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:LIMPROVISE DEMO
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Welcome to IMPROVISE !
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:#SUC
You will explore IMPROVISE in ten minutes.
Remember that you can stop this self training
at any time by clicking on on the Stop button in any dialog box.
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:#SUC
Now let's get on with the lesson...
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:LTITLE
:*LUC
Choose one option:
1KEYB|PC Keyboard use
2SPLIT|Sounds managing
3SCALE|Scales
4VOICING|Chords
5MIDI|Play along with a Midifile
6FILE|Save and load configuration
7END|End
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PC KEYBOARD USE
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:#SUC
IMPROVISE normally uses an external midi keyboard.
If you don't have a keyboard or if you want to play in stand alone mode, you
can use the PC keyboard.
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:#SUC
Just click on the button that shows a keyboard.
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The PC keybord's keys QWERTYUIO are mapped to the normal
right hand white keys.
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Above these keys are mapped the black keys.
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:#SUC
Have a try a few times, after clicking on the Continue button.
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:I10
:W15
:I01
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]!
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Keys AXCVBN are also mapped to white keys for the left hand.
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Keys just above are mapped to the black keys related to the white ones.
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Try now all the keyboard's key after a click on Continue.
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:C00
:I10
:W15
:I01
:C11
]!
:#SUC
Remember you can use this virtual keyboard by a hit on the space
bar.
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:#SUC
In some topics, you will get the hand from time to time to
play on this virtual keyboard.
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:GTITLE
:LSPLIT
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THE SPLIT
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Your MIDI KEYBOARD is divided
in two parts. The red line is the frontier
between this two parts.
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:#SUC
Please, play some notes on the right part.
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:#SUC
You can change tone.
Just click on the Tone combolist.
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Let me show you how to do so ...
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:M0|0
:M150|100|50
:BL1:BL0
:M150|130|50
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:#SUC
Now, play some notes on the right part. Do you ear the new tone ?
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:#SUC
Please, play some notes on the left part.
You have two tones on your keyboard !
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You can change the split (the frontier) by pressing the split button...
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:M0|0
:M55|10|50
:BL1:BL0
:#SUC
Now you can choose a split point by pressing a note on your midi Keyboard.
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Test your Midi Keyboard now to see where is the new split.
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At any time you can return to the default parameters.
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Let me show you how to do so...
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:M0|0
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:#SUC
You can change tones for right and left sides.
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Let me show you how to do so ...
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:M70|130|50
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:M150|100|50
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TTTTT
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You have five memories available.
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Let's switch to the second memory.
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:M0|0
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:#SUC
You can play to ear the piano (left and right sides).
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Now, let's switch back to the first memory.
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:M0|0
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:#SUC
You can play and ear the previous tones (left and right sides).
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:#SUC
Now, let's have a look to an other feature.
You can change patch with the velocity...
To do this just click on the
LAYERING SWITCH...
Let me show you how to do so.
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:M0|0
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:BL1:BL0
:#SUC
You are facing now two tones left and two tones right.
Let's change these tones.
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:M0|0
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:BL1:BL0
ST
:M150|110|50
:BL1:BL0
BB
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Now, please play "loud" (fortissimo) ...
and then play "soft" (pianissimo).
(The velocity switch level could be changed by selecting the SETUP
option).
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When soft, you just play a trumpet, but,
when you play hard, trumpet AND brass are playing simultaneously
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But you can also switch
between this two tones.
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Let me show you ...
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:M0|0
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:#SUC
If you play "soft", this is a Trumpet. If you
play "loud", it is brass section !
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:#SUC
You can now assign a switch key on your MIDI keyboard
by pressing the TONE button.
With this remote control, you can switch between the memories.
Let me show you how to do so.
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:M0|0
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:BL1:BL0
:#SUC
Now press the rightest white KEY (for example) on your MIDI keyboard.
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This key is now the "TONE-SWITCH-1".
Now we shall do the same thing with the second memory.
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:BL1:BL0
:M115|112|50
:BL1:BL0
:M220|90|50
:BL1:BL0
:#SUC
Now press the rightest black KEY (for example) on your MIDI keyboard.
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Try to play notes,
then press the "TONE-SWITCH-1", and play the same notes, and press
the "TONE-SWITCH-2", and play again.
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:GTITLE
:LSCALE
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:#SUC
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THE SCALES
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Now, please play a scale (C-D-E-F-G-A-B) on the right side
of your MIDI keyboard.
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This is a classic scale .
Now you are going to play a blues scale. Let me show you how to do so.
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:M0|0
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:#SUC
Please play again the same scale (C-D-E-F-G-A-B) on your MIDI keyboard.
Would you believe it !!
Yes, it is your first blues ! GREAT !!!
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:#MUC
Now you can assign a switch key on your MIDI keyboard.
With this remote control, you can switch between playing on a
Blues scale basis and playing on a normal scale basis.
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Let me show you how to do so.
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:M0|0
:M215|40|50
:BL1:BL0
:#SUC
Now press the leftest key (for example) on your MIDI keyboard.
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:#MUC
This key is now the "SCALE-SWITCH". Try to play a scale
(C-D-E-F-G-A-B),
then press the "SWITCH", and play the same notes.
This way you will be able to switch between melody playing and
impro-assisted mode.
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There are three modes to play scales:
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* a professional mode
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* a confirmed mode
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* a novice mode
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:#MUC
In the confirmed mode, IMPROVISE just corrects the notes you will play
wich would not match the Harmony rules, based on the note you play
with your left hand, and the associated notes of the scales you should
play with your right hand (either white or black keys).
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:#SUC
Try to play C, then G, then F, then C with your left hand, while
you are playing C, E, F, G (many times)
with your right hand.
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:#MUC
If you are not skilled enough, you can play only white keys and
IMPROVISE will correct on the fly all the necessary half tones.
You could as well use this function of IMPROVISE to learn non computer
aided impovisation. But you could prefer IMPROVISE should help you
much further on !
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This is the novice mode.
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Let's test this !
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:M0|0
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:BL1:BL0
:#SUC
Now try to play again C, then G, then F, then C with your left hand
(left part of the keyboard), while
you are playing C, E, F, G (many times)
with your right hand.
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When you play always on the same place
(the same chord or pattern) with the right hand,
IMPROVISE will translate this accordingly the left hand.
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If you don't know how to play music, you can now improvise very
simply!
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IMPROVISE is great for you!
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THE VOICING
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Please, play now a C, then a G, then a F, then C on the left side of
your MIDI keyboard.
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Let me show you that we can include chords embellishments...
(Jazzmen call these 'voicings')
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:M0|0
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:BL1:BL0
:#SUC
Play again a C, then a G, then a F, then C on the left side of
your MIDI keyboard.
It could sound greater!
Let me show you now how to do so!
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:M0|0
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:BL1:BL0
:#SUC
Play again on the left part of your Keyboard. Great, isn't it?
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You can now assign a switch key on your MIDI keyboard.
With this remote control, you can play with or without
voicing.
Let me show you how to do so.
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:M0|0
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:BL1:BL0
:#SUC
Now press a KEY on your MIDI keyboard.
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This key is now the "VOICING-SWITCH".
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:GTITLE
:LMIDI
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Play along a MIDIFILE.
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You can play along with a Midifile (it is a
standard midifile having an added track imbeding the harmony).
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:M0|0
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:#SUC
You can now load a Midifile. Let
me show you.
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JAZZ1.MID
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You can now play the file by pressing the Play button...
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:#SUC
... and you can now improvise on your keyboard.
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You can now stop the file.
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:GTITLE
:LFILE
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Loading and saving configuration.
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At any time, you can save the configuration with all the parameters you
have defined.
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Let's enter some parameters ...
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TTTTT
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:#SUC
As a first step I shall name and save the current configuration.
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DEMOCONF
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:#SUC
Now I shall return to the default parameters.
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:M0|0
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:#SUC
I could as well load the previous configuration.
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DEMOCONF
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:#SUC
Now you have the previous configuration!
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:GTITLE
:LEND
:#SUC
Thanks for achieving with us this IMPROVISE training!
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All functions of IMPROVISE are not included in this training, please
read the help file and the documentation.
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