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A MUSICAL TUTORIAL 1.3 DOCUMENTATION (c) 1993-96
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A MUSICAL TUTORIAL 1.3 (c) 1993-96
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
REGISTRATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
INSTALLING THE PROGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Alternate Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
STARTING THE PROGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Note for Windows Users . . . . . . . . . . 5
MOUSE SUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
TREBLE & BASS SIGHT READING . . . . . . . . . . 5
TREBLE & BASS PIANO KEY / NOTE ASSOCIATION. . . 6
READ CHORDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SCALES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Metronome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
CHORD DICTIONARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
TREBLE & BASS GAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
USER LOG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
TOGGLE SOUND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PLAY CLASSICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
KEY SIGNATURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PRINTER SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Landscape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Portrait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PRINT UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Windows Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SOFTWARE SUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
LICENSE AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Commercial users . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Site-License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
VENDOR INFORMATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
REMOVING THE SOFTWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
INTERVALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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INTRODUCTION
You may freely sample this software for a period of 30 days.
Tutorial software was originally developed to help my children with their
piano lessons. The idea has grown, and this software is dedicated to the
promotion of musical study. This tutorial is not intended to replace, but
to be a supplement to formal musical instruction.
Comments and suggestions welcome!
Features:
- treble sight reading.
- bass sight reading.
- treble piano key / note association.
- bass piano key / note association.
- chord dictionary.
- user log to track learning.
- games to promote learning
- play and view scales, major, minor, minor harmonic & melodic.
- Site read chords, major, minor, dominant 7th, and major 7th chords.
- print sight reading test papers.
- print scales, with chords and broken chords.
- play classics (uses internal speaker)
- Interval ear tests / read intervals
- Etc...
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REGISTRATION
If you enjoy this program, please register and receive your own updated
tutorial disk with the latest software release. You may freely sample this
software for a period of 30 days. If you continue to use it beyond that
period you are required to register.
Several exciting enhancements and new features are planned.
Two convenient options, Print Registration Form, and Registration
Information, are provided on the main menu for your convenience.
Please send information requests to: Ronald Swerdfeger
3453 Marydale Ave.
Cornwall, Ontario Canada
K6K 1P6
613-933-7871
ron@datacom.ca
http://www.datacom.ca/~ron
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Color VGA 640 X 480 and 350K of disk space.
INSTALLING THE PROGRAM
From the DOS prompt type [drive:]INSTALL
IE. C:\>A:INSTALL (tutorial disk in drive A:)
C:\>B:INSTALL (tutorial disk in drive B:)
B:\>INSTALL (tutorial disk in drive B:)
The install program will ask you to for the source and destination. The
source is the drive letter the tutorial disk is in. The destination is the
directory where the software will be installed. (ie. C:\MT)
Alternate Method
Copy all files to a directory. Change to that directory and type MT .
The musical tutorial may also be run from a floppy drive.
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STARTING THE PROGRAM
Change to the installation directory and type MT .
IE. C:\>
C:\>CD \MT
C:\MT>MT
A:>mt (to run from drive A)
Note for Windows Users
Windows users should use the provided PIF to start the musical tutorial.
The icon, MT.ICO, is also provided. See your Windows manual for help with
new program items.
Please note that if you are running under windows and have other
applications running in the background, you may experience program
execution delays. Especially when using the games and playing scales.
MOUSE SUPPORT
If you wish to use a mouse, please ensure that your system loads a
DOS mouse driver.
TREBLE & BASS SIGHT READING
Simply point to the correct answer button and click, or use the left /
right cursor keys to select the correct answer button and press enter. You
may also press the note letter, A - G.
For each correct answer you are rewarded with a happy note face. The note
plays if sound is turned on.
Point and click on Quit, Help, Skip, whenever you desire these functions or
just press Q for Quit, H for Help, or S to skip over a note.
The treble & bass clef color indicates how close you are to the reward
screen.
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TREBLE & BASS PIANO KEY / NOTE ASSOCIATION
Simply point to the piano key associated with the displayed note and click,
or use the left / right cursor keys to select the correct key and press
enter.
For each correct answer you are rewarded with a happy note face. The note
plays if sound is turned on.
Point and click on Quit, Help, Skip, whenever you desire these functions or
just press Q for Quit, H for Help, or S to skip over a note.
The treble & bass clef color indicates how close you are to the reward
screen.
READ CHORDS
Select the type of chord desired from the read chords sub-menu. Simply
point to the correct answer button and click, or use the left / right
cursor keys to select the correct answer button and press enter. You may
also press the chord letter, A - G. (only 1 letter needed, ie Am7, press A)
For each correct answer you are rewarded with a happy note face. The chords
root note plays if sound is turned on.
Point and click on Quit, Help, Skip, whenever you desire these functions or
just press Q for Quit, H for Help, or S to skip over a note.
Please note that all chords are in their Root Position, this means that the
bottom note indicates the chord letter.
The treble & bass clef color indicates how close you are to the reward
screen.
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SCALES