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- The options allow you to tailor Play It By Ear
- to your personal needs. Each exercise has a
- group of current options which affect its
- performance. For example, you can use the
- Range and Scale options to set the key for
- the Melody and Single Note exercises. With the
- Interval Identification exercise you can use the
- Included Intervals option to determine which
- intervals you want to practice naming.
-
- (Click the down arrow for more.)
- To change an option setting, follow these steps:
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- 1. Pull down the Options menu and select the
- desired option. Or, click the option name in
- the current options window, if applicable.
-
- NOTE: The current options window does not appear
- on CGA monitors. For more information, see
- Appendix B in the User's Manual.
-
- The selected option's dialog box appears.
- (Click the down arrow for more.)
- 2. Make your changes and click OK.
-
- There are three types of dialog boxes.
-
- The first type contains a list of options with
- check boxes in front of each option. When you
- click a check box, it changes color to indicate
- its status. On a color monitor, yellow check
- boxes are selected, red are not. On a monochrome
- monitor, a white check box is selected, a black
- one is not.
- (Click the down arrow for more.)
- The second type contains a number in its center,
- and arrows pointing away from it on each side.
- For example, the Melody Length, Exercise Length,
- Pre-exercise Countdown, or MIDI Channel dialog
- boxes. To decrease the number, click the left
- arrow. To increase the number, click the right
- arrow.
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- The final type asks you a Yes or No question.
- Click the appropriate answer.
-
- (Click the down arrow for more.)
- If you try to change an option after you have
- begun an exercise session, Ear warns you that
- your current scores will be erased. Click OK to
- end the session and change the option, or click
- No to continue the exercise session. You can
- check your current options settings at any time
- by clicking the Current Options button. This is
- useful if you don't want to stop the exercise
- session, but just want to verify what the
- options settings are.
-
- (Click the down arrow for more.)
- When you quit Ear, you have the opportunity of
- saving your current option settings to disk. If
- you have made any changes in the options since
- you started Ear, Ear asks if you want to save
- those changes when you quit. Click Yes to save
- the changes, click No to abandon them.
-
- Refer to Chapter 4, "Options" for information
- concerning each option.
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- (END)
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