Card".
If you have a compatible sound card (SoundBlaster, Ad Lib,
etc) ListenUp will respond with "Use Sound Card? Y/N".
Typing "Y" at this point will bring up a menu of instruments
to choose from. Use your Up/Down arrow keys and press ENTER
at the instrument of your choice. ListenUp will play a note
in that voice, as a sample. Then select Quit to return to
the Main Menu. Please note! Not every instrument is ideally
suited to work in all octaves. Also, you may wish to manually
adjust volumes depending on the octave chosen.
Quit - Quit first asks for confirmation that you wish to exit
ListenUp. If you answer "Y", "y", or press the "ESC" key,
ListenUp begins its exiting sequence.
F1 - Shareware. Selecting this menu item provides information
on how to register ListenUp.
SINGLE NOTE TRAINING
In single note training, you will first be prompted to press
the Space Bar for your first note. Pressing the Space Bar
causes a single, random note to play. Move the menu cursor
with either the left or right arrow keys to the name of
the note you think you heard. Press Enter. ListenUp will
either confirm that you were correct, or tell you what the
note actually was. You also can press "F1" to see the Color
Reference Chart, which shows a table of how notes are paired
to various colors. This, of course, is "cheating", and your
previous score will be reset when you exit the Color Chart.
Single note training uses an unusual horizontal menu. This
is to avoid favoring any one note. For example, a vertical
menu would have one note at the top of the menu, and one the
bottom of the menu. The note "C" is not inherently
superior to the note "B", and a horizontal menu avoids this
impression. Also, the menu in single note training uses the
less-than symbol ("<") to mark semitones between notes. This
is because, say, "A#" is the same as "Bb". Using the "<"
sign avoids prejudicing towards either the "#" or "b" sign.
If, for whatever reason, you do not want to guess a
particular note, simply hit the Space Bar right after the
note is presented and another note will be presented.
Skipping notes in this way does not count against you.
Note: You will occasionally be presented with the same note
twice in a row, because the notes are randomly generated.
Here is a guide to the Title Bar in single note training:
ESC - Exits single note training
F1 - Switches to the Color Reference Chart, so you can see
which colors are assigned to which note. Please note that
when you return to single note training, your previous score
is erased, because this is "cheating".
F2 - Plays "Middle C". Some users may use this as a
reference note.
F3 - Plays the last note again. This allows you to play the
note again after you have guessed, to reinforce what you have
learned.
F10 - Displays a clock. Press F9 to remove the clock
display.
INTERVAL TRAINING
A musical interval is the distance in pitch between two
notes. ListenUp uses melodic intervals (one note after the
other, rather than 2 notes at once). By default, the first
note (root note) is "C", the second note is randomly
generated. Press "F4" to change the root note.
Intervals have two dimensions, SIZE and QUALITY.
The size of an interval is determined by the number of letter
names contained in the interval, including the top and bottom
notes. For example, playing the note C and then E is a third
(C, D and E = 3 letter names: interval is a 3rd).
The quality of an interval refers to whether it is a
major, minor, etc. Here is a table using the key of C:
C to C perfect 8th (Octave)
C to B major 7th
C to A major 6th
C to G perfect 5th
C to F perfect 4th
C to E major 3rd
C to D major 2nd
C to C perfect unison
If a major interval is made one semitone smaller it becomes a
MINOR interval.
Just as A# is the same as Bb, intervals have enharmonic
equivalents. For example, a DIMINISHED interval is one
semitone smaller than a perfect interval, and one semitone
smaller than a minor interval. Also an AUGMENTED interval is
one semitone larger than perfect and major intervals. Here
is an expanded table of intervals:
C to C perfect octave (augmented 7)
C to B major 7 (diminished 8)
C to A#/Bb minor 7 (augmented 6)
C to A major 6 (diminished 7)
C to G#/Ab minor 6 (augmented 5)
C to G perfect 5 (diminished 6)
C to F#/Gb diminished 5 (augmented 4)
C to F perfect 4 (augmented 3)
C to E major 3 (diminished 3)
C to D#/Eb minor 3 (augmented 2)
C to D major 2 (diminished 3)
C to C#/Db minor 2 (augmented 1)
C to C perfect unison (diminished 2)
The interval training menu accommodates working with a two
octave range. If you are working with two octaves, it is
possible to have intervals greater than one octave apart.
Therefore, for example, the major 2nd menu selection is
labelled "major 2/9".
ESC, F1, F2, F3. These work just as in single note
training, except that F3 replays the last interval, rather
than the last note.
F4 - Allows the user to change the root note. Some root
notes are not available in the shareware version.
* * *
ListenUp Copyright Fred Palmer 1991-1994
ListenUp is a trade mark of Fred Palmer Software
I.B.M. is a registered trademark of International Business
Machines Corporation.
SoundBlaster and AdLib are trademarks of their respective
corporations.
Special thanks to Rick Stangeland.
REGISTRATION FORM
Full Name____________________________________________________
Address______________________________________________________
City______________________________
State/Province____________________ Zip/Postal Code___________
I enclose $19.00 (U.S.) for ListenUp 3.02. I understand that I
will receive the Registered User Version and a brief manual
with screen shots included in 3 to 4 weeks
Diskette Size 3.5" ___ 5.25" ___
Where did you obtain ListenUp? ______________________________
Send $19.00 (U.S) to:
Fred Palmer Software
13214 - 90 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
T5E 3M6
CANADA
ph.(403)476-4425 fax(403)434-9697 Compuserve I.D.#71064,3712
CREDIT CARD ORDERS
You can register ListenUp using your Mastercard, Visa, Amex,
or Discover card by contacting Public (software) Library.
PsL will notify me of your order within one business day via
Compuserve.
PsL (ORDERS ONLY!) Product # is 10583
- phone 1-800-2424-PsL
1-713-524-6394
- fax 1-713-524-6398
- Compuserve #71355,470
- mail Public (software) Library
P.O. Box 35705
Houston, TX 77235-5705
PLEASE NOTE: I cannot accept your credit card orders and
forward them to PsL. That is a third party transaction and
is unacceptable to MC and VISA.
Questions/problems/suggestions relating to ListenUp should be
directed to Fred Palmer Software directly.