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<video >
A CGA adapter has been detected in this system.
Identify the type of monitor you have in your system,
Monochrome (1) or Color (2).
<chrdin >
CHORD INPUT PROMPT
Enter the name or a description of the chord to be displayed.
Use the following format: [A-G][#,b(optional)] [chord identifier options]
The following are legitimate identifier options:
maj maj6 maj7 maj9
maj11 maj13 minmaj7 minmaj9
min min6 min7 min9
min11 min13 dim dim7
5 6 7 9
11 13 aug aug9
aug11 noroot
Identifiers may be combined, separated by a SPACE, in any combination that
is musically sensible. Additionally, the following terms may be used as
neccessary to create custom chords:
add or / sus + or - (followed by numbers 2 - 13)
<options >
CHORDMASTER QUICK MENU
Use SPACE bar to cycle and ENTER to select.
OVERLAY - Allows the display of a new entry on the same fretboard.
SWITCH - Opens and clears the other fretboard for entry.
CLEAR - Clears the active fretboard.
OPTIONS - Accesses the options menus.
REENTER - Allows user to reenter chords after an error.
QUIT - Exit program.
QUICK d to DISPLAY possible chordings from chord libraries
KEYS p to PLAY the notes in the chord
<- and -> to change fretboard position
+ and - to change play timing
MOUSE USERS : To OVERLAY, SWITCH or CLEAR a fretboard left click on the
desired input line, or place cursor on prompt and use right
button to cycle through selections, left button to select.
For options menu position cursor at top of screen and press
left button.
<ill_root>
ILLEGAL ROOT
The root of the entered chord is illegal.
Be sure that you are entering an uppercase
letter in the range of 'A - G', optionally
using '#' or 'b' to modify the tone.
If you are wondering why you must use an
uppercase letter for the root, consider a
B flat chord. Doesn't 'Bb' look better
than 'bb', 'bB' or 'BB'?
<ill_suff>
ILLEGAL IDENTIFIER
An illegal identifier has been entered.
This error message appears directly below
the offending portion of the entry.
Identifiers must be separated by a SPACE.
Select REENTER and then F1 for HELP to see
a list of valid identifiers.
<ill_tone>
ILLEGAL TONE
A non numeric value has been entered as a
modifying tone. Use numbers in the range
of '2 - 13'.
This error message appears directly after
and below the offending portion of the entry.
<no__tone>
NO TONE SPECIFIED
No tone has been entered for this chord
identifier. 'ADD', '/', '+' or '-' must
be followed by a number '2 - 13'.
This error message appears directly after
and below the offending portion of the entry.
<tone-13 >
TONE SPECIFIED IS > 13
A tone greater than '13' has been entered
for this chord identifier. Use numbers in
the range of '2 - 13'.
This error message appears directly after
and below the offending portion of the entry.
<stepexis>
STEP ALREADY EXISTS
A step cannot be added to a chord that has
already been implicitly or explicitly declared
to be part of the chord. Use '+' or '-' to
alter an existing step.
This error message appears directly after
and below the offending portion of the entry.
<filerr >
CHORD LIBRARY FILE ERROR
The indicated chord library file cannot be
found. Depending on the RESOLVE count, the
program may attempt to merge several files
for display of a particular chord. It is
recommended that you hit 'a' to abort the
file open attempt and see if any chords are
displayed. If you get this message repeatedly,
it would indicate that CHORDMASTER is not
properly installed. Be sure that about 20
.CF files appear in the program directory.
<filewarn>
CHORD LIBRARY FILE WARNING
A chord file already exists for this chord.
Continuing this operation will destroy the
original file and let you enter a new file.
<filein >
CHORD FILE INPUT
Enter the desired chording by indicating the fret to be fingered
on each string. Valid fret entries are numbers 0 to 24. Unsounded
strings should be indicated by blanks (spaces).
Move from from field to field by pressing the up or down arrow keys,
TAB or ENTER. When record is as desired press F7 to save.
Press ESC to exit when done.
MOUSE USERS : Click on a field to move cursor, click on a command
to execute it.
<edit >
CHORD FILE EDITING
Modify an existing record by indicating the fret to be fingered
on each string. Valid fret entries are numbers 0 to 24. Unsounded
strings should be indicated by blanks (spaces).
Move from from field to field by pressing the up or down arrow keys,
TAB or ENTER. When record is as desired press F7 to save changes.
PGUP and PGDN previous and next records
F8 clear this record
F9 insert a record
F10 delete the current record
Press ESC to exit when done.
NOTE : The demo version of this program only allows a maximum of four
records to be saved.
MOUSE USERS : Click on a field to move cursor, click on a command
to execute it.
<disp >
CHORD DISPLAY
Chordings are being displayed on the active fretboard. Chordings
presented will be varied by DISPLAY SETUP and RESOLVE options.
<- and -> previous and next chords
+ and - to change play timing
p repeat chord play
ESC to quit display
<DISPLAY >
CHORD DISPLAY
This menu selection puts the program into display mode; allowing chords
in the chord library to be displayed on the active fretboard. Chordings
presented will be varied by DISPLAY SETUP and RESOLVE options.
During display the following keys are active:
<- and -> previous and next chords
+ and - to change play timing
p repeat chord play
ESC to quit display
<DISP_SET>
DISPLAY SETUP
This menu selection brings up the display setup menu. The display
setup menu allows the user to specify the fret range, strings, and
number of notes allowed for the chords to be displayed.
Move from from field to field by pressing the up or down arrow keys,
TAB or ENTER. When record is as desired press F7 to save. Press
ESC to exit and ignore changes.
For each STRING enter Y or N to indicate whether it should be used
for display. Specify the FRET RANGE over which chords should by
displayed; remember, no more than 16 frets can be diplayed at one time.
Select the MINIMUM and MAXIMUM number of notes in chords to be
displayed. The MAXIMUM number of notes depends on how many
strings are used, the MINIMUM number of notes is determined by
the type of chord.
MOUSE USERS : Click on a field to move cursor, click on a command
to execute it.
<SEQ_TOGG>
SEQUENCE
This menu selection switches the fretboard displays
to and from SEQUENCE mode. In SEQUENCE mode the
musical steps are displayed for each chord rather
than the notes themselves.
<STANDARD>
STANDARD TUNING
This menu selection sets the default tuning
to the standard: E A D G B E
<OPEN_A >
OPEN 'A' TUNING
This menu selection sets the default tuning
to OPEN 'A' : E A E A C# E
<OPEN_C >
OPEN 'C' TUNING
This menu selection sets the default tuning
to OPEN 'C' : C G C G C E
<OPEN_D >
OPEN 'D' TUNING
This menu selection sets the default tuning
to OPEN 'D' : D A D F# A D
<OPEN_E >
OPEN 'E' TUNING
This menu selection sets the default tuning
to OPEN 'E' : E B E G# B E
<OPEN_G >
OPEN 'G' TUNING
This menu selection sets the default tuning
to OPEN 'G' : D G D G B D
<CUSTOM >
CUSTOM TUNING
This menu selection brings up the
CUSTOM TUNING menu.
<CUSTTUNE>
CUSTOM TUNING
The CUSTOM TUNING menu allows tuning each string
of the guitar over a 9 tone range.
Once a tuning is selected it becomes the default
tuning for subsequent fretboard operations.
<PLAY_ENT>
PLAY ON ENTRY
This menu selection toggles whether
or not chords will be sounded upon
entry.
<PLAY_DIS>
PLAY ON DISPLAY
This menu selection toggles whether
or not chords will be sounded in
display mode.
<MIDIPORT>
MIDI PORT
This menu selection toggles
operation of a MIDI device.
<SPEAKER >
PLAY - SPEAKER
This menu selection enables or disables the
system's internal speaker.
<TIMINGS >
PLAY - TIMINGS
This menu selection allows the user to
vary the ATTACK and LENGTH of chords
that are played.
<ATTCNT >
PLAY - TIMINGS
ATTACK - Time in between soundings of successive notes in a chord.
Units of measure are system ticks (1 tick = approx .05 sec).
Valid values are 1 - 20.
<DURCNT >
PLAY - TIMINGS
LENGTH - TIme in milliseconds that chords will sound after the last
note has been played. Units of measure are system ticks
(1 tick = approx .05 sec). Valid values are 0 - 100.
NOTE : This entry is should be set to zero when chordings
are played with the system's internal speaker.
<APP_FILE>
APPEND FILE
This menu selection allows the user
to add new chordings to the library
file for a particular chord.
<NEW_FILE>
NEW FILE
This menu selection allows the user
to create a new library file for a
particular chord. If a file already
exists for the chord the user is
warned that continuing will destroy
the existing file.
<EDITFILE>
EDIT FILE
This menu selection allows the user
to edit the contents of the existing
library file for a particular chord.
<illrec >
ILLEGAL CHORDING
An illegal chord has been entered. Either a tone that is not part of
the formula has been included, or a critical tone has been omitted. As
far as what constitutes a legitimate chord, the following rules apply:
TONES IN FORMULA RULES
3 At least one instance of each tone must be present.
4 At least on instance of each tone must be present,
excepting the 3rd may be dropped in the presence of
a 2nd or 4th.
5 The root or 5th may be dropped. The 3rd may be
dropped in the presence of a 2nd or 4th.
6, 7 The root and 5th may be dropped. The 3rd may be
dropped in the presence of a 2nd or 4th.
<SAVE_CFG>
SAVE CONFIGURATION
This menu selection allows the user
to save the current OPTIONS settings
for use during future sessions.
<FACTORY >
FACTORY SETTINGS
This menu selection allows the user
to return the OPTIONS settings to
the factory defaults.
<ADDCHORD>
ADD CHORD
This menu selection allows the user
to add the current chord to the RESOLVE
library. Once this is done, chordings
can be displayed from a chord library
file.
<PRACTIVE>
PRINT ACTIVE
This menu selection prints the active
fretboard on the printer.
<PRALL >
PRINT ALL
This menu selection prints the entire
screen on the printer.
<PRTOP >
PRINT TOP
This menu selection prints the top
fretboard on the printer.
<PRBOTTOM>
PRINT BOTTOM
This menu selection prints the bottom
fretboard on the printer.
<RESOLVE >
RESOLVE
This menu selection allows for the display
of chord synonyms or similiar chordings
for a particular chord. Perfect synonyms
are displayed in reverse video.
<RES_DISP>
RESOLVE DISPLAY
This menu selection enables or disables the
display of chord synonyms and approximations
as a chord is entered.
<SETCOUNT>
RESOLVE COUNT
This menu selection determines the number of
chord synonyms or approximations to be displayed
during resolution. Valid values are 1 to 5.
<RESCOUNT>
RESOLVE COUNT
This selection determines the number of chord
synonyms or approximations to be displayed
during resolution. Valid values are 1 to 5.
<PERFONLY>
RESOLVE - PERFECT ONLY
This menu selection allows only perfect synonyms
of a chord to be displayed upon resolution. If
this feature is disabled, approximations will be
displayed on the resolve line.
<NOROOT >
RESOLVE - NO ROOT
This menu selection allows chords with no root
to be considered as synonyms during resolution.
<not_a >
All editing of chord files must be done with the
desired chord entered in the key of 'A'. Upon
display, the chord files are transposed into the
appropriate key.
<not_root>
No chord files are entered for 'noroot' chords.
Display of 'noroot' chords depends on resolving
them to chords that do have a root. To ensure
that 'noroot' chords are displayed, set resolve
options to display enough chord synonyms.
<noresolv>
This chord cannot be resolved using the current
RESOLVE data. Chordings cannot be DISPLAYed unless
they can be resolved to a chord that has a root.
To add this chord pattern to the RESOLVE data select
the ADD CHORD item from the FILES menu. When done
this pattern will be added to the RESOLVE data and
associated with the chord text that has been input.
Once this is done all that remains is to enter chords
in a chord library file. Do this by selecting the
NEW FILE item from the FILES menu.
<dset_str>
DISPLAY - STRING SELECT
Enter 'Y' to select this string for display mode,
or 'N' to ignore this string when diplaying chords.
The number of strings selected for display will
affect the minimum and maximum number of notes that
can be displayed for a chord.
<dsetlwfr>
DISPLAY - LOW FRET RANGE
This selection, along with the HI FRET selection,
determines the fret range in which chords should
be displayed. This allows chords to be displayed
over a specific number of frets.
Entry of a fret number not currently shown on the
screen will cause the fretboard to be shifted on
the screen accordingly.
<dsethifr>
DISPLAY - HIGH FRET RANGE
This selection, along with the LO FRET selection,
determines the fret range in which chords should
be displayed. This allows chords to be displayed
over a specific number of frets.
Entry of a fret number not currently shown on the
screen will cause the fretboard to be shifted on
the screen accordingly.
<dset_min>
DISPLAY - MIN NOTES
This selection determines the minimum number of
notes to be displayed in a chord.
Factors involved in this selection are:
The minimum number of notes required musically
to accommodate the chord.
The maximum number of strings selected for
display of the chord.
<dset_max>
DISPLAY - MAX NOTES
This selection determines the maximum number of
notes to be displayed in a chord.
Factors involved in this selection are:
The minimum number of notes required musically
to accommodate the chord.
The number of strings selected for displaying
the chord.
<bassnote>
DISPLAY - BASSNOTE
This selection determines which note in the chord
will be the bass or lowest note. Valid entries
are 0 - 7, with '0' indicating no preference.
<dispblnk>
DISPLAY - NOTE BLINK
This selection enables or disables blinking
of chords being displayed.
<midi_err>
MIDI DEVICE ERROR
There was no response in an attempt to reset your midi controller.
This error can be suppressed by setting Midi Device OFF under the
PLAY options menu.
<demomess>
THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION VERSION OF THIS PROGRAM
The feature you have selected is not available in the demonstration version
of this program. This feature IS supported in the registered version of
this program. For more on additional features available in the registered
version see the accompanying documentation.
To order the registered version:
SEND $15.00 check or money order to
Robert Watson
POBox 2261
Monrovia, CA 91017-2261
<end>