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- Rhapsody 3 Demo
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-
- This demo version of Rhapsody 3 automatically loads four scores but will not
- load anything else or save anything at all. A fifth score is blank and
- enables you to try out the editing functions by creating your own score. You
- can print out one page only of any of these scores.
-
- This demo automatically loads a set of voices to be used with BumbleBee,
- Scarboro and Jerusalem. For the Toccata score you must click on the
- application !Organ first to load the Organ voices. Note that this overwrites
- the other voices and you will need to reload if you want to hear them played
- correctly again.
-
- To hear a score click on one of the sub menu options in the 'Play from'
- menu.
-
- About Rhapsody 3
- ================
-
- Rhapsody 3 is to a musical score what a word processor is to a book. It will
- enable you to enter a musical score into the computer; to edit it in all
- sorts of ways until it is perfect; to save it to disc; and to print it out
- on any printer in a variety of scales and formats.
-
- In addition, Rhapsody 3 will also let you perform your masterpiece, either
- through the Archimedes' own sound system or through any electronic
- instrument which is fitted with a MIDI port. (To do this you will also need
- a MIDI interface fitted inside your computer.)
-
- All the essential facilities for producing a true musical score are
- provided, including repeats; dynamic markings; phrasing; crescendos and
- decrescendos; accelerandos and ritardandos; staccato and accented notes;
- trills and ornaments; guitar chords; etc. etc.
-
- If you have a MIDI instrument, you can use it not only to play scores but
- also to help you put in your music. This can be done in real time while
- Rhapsody 3 is playing the rest of the score, or it can be one note at a
- time for difficult passages.
-
- The scores provided are set up for a General MIDI Tone chart and if your
- keyboard conforms to this standard the scores will play correctly without
- alteration. More Tone charts are supplied with the full version of the
- program as well as information on creating your own.
-
- Rhapsody 3 understands both Maestro and MIDI files (as produced by programs
- like Serenade and Rhythm Bed), and will convert these to Rhapsody 3's own
- format.
-
- Rhapsody 3 requires at least 2Mb of memory but is compatible with both
- RISC OS 2 and RISC OS 3. The 3D icons are only available under RISC OS 3
- however.
-
- You can obtain extensive interactive help by running the !Help application
- on the disc supplied with your computer or in the applications folder in
- RISC OS 3. Help is provided on the Rhapsody 3 Panel which can be called up
- by clicking on the Show edit panel item in the Rhapsody 3 icon bar menu.
-
- EDITING WITH RHAPSODY 3
- =======================
-
- Before you can add or change anything, you have to position what is known
- as the cursor. To do this, click on the 4/4 symbol (the time signature) in
- the Score window. A cream box will appear round it.
-
- At the moment, the program will enter crotchets (they are highlighted in
- blue on the Panel window). To add one, click with Select or Adjust on the
- yellow icon showing an arrow pointing down and to the right . (Select will
- enter a note with the stem pointing upward; Adjust will enter one with the
- stem pointing downward.) For completeness, we will mention here that the
- green arrow , will insert the selected symbol at the current cursor position
- while the other yellow arrow inserts the symbol before the cursor.
-
- The pitch of the note (ie its position on the musical stave) is determined
- by the position of the small red arrows inside the cursor. You can move
- these up and down by clicking Select over the cursor at the right position,
- or alternatively by clicking on the up and down arrows on the left side of
- the Panel window. Select moves them by one line; Adjust moves them by a
- whole octave.
-
- At the bottom of the Panel window is a row of icons showing eight different
- lengths of note, plus some other symbols:
-
- Click on one of the notes to change the length of the notes you add. Try
- also selecting one or more of the six icons next to them before adding a
- note. As you can see, Rhapsody 3 can add sharps, flats, accidentals, ties,
- dots and triplets to notes immediately, as they are entered.
-
- If you go on adding more notes to the end of a score (eg by using the yellow
- arrow icon), Rhapsody 3 will put in a barline for you as soon as each bar
- becomes full.
-
- Now try some editing. Place the cursor on top of a note you have entered (by
- clicking on it using Select or Adjust. As long as the cursor is only on top
- of one note, the position of the red arrows does not matter.) Now click on
- the red cross icon on the Panel window. You will see that the note is
- deleted. If the note you have deleted was in anything other than the first
- or last bars a warning box will appear.
-
- This is warning you that what you have just done has caused there to be only
- three crotchet measures left in the bar. As the time signature is 4/4, this
- means the score will not play properly. Enter one or more notes of the right
- length in the same way as before, and the box will disappear when the bar
- is full again.
-
- Dragging notes
- ==============
-
- Another way of entering and editing notes is by dragging. Hold down Select
- or Adjust on one of the note icons on the Panel window. A red note will
- appear, replacing the mouse pointer. While still holding down the mouse
- button, move the red note over the score window and release the button. Now
- providing you do not move the pointer outside the area of the score window,
- you will remain in insert mode. Every time you click on the score a note
- will be inserted. If you click with Select, the note's stem will point
- upwards, and if you click with Adjust the stem will point downwards.
- Incidentally, the same is true when you click on the yellow or green icons
- in the Main Panel window: Select for an up-stem note, Adjust for a down-stem
- note.
-
- You can also drag the existing notes in a score around. Carefully position
- the pointer over the note head you wish to move and press and hold the
- Select button down. After a brief pause, the pointer will change to a red
- note head. Still holding the Select button down, drag the note head to a new
- position on the score and release the button. A new note will be inserted
- and the old one deleted. If you use the Adjust button, the original note is
- not deleted. In other words use Select to move a note and Adjust to copy it.
-
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- Playing your score
- ==================
-
- One of Rhapsody 3's most important functions is the ability to play scores
- through the computer or through a MIDI instrument. You can do this by
- clicking on the cream icon at the top right of the Panel window. Use Select
- to play from the start, or Adjust to play from whichever bar the cursor is
- in. The icon will turn red, and clicking on it again will stop the computer
- playing. Alternatively you can play a score by clicking on one of the
- entries in the 'Play from' menu.
-
- If you have enjoyed using this demo version of Rhapsody 3 you can obtain the
- full version with comprehensive manual, dozens of scores and lots of voices
- directly from:
-
- Clares Micro Supplies
- 98 Middlewich Road
- Northwich
- Cheshire
- CW9 7DA
-
- Tel. 0606 48511
- Fax. 0606 48512
-
- Rhapsody 3 Price £99.95 inc VAT
- Upgrade Rhapsody or Rhapsody 2 to Rhapsody 3 £48 inc VAT
-
- We accept cheque, VISA, ACCESS or Educational order.
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