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- WELCOME TO MUSIC-ED! by Bill Morgan
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-
- This is a simple music editor for IBM PC type computers and
- compatibles. It is written with Borland's Editor Toolbox and
- is alot of fun to play with. You can make up little tunes, transcribe
- the works of your favorite composers, study the timings of notes,
- and get very good at the BASICA "Play" command, which this editor
- uses.
-
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- | To get started, load this file into ME, if you have not already |
- | done so, by typing "ME tutor" at the DOS prompt. |
- +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-
- NOW, once you are in the editor, hit F1 to see some of the commands
- you will be using. To use this TUTOR file you will be scrolling
- around in it and trying the commands.
-
- Since we are at the bottom of the screen, use CtrlZ to scroll down,
- or PgDn, or even the down-arrow key.
-
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-
- You can see from the help screen that you use F5 to play the line
- the cursor is on. The program will try to play any line, even this
- one, so it is best to press the PLAY keys (F3-F6) only on lines of
- text which are really music. In any case, before playing anything,
- it is good to set up the TEMPO, note LENGTH, and note STYLE.
-
- Example: Put the cursor on the next line and press F5
- T220 MN L16 O1 ; (you can put comments after a semicolon)
-
- You have just set the tempo to 220 beats/minute, the note length to
- sixteenth notes, music style to normal, and the octave to one.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
- Now put the cursor on the next line and press F5
- p8 ms o1 bbb8 bbb8 bb o2e8 f#8 g#8 o1 bb b8bbo2e8g#g#f#8d#8o1b8
-
- ME will play the line and return to editing. Press Alt-F1 and
- look at the music commands. This is the same set of commands used
- by MS-BASICA.
-
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- Try F5 on the next line. It shows the ML (legato) command and fast speed
- T220 ML o2 l16 c d e f g a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g o3 l16 c d e f g a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g
-
- Try the END and HOME keys on the line above. As you can see,
- the line can be longer than you see on the screen.
-
- ( YOU can STOP the play sequence by pressing CTRL-U )
-
- Try F5 on the next line. This is staccato!
- t220 MS o2 l16 c d e f g a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g o3 l16 c d e f g a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g
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-
- If you put the cursor under this "A" here and press F3 you will just
- play the note A in whatever octave you were in last, and at the
- last tempo. F3 plays whatever chunk is near the cursor and will play
- until it comes to a space. So you can arrange your music in logical
- phrases on the line and play sections til you get then right.
- Try playing just this chunk: [t200O3L8CDE-FE-DCO2B-] with F3.
-
- ======================================================================
- Some text like the following at the top of your file would let you
- change tempos and octaves easily while working on your latest song.
-
- T60 T160 O0 L4 (Put cursor at tempo or octave. Use F3 to
- T80 T180 O1 L8 set it, then move cursor to scale below
- T100 T200 O2 L16 and press F5 to play the scale. Scale
- T120 T220 O3 L32 at right will not play because it is
- T140 T240 O4 L64 commented out by the semicolon.)
-
- C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B ; C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B
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- F4 is like F5 except that it only plays the part of the line
- which is to the right of the cursor. Play the line below with F5
- (to set octave and tempo) and then move the cursor around on the
- line and play it with F4. You will see how it works. This is useful
- when composing.
-
- t220 l8 o3 C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B o4 C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B
- ======================================================================
-
- ====================== BLOCKS =====================
- The keys F3-F5 are useful while composing to hear fragments of
- the piece, but what about playing larger chunks, or the whole thing?
- For this we use the PLAYBLOCK feature. Move the cursor to the top
- of the block below and press F7. This marks the beginning. Now move
- to the end and press F8. The block is marked! Now press F6...
-
- --------- BACH ----------
- t120msp8o5l16ED#l8eo4bg#b
- l16ef#ed#l8eo3bg#b
- mll16ebf#bg#babg#bf#b
- eo4 ed#c#o3bo4ed#c#o3bag#f#
- msl16ebf#bg#babg#bf#b
- eo4ed#c#o3bo4ed#c#o3bag#f#
- mlef#g#abo4c#d#ef#g#af#
- g#bef#g#abo5c#d#ec#d#
- eo4babg#babg#bf#be
- -----------------------
-
- ; circular thing also by bach
- T188
- O2L8GF+GD O3DO2AB-G F+EF+D O3DO2AB-G O3E-O2AB-GF+O3DO2AO3C
- O2L4B-O3DC+DEAC+D
- O3L4GL8AB-AFGEDEFGFE-DCO2L4BO3GO2GB
- O3L8CDE-FE-DCO2B- L4AO3FO2FAL8B-O3CDE-DCO2B-A
- O2L8GB-O3CDCO2B-AGL4F+O3DO2DF+GO3E-O2AO3D
-
- -----------------------
-
- ... thus you can play your whole song, or a number of songs, up to
- the filesize limit of this editor which is about 60K or so! To STOP
- playing in PLAYBLOCK you can use CtrlU or ESC.
-
- If you want the editor to pause between songs, just put in the pause
- with the pause command (P1, P2, etc.) :
-
- T60 P4 ; this is a pause of 1 beat @ 60 beats/minute = about 1 second
-
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- OTHER EDITOR COMMANDS : The editor has the same basic commands as
- the Sidekick editor, Turbo Pascal editor, etc.
-
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- DIRECTORY FEATURE : If you press Alt-F3 you can load a new file. If
- you press Alt-F4, you will see a directory listing and you can pick
- a file by moving the cursor keys. The chosen file will be automatically
- loaded up. If you choose a sub-directory (marked by brackets) then
- you will move to that sub-directory and be given a new list of files.
-
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- I hope you have fun with this program. Feel free to pass it on.
- THANK YOU to Borland for making this Editor program available!
- If you make up any music or transcribe any songs I would love to
- hear them! Just press F9 to get my address and look for new and
- improved model coming soon!
-
- yours truly,
- Bill Morgan
-
-
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- Try this one !
-
- MS T200 O2 L8 C L4 F L8 A O3 C O2 AF L4 G L8 B- L4 O3 D
- L8 C O2 B O3 CF L4 D L8 O2 B- L4 G.. P16
- L8 C L4 F L8 A O3 C O2 AF L4 G L8 B- L4 O3 D
- L8 C O2 B O3 CFD O2 GE L4 F.. P8
-
- O3 L4 A L8 A L4 G. L8 FGF L4 E- L8 EDE-EFGG+ L4 A.. P8
- O1 L4 G L8 G L4 F. L8 EFE L4 D- L8 DDEFG O2 G O1 G O2 C O1 B-AG. P16
- O2 L8 C L4 F L8 A O3 C O2 AF L4 G L8 B- L4 O3 D
- L8 C O2 B O3 CF L4 D L8 O2 B- L4 G.. P16
- O3 L8 C L4 F L8 A O4 C O3 AF L4 G L8 B- L4 O4 D
- L8 C O3 B O4 CFD O3 GE L4 F. L8 O4 F
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