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1. e Number of Octave Change the number of octave shown on the keyboard e Left Shift maps to Select the note that will be played when pressing the Left Shift key on your computer keyboard In turn this will change the note assigned to each key on the computer keyboard By default the Left Shift key maps to G3 and Z maps to A3 etc e Black Keys Choose to use Sharps or Flats to either raise or lower the pitch of the note by a semitone e Highlight Highlights the key you play or press e Show Choose to display Note Names Octave Numbers Octave Borders or Solfege Syllables on the Keyboard Display Here you can also choose to show Rainbow Colors for each key in the Keyboard Display 85 Little Musician User Manual In case you want the Staff or Keyboard Display to occupy the whole Free Play screen instead of having them on split panels just click on the Window button beside the Setting Cog to expand the Staff or Keyboard Display The Media Library Screen You can edit and create Icon and Voice sets Instruments Midi Songs and Solfege Labels to personalize your baby s music lessons Armed with your creativity you can virtually create an unlimited number of media sets for your baby via the Media Library Screen bel Cad Be SS ae L Aora ie sea ar Ot oe lt n wee vr Amann n S md k u a a l l ee S497709 TETEE amp A evcvrese 53 ris
2. gt H ETSE Se CESSES EES BPESEPRELaA a 3 3 i ePPSCReEe RP RE RES b d aad a 3 To toggle between Icon and Voice sets Instruments Midi Songs and Solfege Labels simply click on the respective tab at the top of the Media Library Screen You will notice that the left hand panel contains a list of available Icon 86 Little Musician User Manual and Voice sets Instruments Midi Songs and Solf ge Labels while the right hand panel shows a preview of the selected media set The Icon Set Tab The Icon Set Tab consists of three panels the Icon Set Panel the Items Panel and the Icon Details Panel tA ic ts Its la eee oe The Icon Set Tab shows you all the Icon Sets that are currently available in your Little Musician library Each Icon Set contains icon images that are displayed instead of regular note heads during playback Icon Set Panel Located at the left side of the Icon Set Tab is the Icon Set Panel where you can create and edit Icon Sets Simply click on the corresponding button at the bottom part of the panel to make your selection e New Create a new Icon Set by clicking on the New button 87 Little Musician User Manual e New Icon Group An Icon Group is a collection of different Icon Sets which has a specific playback setting Icon Sets included in an Icon Group can be played randomly for each slide OR for each playback In effect using Icon Groups lets you rando
3. w si LA Raeder piontact Rh shag ranana Aat ir 93 bit string weet yterte ches vaghn mo a Deg ahd doo lo the bow shove to edd afew Me wf mn e Once you re done adding your media files click on the Save button Managing Media Files From the New Edit Word window you can add in your own set of recordings pictures videos and music clips Adding Pronunciation Recordings e In the Pronunciation Audio File s box of the Word Slide Tab click on the Add button and locate the pre recorded audio file in your computer Proruncistion audio filets O O O O O O OOOO bk stteg instruments woman viele mp3 gt bk siren instruments man violin p bk stang instumerts child vion mp3 p Dreg and crop c the box sbove to add new fle 66 Little Musician User Manual e Click on the Open button to add your audio file or simply drag and drop your audio file into the Pronunciation Audio File s box you must have the folder containing your file opened already e Click on the green Play button beside the audio name to preview your new pronunciation audio NOTE Little Musician supports mp3 wav wma and mid audio file types Adding Pictures e In the Picture Slide Tab click on the Add button under the Picture s box and locate the photo or image file in your computer e Click on the Open button to add your image file or simply drag and drop your image file into the Picture s box you mus
4. your Desktop Quick Launch or Start Menu To help you get started with Little Musician the Start Guide window will pop up when you open Little Musician for the first time The Start Guide The Little Musician Start Guide introduces you to Little Musician The Start Guide s homepage will show you the latest news announcements and updates from BrillKids In this window you will tutorials and additional information that will help you get the most out of your Little Musician Learning System 14 Little Musician User Manual GB 4 WELCOME NOTE FROM THE FOUNDER Tan pya M ang L AAL Wari gue Sere prha fhe moak i w you oe jait rpg r n an pera yoi a te tet mtr a i Oe gt Gh Speers Petit al oe et ie eee pear CPD ee CPt Dee oat cot af Le 4 mst ae EL aod Feteity boc fest Be foogti of teeta fami can be rater Granting npea ts thous eiio fare kad OT Tee oe ee baby iard be esgh ITED Adee Rg dy Gee ged me Sie he pert bebe dew sottiery an pow pert ES pow weed i Go fh Parat tt yoo Ot Geir De kisen ew atay De NOTE You may choose not to show the Start Guide whenever you open Little Musician by unchecking the box at the bottom of the Start Guide window To open the Start Guide later on click on the Start Guide button at the top right part of the Little Musician window Beginner s Tutorial You may want to spend a few minutes to go through the Beginner s Tutorial so that you have an idea about h
5. Slower Auto Forward slides y NOTE The Auto Forward setting is only available in Music Notes and Knowledge lessons including those in Courses This option is not available in Clap Along lessons Customizing Knowledge Lessons Options for customizing Knowledge lessons are only available for licensed Little Reader users f you do not own a Little Reader license Little Musician will only let you play Knowledge Lessons For more information about Little Reader visit the BrillKids website a aa 1 wm tires 7 Pa ee z5 As timine te Do 2 a m A o _ 7 a g 61 Little Musician User Manual How to Create a Knowledge Lesson e Go to the Play amp Edit Screen and choose to display Knowledge e Click on New at the bottom of the Lesson Panel e Type the name of your new Knowledge lesson and press Enter on your keyboard How to Delete a Knowledge Lesson e Go to the Play amp Edit Screen and choose to display Knowledge e Select the Category you want to delete and click on the Delete button at the bottom of the Lesson Panel e A confirmation box will then pop up asking you to confirm your action click on Yes to delete the lesson or No to cancel How to Edit a Knowledge Lesson e Go to the Play amp Edit Screen and choose to display Knowledge e Select the Category you want to edit and click on the Edit button at the bottom of the Lesson Panel e The Edit Knowledge Les
6. This Wizard will help you make sure that Little Musician will function properly on your system Please click on START WIZARD te proceed Click Play Sample Audio and the Wizard will play a few sample audio files 12 Little Musician User Manual System Check Wizard Step T Ando Check Little Musician wall check to make sure your audio system is working properly When ready click on the Play Sample Audio button You should hear three voice samples violin trumpet and oboe lf you heard all audio samples clearly and completely click Next Step Otherwise click Troubleshoot and the Wizard will find what s causing the problem and apply the necessary fixes System Check Wizard Step 1 Audio Check fyou heard all the voice samples violin trumpet and oboe clearly and completely click on the Next Step button to continue with the System Check Wizard Ifyou encounter sakasa Click this if you heard Click onthe PILE L SE LALI L COA GT 180 again Click this if you didn t hear the sample audio clearly Once the Wizard has finished click Close to exit the Wizard 13 Little Musician User Manual Systern Check Wizard You re now ready to use Life Mitsaan The System Check Wizard has completed checking your system Click onthe Close button to start using Little Musician How to Start Little Musician To open your program click on the Little Musician icon located on
7. bator a Pomni moet Eam ret aa aaah N OVENWHELMIDY Let s siwt wii How to get Tech Support for your Little Musician t Mop utnce the prublemi t a CA ce ert ee G tagon Awe ae Hne rete A tte p Ga De alha a lacon A n a Ot fe y Y ay Bei lee rer aoe eee e y rrote u Diag aati Report E k moe Tones ot Dag ieee 2 Dey ete pert by rer str gt ie lt x tc bn oe er ite owt stu Using Little Musician with Different Languages Teaching your child a foreign language is easy Little Musician supports foreign languages that use the standard Roman alphabet and other characters provided you have installed the additional language packs in your computer SO you can create and edit words and use other languages to teach your baby If you have not installed the additional language packs yet follow the directions below to unlock full language support for your Little Musician In your computer click on Start and open the Control Panel Note that some menu items that will be mentioned in the next steps may not have the same name depending on your computer s operating system 114 Little Musician User Manual Instructions for Windows XP In your Control Panel Category View click on Date Time Language and Regional Options and then click on Regional and Language Options ne pice a Cantcol S sop 4 e _ g This will open a pop up window as shown below Go to the Languages
8. elhetocml Little Musicien Trial BrilliKids Music Course Semester 1 Brilitids Music Course Semester 2 Installing Little Musician from your Software and Content CD Insert your BrillKids Little Musician Software and Content Disc in your computer s CD drive and close your CD drive The InstallShield Wizard will guide you through the entire process of installing Little Musician on your computer Click Next to start the installation process 7 Little Musician User Manual BrillKids Little Musician InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for BrillKids Little Musician The InstallShield Wizard will install BrillKids Little Musician on your computer To continue click Next In the License Agreement screen please read the terms carefully If you accept the terms choose the option I accept the terms of the license agreement then click Next BrillKids Little Musician InstallShield Wizard BRILLKIDS LITTLE MUSICIAN BETA TESTING LICENSE This license applies to the Beta Testing version of BrillKids Little Musician BETA You should carefully read the following terms and conditions before using this software Unless you have a different license agreement signed by BrillKids Inc your use distribution or installation of this copy of BrillKids Little Musician BETA indicates your acceptance of this accept the terms of the license agreement Print O do not accep
9. you must have the folder containing your file opened already e f you want the pronunciation to play instead of the picture audio when a picture is flashed during playback enable the Play Pronunciation Instead option Pre lure audio file 6 bk sinng inetruments fx violin 1 mp ny Pronunciaton insioad T Pie A h awie gu alurhvents te win Jf bk string inatrunents fe violin Jing r ia te cnn Gama E NOTE Little Musician supports mp3 wav wma and mid audio file types Deleting Media Files e To delete any media file attached to a word go to the Edit Word Window for the word you want to edit e Toggle the Edit Word Window tab for the type of media file you want to delete Select the file you want to remove from the list of media files currently attached to the word then click on the Delete button NOTE Deleting files this way will not remove the files from your computer permanently If you want to delete unused media files permanently use the Purge function in the Speed Optimization section of the Tools Screen 69 Little Musician User Manual Record your own Pronunciation Little Musician comes with a built in audio recording tool which you can use to record your own pronunciations sound effects or music clips e Before you start make sure you already have a working microphone plugged in to your computer e Go to the Edit Word Window of the word you want to record your own pronunciation
10. 1 Delete Media Flowers 2 C Epor Media Import Media Flowers 3 i Animals e Go to the Media Library Screen at the top of the Little Musician window e Select which Little Musician media set you want to export by toggling between the Icons Voice Sets Instruments Midi Songs and Solfege Labels tabs e Select the media set that you want to export or select several media sets by pressing Ctrl or Shift on your keyboard e Right click on your selection and choose Export Media from the context menu A confirmation window will pop up showing you the items that youve selected Click Yes to export your media set s or click No to cancel and make further changes 109 Little Musician User Manual e Type in a filename for your file and choose where you would like the file to be saved in your computer Click on Save e Once you have exported some of your Little Musician files you may begin sharing these with other Little Musician users by emailing them uploading them to the BrillKids Forum or burning them to data CDs About the BrillKids Screen Name Feature Type in your BrillKids Forum username in the BrillKids Screen Name box located at the bottom of the Import Export Content Screen this will tag your Little Musician files with your BrillKids Forum username so that when you export files to share with others people will know you created those files Speed Optimizations Optimize Little Musician to maxi
11. Edit You can change the description attached to a note by selecting a specific item from the right hand panel and clicking on the Edit button 95 Little Musician User Manual Type in the descriptions of the selected note and press Enter on your keyboard The Resources Screen We know how much variety can help young children learn and understand many things faster and more efficiently and so Little Musician comes with a comprehensive Resources Screen where we ve gathered several YouTube videos and additional downloads to supplement your daily lessons The Resources Screen contains lots of embedded videos and downloadable content so make sure that you re connected to the Internet to be able to access all its features 96 Little Musician User Manual NOTE In case you find any video that s broken or isn t playing at all let us know by filling out the Report Broken YouTube Link form Daily Lessons This video library corresponds to the lessons from your Little Musician Curriculum At the end of the day s lesson you ll be asked if you want to watch videos of the day s Music Knowledge or Music Appreciation lessons click on Yes Take Me There to jump directly to the Resources Screen s Daily Lesson page for the day you re in All done Would you fike to wich Youtube vedeos of the Knowledge lessons that r shown today Alternatively just pick the Course you re in and the Day you want to vie
12. I Here you can watch some fun videos featuring young composers dancers and singers Just pick a video you want to watch and enjoy the show 99 Little Musician User Manual Downloads Want more media sets for your Little Musician lessons Just download more icon sets midi sets voice sets or knowledge lessons from the Resources Screen s Downloads section The Tools Screen The Tools Screen is where you ll find several functions for managing your Little Musician files as well as maintaining your Little Musician software Little Musician Software Little Musidan eee eee eS E D LA 100 Little Musician User Manual Software Information The Software Information section of the Tools Screen makes it easy for you to manage and access your Little Musician software content and license key Check which version of Little Musician you are currently using by referring to the version number written at the top part of the Software Information section You will also see a list of Little Musician curricula that you ve imported into your learning system Below the Software Information section is the BrillKids Account section where you can sign in to your BrillKids Account to access your Little Musician software content and license key files directly from the Little Musician window From here you may also manage your license activation records The Easy Voice Recorder The Easy Voic
13. and famous classic composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Music Appreciation These lessons expose your child to classical music using clips from fifty of the most popular classical pieces such as Beethoven s Fifth Symphony A The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss Jr A i iuta J9 21 Little Musician User Manual Rhythm Rhythm lessons will introduce your child to rhythm syllables such as Ta for quarter notes crotchets and Ti for eighth notes quavers Scales Through these lessons your child will see and hear different scales in different keys in both major and minor variations Gi ii a v 7 hal fe W Keyboard Keyboard lessons will introduce your child to the keyboard showing how the different black and white keys of the keyboard correspond to the different Solf ge notes and music pitches 22 Little Musician User Manual How to Play Lessons You can play lessons from the Play Courses Screen or you can go to the Play amp Edit Screen to play lessons from the Music Notes Clap Along Knowledge and Courses tabs How to Play Courses e Go to the Play Courses Screen e The Available Courses tab displays the courses that came with your Little Musician e Choose the lesson day you want to play starting with Day 1 e Simply pressing the Play button will play the session s for that day going through each part of the session e To sto
14. for e Click the Rec New button found in the Word Slide Tab or Picture Slide Tab if you want to record your own picture audio music or sound effects This will open the BrillKids Easy Voice Recorder How to use the BrillKids Easy Voice Recorder e When you are ready click the Rec button and speak into your microphone You will notice that the Rec button has now changed to a Stop button click on it to stop recording e You can now use the Skip to Start button next to the Rec button to rewind and then click Play to playback what you ve just recorded 2 Rd Ciy Voie Racer der ide hade Der emmernty and Satinas UE thers Apple atinn Da O bd owt w Oe Dei l REC 4 PLAY MI Re ey Tee ME 4 Sie St n 4 70 Little Musician User Manual e The Easy Voice Recorder includes various functions that you can use to edit your recording Once you re happy with your recording just click on the Save button or go to the File menu and select Save to save your recording your file will be saved in an mp3 format and will automatically be included in the pronunciation or picture audio files for the word you are editing Customizing Knowledge Lessons Playback Settings Little Musician has built functions which you can use to show your child Word Flash Picture Flash and Multisensory presentations the way you want them to be played All you have to do is adjust the settings in your Knowledge lesson s Playback Setting
15. it from your Change You can change the image file used for an existing icon by selecting a specific icon that you want to change and clicking on the CHANGE button This will open an explorer window where you can locate the image file you want to use instead of the current one 89 Little Musician User Manual Icon Details Panel At the right side of the Icon Set Tab is the Icon Details Panel where you can preview your selected icon and adjust the ellipse position over it The Voice Set Tab The Voice Set Tab shows you all the Voice Sets that are currently available in your Little Musician library Each Voice Set contains pronunciation or sung recordings that are played when notes are displayed during playback u gt b WwW r j i FERREE gt e cee ee et oe 90 Little Musician User Manual e New Create a new Voice Set by clicking on this button Type in the name of your new Voice Set and press Enter on your keyboard e New Voice Group A Voice Group is a collection of different Voice Sets which has a specific playback setting Voice Sets included in a Voice Group can be played randomly for each slide OR for each playback L Vats o lseeege jp ni To add existing Voice Sets to your new Voice Group just select the Voice Sets you want from the list of Voice Sets and drag it towards your new Voice Group folder You ll notice that the names of Voice Sets included in Voice G
16. lessons Each course lesson is designed to teach your baby in a progressive manner and is composed of the following sessions Chord Recognition These lessons train your child to hear and recognize nine basic chords The process is similar to the Eguchi method used in Japan which some consider to be the best way to foster the perfect pitch ability 19 Little Musician User Manual Note Sounds These are the most basic of lessons where your child will learn to associate pitch with the written note on the musical staff It s a good way to show how higher pitched notes are written higher and lower pitched notes are written lower on the staff These lessons teach individual notes in Solfege eg Do Re Mi with notes Solfege shown on the musical staff During the lessons it s very important to sing out the note you hear and if possible encourage your child to sing it out too Exercises These are short exercises which help train the ear Hear and Sing and promote sight reading of notes See and Sing 20 Little Musician User Manual Clap Along Clap Along lessons are designed to give your child an introduction to rhythm and beats During these lessons children s songs such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star are played and your child is encouraged to clap along to the beat Music Knowledge In these lessons your child will be introduced to different musical instruments
17. tab ee eed ee y U ee o besems u acus om wA lem nawe oho ime ou m hsp ng a m es loum eee oe to A eo ah ame wnt ee a es ee ee i Case In the Supplemental Language Support area tick on the boxes to install additional languages of your choice Click OK and follow the prompts i Ipem Adast KOETSE TE TE eer Ty pe e h P age l a e oa oae a p sko Dais oe sr ey ee art thar agigi ae rohi by tte d Ti mid acim oyua Lad chee Ww bate viewer Ades to ag ogi wel ed ee tet broking l 115 Little Musician User Manual You may be prompted to restart your computer for the changes to take effect Instructions for Windows Vista and Windows 7 In your Control Panel View by Category click on Clock Language and Region and then click on Regional and Language Options This will open a pop up window as shown below Go to the Keyboards and Languages tab and click on Change Keyboards Click on Add in the Text Services and Input Languages pop up window to install additional languages of your choice 116 Little Musician User Manual You may be prompted to restart your computer for the changes to take effect Getting More Help with Little Musician The Support Screen is your first stop whenever you need help with using your Little Musician or if you need a quick fix for any problem you encounter while using the software Since it comes b
18. your product box as illustrated below LITTLE MUSICIAN 12MBOX LICENSE KEY MOOOX 111111 DDDDDD YYYYYY TT TT 1 1 222222 License Key 111111 222222 A5AAAA BBBBBB 333333 444444 CCCCCC 5 Note if your license Key is a file simply double click on the file to importit NOTE You can find your license key in your CD box your BrillKids purchase receipt your Account Management page or the gift email you received if someone bought Little Musician for you as a gift Once you have successfully activated Little Musician you should see an Activated label beside the software version written on the Little Musician window s title bar Also you should be able to access your Semester 1 and 2 lessons from the Play Courses or Play amp Edit Screens Available Courses Little Musicten Trial BeillKids Music Course Semester 1 Briliktids Music Course Semester 2 10 Little Musician User Manual Other Components Installed with Little Musician Depending on your computer the InstallShield Wizard may prompt you to install additional components Choose to install these additional components Follow the prompts to finish installing each component Once you ve finished installing these required components you can continue installing Little Musician Microsoft NET Framework BrillKids Learning Systems require an installation of Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 or higher in order to work properly If your computer is ru
19. Arrow buttons To learn more about the different settings available in the New Edit Slide window see Creating and Editing Words under the Customizing Knowledge Lessons section Slides Settings From the Slide Settings panel you can customize how the words and media files in the slides are shown during playback 59 Little Musician User Manual SLIDES SELTINGS General Playback mode Word Media i Display words with pictures videos Words Letter case Original case EA Font size automatic Color Random each playback Background Color Text Slide 7 Random Picture Video Slide 9 Random e Playback Mode Change how you want to show the lesson content to your child e Letter Case Choose how you want the words to be displayed e Font Type Choose the font type for the words during playback e Font Size Choose the font size for the words during playback e Font Color Choose what font color the words are displayed in during playback e Background Choose the background color for text slides and picture video slides Other Playback Settings Auto Forward Slides Enabling the Auto Forward slides setting green light allows you to playback presentations continuously without needing to click a mouse button or press the spacebar to proceed to the next slide 60 Little Musician User Manual Auto Forward Settings Auto forward delay Osecs 2secs Cg TT 2 secs Faster
20. Cheractar i The Clap Along Display Settings includes the following options 57 Little Musician User Manual e Falling Icon Choose a specific shape to represent beats during playback e Character Choose to show a specific or random animated character to demonstrate clapping during playback Customizing Slide Settings To customize the Slide settings for your Music Notes and Clap Along lessons go to the Play amp Edit Screen Select the lesson you want to edit from the Lesson Panel on the left side of the screen then click on the Settings button in the right side of the screen Sania eames aL Slides settings for Music Notes and Clap Along lessons cover the same type of options 58 Little Musician User Manual Advanced Slides From the Advanced Slides panel on the left side of the window you can create edit delete and rearrange the first and or last slides in your lesson using the buttons found below the Advanced Slides panel lab e Add Slide Click on the New button to open up the New Slide window where you can add specific content to your new slide e Edit Slide To edit a slide select the slide you want to edit then click on the Edit button to open the Edit Slide window e Delete Slide To delete a slide select the slide you want to remove and click on the X button e Rearrange Slides Change how the slides are arranged by dragging and dropping slides or by using the Up Down
21. Grillkids Kids ar brilliant Little Musician User Manual v Learn how to maximize your and your baby s Little Musician experience v Get to know more about important program features and screens v Find step by step guides on everything from installation to playing lessons Customizing lessons and playback creating your own lessons and setting technical support Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Little Musician Learning System The decision you have taken to invest in your child s learning is about to change your and your child s lives for the better We really believe that with Little Musician we have taken all of the difficulty and inconvenience out of teaching for you Before you begin using your Little Musician Learning System there are just a few things we would urge you to read Teaching Your Young Child Music Teaching Your Young Child Music download here will answer many of the questions you might have such as Why teach music to young children Why is Singing So Important and What are the different approaches to teaching music as well as understand more about the Solfege system that plays a very prominent role in Little Musician Teaching With Little Musician The accompanying Teaching With Little Musician booklet download nere along with the Beginner s Tutorial in Little Musician s Start Guide will help you get the most out of Little Musician so do take your ti
22. Wizard which will help you fix any sound problems you are experiencing Changing OSFP estallzdorn Note You may be prompted by iindows to comfinm thus step an Download Direct Show Filter Pack in progress aded 151 64 Kb bom 2 23 Mb Download rete 445 Kbi 119 Little Musician User Manual Install Adobe Flash To play flash animations you must have Adobe Flash installed If you have problems with your animations click on Install Adobe Flash Plugin to install Adobe Flash Repair Net Framework Sometimes the reason why your Little Musician is not working properly is because of a problem in the Microsoft NET Framework installed in your computer Just click on Repair NET Framework to resolve any issues in your NET Framework instantly Report a Problem Report a problem to BrillKids Support by filling out a short form with your details along with a Diagnostic Report so that we can help you resolve your problem 120 Little Musician User Manual Reporting Software Crashes If Little Musician has encountered an unrecoverable crash an error message will pop up as shown below bite Maiari A Lithe Musiman has encoumered problem and needs to shut down Any unsaved changes you made Mey heave been iosi are Ory fey amy iINncorrwemence fet ray Chuna PLEASE FELL US ABOUT THIS PROSLEM by senting un error report to us To send us erepert please ciict l Send Error Peoort below fell me
23. allow this website to open a program in your computer choose Allow OK Launch Application ENGLISH US CURRICULUM i IMCWUM COnfent and manage your ecivaton record N Semester 1 2 tS t169 21 MB Little Musician will open automatically to start importing your license key and curriculum content Please do not close Little Musician or disconnect from the Internet while there is an ongoing download and import process this may take a while because of the large number of media files included in the lessons You are going to download and import Little Musician Semester 1 2 US Estimated download size is 191 69 Mb Do you want to proceed NOTE In case you need to stop the download process click on the Abort button in the download progress dialog When asked if you want to resume the 6 Little Musician User Manual download later click Yes The next time you open Little Musician you will be prompted to continue downloading and importing your content Once Little Musician has finished importing your license key and curriculum content you should see an Activated label beside the software version written on the Little Musician window s title bar Also you should be able to access your Semester 1 and 2 lessons from the Play Courses or Play amp Edit Screens k BrillKids Littia Miusicrar 1 160 Activated on it Img a i AY SES PLAY amp EDIT FREE PLAY LIBRARY RESOURCES Wavelets
24. atively you may click on the Add button at the bottom of the tamsiai 46 Little Musician User Manual chords box to add a chord Click on the expand button beside the Add button to select Rest pause or Split Point from a dropdown menu Once you ve added a chord you may edit it further for C F and G Major Chords you have an additional option to set chord inversions root first inversion and second inversion When you re done editing click on the green check button to save the changes or simply continue adding chords to your list this will save the changes in the previous chord automatically five 4 apd Main x Root i BIO Similar to Notes mode you can edit delete and add rests and split points to the chord items list as well as change various lesson settings Adding Rests and Split Points Add a Rest pause to the Chords box if you want to have a pause during your Chords lesson A Split Point lets you control which group of chords will be displayed on the Staff per slide Setting split points is most useful when your Chords lesson is set to show chords Together during playback 47 Little Musician User Manual Editing Notes Rests Split Points and Bars You may preview edit or delete any Chord Rest or Split Point you ve added to your Chords box by clicking on the corresponding buttons beside it Chords Lesson Settings The right side of the window contains several les
25. back setting Rotate Media Selecting this option will show the media your child has not seen as often as the others during playback Each time you play the word back Little Musician will play the next image attached to the word This can help your baby understand a word better by associating a word with more than one picture Pronunciation On Selecting this option will play the pronunciation file when a word is flashed during playback Turn this option off if you prefer to personalize the lesson and pronounce the word yourself instead of playing the default recording 76 Little Musician User Manual Pic Audio On Selecting this option enables the recorded sound effect song or vocal audio to be played when an image is flashed during playback NOTE If the word does not have picture audio turning this function on will enable the pronunciation to be played along with the word AND the image Video On Selecting this option will play any videos attached to the word during playback Display words with pictures videos Selecting this option will display the word on the word slide AND on the picture and video slides This will reinforce the meaning of the word as your baby will always see the picture or video with the corresponding word Allow Override Selecting this option will allow Little Musician to override the settings in the Playback Settings Panel If the Override button in the Play Panel is turned on green lig
26. changing the settings for your lessons click on the Apply button to finalize your settings 34 Little Musician User Manual Tit bulike Miests m L a H are ry a wr t The Play Panel Aside from the Settings Panel the Play Panel along the bottom of the Play amp Edit Screen provides additional options for you to further customize how presentations play back for your child Keyboard Lock When the Keyboard Lock button is turned on green light all power will be removed from your keyboard during playback except the Esc key to exit the presentation It is recommended that you turn the Keyboard Lock on especially if your baby often likes to play with the keyboard during the lesson 35 Little Musician User Manual Override When the Override button is turned on green light all playback settings set in the Override Settings window will take effect during playback disregarding any playback settings previously set in the Settings Panel for each lesson Click on the Cog button next to the Override button to configure and save universal playback settings in the Override Settings window as shown below i Ti JE 1 E cnong wl Oe d Suu E song ne Raron Woles p a S Trevepcee A Ripthn S Tere l Laane I s Cooectet Durbar Se ene In the Override Settings window you may choose to turn on only specific settings so that o
27. ck e Picture This lets you view the images that will be shown during playback 32 Little Musician User Manual e Video This lets you watch the videos that will be shown during playback e Picture Audio This lets you listen to each sound effect or music clip that will be played during playback NOTE To toggle the next or previous media file just click on the Left or Right Arrow buttons at the bottom of the Preview Panel The Playback Settings Panel lets you customize how the words and media files in each Knowledge lesson are shown during playback pp _ a J A P mi Pl Pe a amigs a km tome a Edit Multiple Lessons With the Edit Multiple Items function you can adjust playback settings for several lessons at once rather than changing settings for each lesson one at a time 33 Little Musician User Manual How to Edit Multiple Lessons e Go to the Play amp Edit Screen e Depending on which items you want to edit toggle Music Notes Clap Along Knowledge or Courses from the left side of the screen e Select the lessons you want to edit while holding down the Ctrl key Alternatively select the first lesson and hold the Shift key then select the last lesson in the list e Once you have made your selection an Edit Lessons button will appear in the right side of the screen Click on the Edit Lessons button and the Edit Multiple Items window will pop up e After
28. clude an auto genereied erro repor atuch doses not contain sry personal or confidectial intoermahon ee Gute chal F i aa laat You may siso get heip trom the BrlltGds commursty by reporting tes error on the Forum at sasing whether the same protien has niready been discessed sclyed by clicking om Hepori on Forus 4 Festart Little Musics aRar thir Cran eta epotaatoum seodEmoriepon Danat end We encourage you to send us your Error Report to help us know more about your problem To report the problem simply click on the Send Error Report button This will open another dialogue box which will ask you for more details After adding your additional information about the error remember to type in your email address or your forum username so that a BrillKids Customer Support officer can get back to you as soon as possible Manual Need help with using Little Musician s features and functions Check your User Manual it contains well organized content and detailed information on everything your Little Musician is capable of doing 121 Little Musician User Manual Introduction Than yra for paprhachy the Litti Musician Lecereneng Systemi The dieeteten you havs tskan to level in yume AATda bawiting is about to change yona and par chdi Ives for the hetim We sasiy believe that with Littke Misiriam we bere taben sil Of The diflically end toony ertence out Of adig for pou Retore you bagin iang you Little Musician La
29. ction or in a mixed or random direction Lowest Octave indicates the octave number of the lowest note that will be played with the default being 4 corresponding to Middle C or C4 Chords Just like Notes lessons this lets you add chords using the Keyboard Display or manually OT fs Gar S AusoForwand slides Thy Adding Chords Using the Keyboard Display Toggle the Keyboard Display by clicking on the keyboard button at the ir lower right part of the window 45 Little Musician User Manual Choose the chord you want to add from selection on the left side of the Keyboard Display e g Major minor etc You may use your mouse to click on the keys and preview what you want to record alternatively you may click the keyboard keys that correspond to the keys in the Keyboard Display Use the horizontal scrollbar below the Keyboard Display to go to the different octaves of the keyboard When you re ready to create your Chords lesson click on the Rec button it will change to a Stop button select a chord type then click on the keys in the Keyboard Display to start adding chords to the Chords box Once you re done click on the Stop button to stop recording Adding Chords Manually In the Chords box on the left side of the window click on Chord Rest pause or Split Point depending on what you want to add to your lesson Rest pause Split point Altern
30. di Songs currently available in your Little Musician library This is where you ll find the songs your child hears during Clap Along lessons e New Add anew Midi Song by clicking on this button This will open up an explorer window where you can locate the Midi Song file you want to add to your Little Musician library e Rename Select a Midi Song and click on this button to change the Midi Song s name e Delete Select a Midi Song and click on this button to remove it from your sound library e Move Up and Down Select a Midi Song and click on the Up Down buttons to move it up or down the list e Play You can preview a Midi Song by clicking on the Play button at the right hand panel 94 Little Musician User Manual The Solfege Labels Tab The Solf ge Labels Tab shows a list of Solfege Labels that are currently available in your library These Solfege Labels appear inside note heads or on the keyboard keys when you choose to label note heads or keys with Solfege syllables e New Add a new Solfege Label by clicking on this button Type in the name of your new Solfege Label and press Enter on your keyboard e Rename Select a Solfege Label and click on this button to change the Solfege Label s name e Delete Select a Solfege Label and click on this button to remove it from your library e Move Up and Down Select a Solfege Label and click on the Up Down buttons to move it up or down the list e
31. e Recorder is a built in recording tool that you can use to record and edit sound files for your Little Musician lessons Simple intuitive and 101 Little Musician User Manual completely integrated with Little Musician this program handles all of your recording needs and comes with lots of powerful tools to edit your recordings Launch the Easy Voice Recorder by going to your Little Musician s Tools Screen or via the shortcut in your Little Musician Start menu folder 2 Rim dmy Voie Racord Tete Made Der emmerts and Setioa U Cots popii stinn Dati T Ed re Che De oe RECO LG PvE ome GL eRe cecum cr e g CET on on 40 ate oe ar am one io t Backup Restore Data Use the Backup Restore Data function to create a backup of all your Little Musician data such as your database media library and any custom fonts used in your lessons so that you can restore Little Musician to a fixed state should you run into any major problems later on The Backup function will back up data regarding all lessons currently imported in your Little Musician if you want to back up other lessons that you haven t imported yet make sure you import these first before proceeding with creating a backup file 102 Little Musician User Manual Once you have a backup file you can then easily restore your Little Musician data whenever you need to revert to your original data Mewes Copy to Media Library When you creat
32. e your own lessons and add your own media files sometimes your media files may not get saved into your Little Musician Media Library automatically The Copy to Media Library function will copy any missing media files that you ve previously attached to your lessons into your Media Library thus ensuring that when you back up your media library all the necessary files would be included 103 Little Musician User Manual To copy media files required by Little Musician into your Little Musician Media Library e Once you go to the Backup Restore Data section Little Musician will automatically run a scan for any stray media files that haven t been copied to your Media Library You can manually run another scan by clicking on the Scan Again button e Select the media files you wish to copy to your Little Musician Media Library and click on the Copy button How to Save a Backup of Your Little Musician Data Select what you want to backup e Select Only Database to back up your lessons only without any media i e no media will be attached e Select Database Media Library to back up your lessons and all the media files attached to them e Select With Fonts if you want to back up your fonts especially if you used custom fonts in any of your lessons Only Database Database Media Library With Fonts 104 Little Musician User Manual Click on Create Backup Type in a filename for your backup file and choose where you
33. el and the Play Panel Lesson Panel Located at the left side of the Play amp Edit Screen the Lesson Panel displays a list of Music Notes Clap Along Knowledge and Course lessons currently available in your Little Musician Simply click on the corresponding button at the top part of your Lesson Panel to toggle the set of lessons you want to play astes ausava jj _Avesscs i comm A lates Pargan p p l Sampie Lessons nha LitSe Masoar Can De a Chad Fecogeaon t a Nene Sands By Se gal Scales yp hots je a Now Rames 26 Little Musician User Manual Organize Lessons into Folders To help organize your lessons create folders by clicking on the New Folder button at the bottom of the Lesson Panel and type in your new folder s name You may even add folders within a folder as needed Geass Gal To place lessons in your new folder select a lesson and then drag and drop it into your folder you can also transfer many lessons at a time by holding your Shift or Ctrl key while selecting lessons How to Create a Lesson To create a lesson click on the New button at the bottom of the Lesson Panel A lesson settings window will pop up which allows you to customize your lesson After changing the settings click on the Save button to create your lesson Cieee AS y How to Edit a Lesson To edit a lesson select the lesson you want to edit and click on the Edit button at the bottom of the Le
34. el shows you the list of words included in the lesson Here you can preview the media files attached to the words as well as edit the words in your selected lesson The Word List on the left side of the panel shows you the words that will be shown during playback in the default order i e as originally listed in your Knowledge lesson You can use the buttons below the word list to change how the words are listed as well as edit delete and add new words to your Knowledge lesson full editing features are only available for licensed Little Reader users e New Word Add a new word to your selected Knowledge lesson by clicking on the New Word button 31 Little Musician User Manual e Edit Word Select the word you want to edit and click on the Edit button to customize the media files attached to that word e Remove Word Select the word you want to delete and click on the Delete button This will delete the word from your Word Library If you just want to remove the word from the Knowledge lesson use the Edit Lesson function The Preview Panel beside the Word List lets you preview the images videos sound effects and pronunciation recordings for each word in your Knowledge lesson violin EG e Pe OCORJRC ATOR C S voso PC lie eo P ret W e Word Display This displays the word that will be shown during playback e Pronunciation This lets you listen to each pronunciation that will be played during playba
35. es or leave them blank e Note Color When Note Head Only or Note Head Icon is selected for the Icon option you may choose to display note heads in custom random or rainbow colors e Staff Size Adjust how large or small the staff is during playback e Clef Type Choose to display the Treble Bass or both Clefs in a specific color e Highlight Enable Grey Dim to show the staff against a grey background or enable Active Lines so Little Musician highlights the line or space where a note appears on the staff e Show Choose to show rests or the key signature on the staff Sound Settings For each display you can set up to two types of sounds that will be played for that display For each sound you can choose from different instruments or voices and for each of these you can choose to specify a specific 56 Little Musician User Manual instrument voice or let Little Musician randomly select from an Instrument or Voice Group Sond Solfege Sung Woman Slow Play Together Play Rests You can manage the instruments and voice sets and groups available in your library by going to the Voice Sets and Instruments tabs of the Media Library Screen Clap Along Display Settings Once you re done customizing your Clap Along lesson settings the next step is to customize the images that get played along with it Meret May Het A Le Lave Bee ven F ating icon i
36. ht all the playback settings configured in the Override Settings window will be applied during playback i e the individual playback settings set for each Category will not take effect Pointer Turn this setting on green light so that your mouse pointer is shown during playback You can use your pointer to direct your child s attention throughout the lesson 77 Little Musician User Manual Pointer Settings Pree Pomnter Size Marssrsnssnsannnnnnnnnnnannannna Pointer Color Auto Pointer delay gm You may choose how your pointer looks like and other pointer settings that will take effect during playback by clicking on the Cog button beside the Pointer button e Pointer size There are 5 sizes available for pointers five being the largest e Pointer Color Click on the button to pick a pointer color the default pointer color is black TIP The bigger the contrast between the pointer and the background color the more effective it will be in drawing your child s attention e Auto Pointer Delay Enabling the Auto Pointer delay will make the pointer wait a certain amount of time before it moving below the word You can specify the time the pointer will be delayed by moving the slider to the left or right side of the delay bar e Show pointer for pictures When you enable this option your pointer will remain on the screen even when a picture is flashed during playback This is useful when you want to dra
37. ither side of the scrollbar to move by one key or by clicking on 8 on either side of the scrollbar to move by one octave Alternatively you can use your mouse to click on any line or space in the Staff and the corresponding note will get played on the keyboard Settings Panel Instead of the Play Panel you see in the Play Courses and Play amp Edit Screens the Free Play Screen has a Settings Panel at the bottom which has the following settings Mode This lets you toggle the Keyboard or Chord Training mode of the Mode Free Play Screen The Chord Trainer lets your child play out the o m ory chords of C F and G in 3 different inversions each 9 chords in total using both an instrument sound as well as a sung recording of Solf ge syllables 81 Little Musician User Manual Volume Settings Voice Volume This lets you control the loudness or softness of all voice pronunciations or sung recordings Music Volume This lets you control the loudness or softness of all instrument sounds NOTE You can further increase or decrease volume through your computer and speaker volume controls Full Screen Mode You can expand the Staff amp Keyboard Panel so that it occupies the whole screen by clicking on the yellow button in the middle of the Settings Panel Sustain Enabling this setting will increase the length of time during which the sound of a note remains before it become
38. l be shown according to how the words are arranged in your Word List You may adjust and change the order of the words in the Word List of the Word Settings Panel Random Words will be shown in no particular order regardless of how the words are arranged in your Word List This lets you change your child s lessons easily and keep the content varied and exciting This group of settings lets you configure how the words are displayed during playback 73 Little Musician User Manual e Letter Case Choose how you want the words to be displayed e g lowercase uppercase capitalize first letter or the word s original case e Font Type Choose to display words in Arial Times New Roman Comic Sans MS or Tahoma font types or set Little Musician to use random font types e Font Size Choose the font size with which to display the words during playback e Double Space Turning this option on will display two or more words Spaced more far apart than how they would normally be to help your baby focus on each word displayed on screen e Display Mode Choose to show each word in one font color or in split mode where two font colors are used to emphasize each syllable or part of a word e Font Color Choose which font color the words are displayed in during playback Background Select a background color to stimulate your child s brain during playback You may specify a color or choose to have the background color change randoml
39. l turn red Clap Beats This allows you to select the type of beat you want to clap along to during playback e g 1 and 2 Every Beat Melody etc Tempo This controls the speed or pace of the music and clapping during playback Move the slider towards the right side of the bar for a faster tempo or move the slider to the left for a slower tempo If you want to go back to the song s original tempo click on the Default button Tiel Tempo 38 Little Musician User Manual Customizing Lesson Settings To customize your Music Notes and Clap Along lesson settings go to the Play amp Edit Screen Select the lesson you want to edit from the Lesson Panel on the left side of the screen then click on the Settings button in the right side of the screen Music Notes Lesson Settings The Music Notes Settings window lets you create and customize different types of lessons such as Notes Scales Chords Songs and Rhythm le tere wen hy boami si ten atin 39 Little Musician User Manual Lesson Tab At the top of the Music Notes Settings window s Lesson tab you can select from the following types of Music Notes lessons Notes Scale Chords Song File Random and Rhythm se yj crore song rite Fr random 8 Rtn Notes In this lesson type you can add individual notes of your choice giving you the greatest flexibility over your Music Notes lesson You can add notes in tw
40. lesson further key c Be id Time signature None a elo Crotchet Duration O5secs O25secs gg Ty 2 secs Trans pose 0 Set which Key Time Signature playback Order and Crotchet Duration i e how long a note is played in absolute time will be used when your Notes lesson is played Select how Little Musician will Show notes during playback e Single Note one note is displayed per slide 43 Little Musician User Manual e Multiple Notes several notes will be displayed per slide this can be limited via the Notes per Slide setting e Note Scroll this will show notes moving across the staff Transpose the notes you ve added up or down by semitones and adjust the Tempo when Note Scroll is selected Scale Scale lessons let you show an entire scale automatically during playback Scales in any key can be set including Major Harmonic Minor Melodic Minor and Natural Minor types Bii nett ake eaten Smet nc Ep Ao fe PO aL ABU Pave x bt ae m otchet Drbon Langh a iene CHOO Jaen Lowes Octave wj Daton EA Nte Tyrer iz EN ve x 2 fee EOS a arh Fp MS p amesema gion x e f m oo ee Set how many notes in your Scale will be played via the Length setting with 8 being one octave 15 being two octaves and so on The Direction setting lets 44 Little Musician User Manual you choose whether your Scale will be played in an ascending or descending dire
41. me to go through it 2 Little Musician User Manual Got a question Check out the comprehensive articles at the BrillKids Support Help Desk Last but certainly not least The number one rule of teaching is to have fun doing it Results should never be the focus of lessons Instead treat lessons primarily as a time for bonding and enjoy the learning experience with your child Do remember to share your teaching experiences with us at the BrillKids Forum wed love to hear from you Happy teaching Qi Your Brillkids Team 3 Little Musician User Manual Installing and Activating Little Musician Before you install Little Musician make sure that your computer has a working Internet connection and that you have an active BrillKids subscription To sign up for an account go to the BrillKids website You may install Little Musician using the downloadable files from your BrillKids Account if you bought a download only product or by using the software and content disc that came with your package if you bought a box set product Once you have installed and activated Little Musician you may already start playing lessons for your child Installing Little Musician from your BrillKids Account Sign in to your BrillKids Account and go to your Account Management page Go to My Purchases and select Little Musician Software from the left hand navigation panel Click on the download button to get the software ins
42. mitones 49 Little Musician User Manual You may also change the tempo speed of the song or use the default tempo as set in the midi file Random This lesson type allows you to generate random notes based on certain criteria you specify and is especially useful for exercises hates tron yan x Nee TAS Losan Orry i Ez hast uf Deaptaya cz ac AD ve Pr Notes pL SKEE 2 5 4 A Ac Snow play tore oord ird l Pen nim Sr S Amo Forsen slides Do ne ee Show play tonic chord allows you to play the tonic chord of the key that has been set so that the viewer listener knows what the tonic note is as a reference point which is useful for relative pitch training The Play tonic option will ensure that the tonic note is always included in the generated notes either as the first note or last note in the sequence of random notes 50 Little Musician User Manual Number of Octave xj Pisy Toni Fianaers Note Type r nia 7 Mecamirn tewa Crotchet Durston 5S secs Mamee mests rereyan aor 5s C e ees Smee Maximum Interval will restrict the interval between two consecutive notes so that the jump from one note to the next will not be too far so the overall note sequence would sound more natural Minimize repeats will minimize the random occurrences when notes are repeated consecutively Rhythm This lesson type allows you to teach rhythm syllables such as Ta a
43. mize the icons shown during lesson playback instantly Le icon Groups 4 ipi Nature Icons D p gt B 3 amp fy a 2 t _ a a Ae Gs Gs Qu ee a N A m Ph To add existing Icon Sets to your new Icon Group just select the Icon Sets you want from the list of Icon Sets and drag it towards your new Icon Group folder You ll notice that the names of Icon Sets included in Icon Groups are displayed in italicized font e Rename Select an Icon Set and click on this button to change the Icon Set s name e Delete Select an Icon Set or Icon Group and click on this button to remove it from your icon library e Move Up and Down Select an Icon Set or Icon Group and click on the Up Down buttons to move it up or down the list 88 Little Musician User Manual Items Panel In the middle of the Icon Set Tab is the Items Panel which lets you create delete or change an icon Simply click on the corresponding button at the bottom part of the panel to make your selection You can also preview your icons by Theme Notes and Type by making your selection at the top of the Items Panel Meme come bhua crp os Acove Poca species Seating Actwe coms Gomorra cus emg Lettie Musicien wil A New Select the Icon Set that you want to add a new icon to and click on the New button This will create an icon in the selected Icon Set Delete Select an icon and click on this button to remove
44. mize your computer s processing power and choose to clean up your Little Musician Media Library so you can free up space in your computer 110 Little Musician User Manual Speed Optimization You can adjust the performance of Little Musician for Slow computers by disabling most visual aspects in Little Musician which in turn will make Little Musician run significantly faster and more smoothly Otherwise you may choose to optimize Little Musician for Average or Fast computers Purge Unused Items While you re using Little Musician it s not unusual for left over files to remain whenever you import remove or create your own lessons cluttering up your Media Library The Purge Unused Items function removes any media files found in your Media Library that are no longer in use by Little Musician freeing up lots of space in your computer 111 Little Musician User Manual hore are po wam m yas Tah As soon as you go to the Speed Optimizations section of the Tools Screen Little Musician will automatically run a scan and list down any unused media files in your Media Library You may repeat the scan by clicking on the Scan Again button or proceed to deleting your unused media files by clicking on the Delete button Additional Settings Want to change the interface language of your Little Musician software Perhaps you d like to see the pop up alerts or messages you once chose to disable Visit the Additio
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46. nal Settings section of the Tools Screen where you can change the interface language your Little Musician software choose to reset all Never show again options and enable or disable the software s start up melody 112 Little Musician User Manual NOTE When changing the interface language you need to restart Little Musician in order for the language change to take effect The Forum Screen Find out what BrillKids has in store for you and your child With an Internet connection you can easily access the BrillKids Forum where you can read news on the latest updates software and early learning developments right from your Little Musician program e Learn more about new BrillKids programs focusing on different learning areas reading music math and much more e Subscribe to newsletters with relevant breakthroughs concerning research and studies on early learning e Join beta testing for new and upcoming programs e Meet and greet fellow parents around the world and share word lists swap teaching techniques and ask for teaching or even parenting tips e Browse and download free content e Upload your own Little Musician files to the Forum Library 113 Little Musician User Manual Fuma oy P ayes aeoiee ee tet te Waco 201 thence Cortent Create a bhata Theme Lag am ee jbm e ee i They CAN m Fewest omy Crete Peduni rere Topai Seeing Doy i aael D Pcmeed oeny pa fe aaa eg Tear Mand yrorses oo Cery
47. nd works in a very similar fashion to the Notes type described above ee et e CrtnetDermen Sson So Chi Jone ae trate Ceitiomes Soetooe te thes re tire i Tee sapere iive in Hes 51 Little Musician User Manual Rhythm notes can only be added manually and you may add whole notes semibreves half notes minims quarter notes crotchets eighth notes quavers and pairs of sixteenth notes semiquavers You may also select multiple eighth notes by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on multiple items and create a beam to connect those notes by clicking the beam button Clap Along Lesson Settings This lesson type allows you to teach your child rhythm and beats During these lessons children songs such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star are played oo Mas Had Lie Lore Res very _ lt _ l eee Sorp As My Med a Lite ant les Cap Bents i Ea Medicty I revtricreett Fi al ete ce i a e e e aa ge om Under Song File you can select the song you wish play By default the Song File list will display the list of midi songs that come pre installed with Little 52 Little Musician User Manual Musician To add your own midi song file select ADD NEW at the end of the list You may also manage the list of available midi songs under the Media Library Screen go to the Midi Songs tab Clap Beats allows you to select
48. nly those settings will be overridden and the rest of the settings will be left as previously configured in each lesson For example if the Split Display Mode setting under the Knowledge tab is turned on all the words played back will be flashed in split colors even for categories originally in normal display mode 36 Little Musician User Manual Volume Settings Voice amp Clap Volume This lets you control the loudness or softness of all voice pronunciations and clap sounds throughout Little Musician Music Volume This lets you control the loudness or softness of all music clips and instrument sounds throughout Little Musician NOTE You can further increase or decrease volume through your computer and speaker volume controls Clap Along Settings When you select any Clap Along lesson from the Play amp Edit Screen s Clap Along or Courses tabs the Clap Along playback settings will be displayed between the Play button and the Override Button From here you can quickly change how your Clap Along lesson will be played Show Icon amp Character The button on the left allows you to show or hide the falling icon while the button on the right lets you show or hide the clapping animated character To turn on either or both icon and character click once on 37 Little Musician User Manual the corresponding button so that the light turns green Click the button once to turn it off and the light wil
49. nning on Windows Vista or Windows 7 you do not need to do this step because this comes preinstalled in your computer Otherwise if you are using Windows XP or an earlier operating system you must install this software first before continuing the Little Musician installation For more information on the NET Framework go to this page NOTE The Microsoft NET Framework is a ONE TIME installation requirement for all BrillKids Learning Systems Once you have it installed you won t need to install it again FFDShow Codec Pack Installing the FFDSHOW Codec Pack a widely known and commonly used audio and video codec pack will ensure that your computer efficiently processes the media files included in your Little Musician lessons 11 Little Musician User Manual This way you can be sure that the pronunciation audio music and videos will always play smoothly whenever you play back lessons for your baby Adobe Flash Player BrillKids Learning Systems use Adobe Flash Player for playing video elements included in the lessons Your BrillKids software installer will prompt you to install the latest Flash Player version if you don t have it installed in your computer yet The System Check Wizard The System Check Wizard will appear the first time you open Little Musician to help ensure clear audio during lesson playback Click Start Wizard to begin troubleshooting System Check Wizard Welcome to the System Check Wizard
50. nstead of recordings for note names or Solfege syllables i o 92 Little Musician User Manual e New Instruments Group An Instruments Group is a collection of different Instruments which have a specific playback setting Instruments included in an Instrument Group can be played randomly for each slide OR for each playback y gt AS d pam m i A eti a a Ri gt 7 _ i at d Er a To add existing Instruments to your new Instrument Group just select the Instruments you want from the list of Instruments and drag it towards your new Instrument Group folder You ll notice that the names of Instruments included in Instrument Groups are displayed in italicized font e Rename Select an Instrument Set and click on this button to change the Instrument s name e Delete Select an Instrument and click on this button to remove it from your instrument library e Move Up and Down Select an Instrument or Instrument Group and click on the Up Down buttons to move it up or down the list e Add On the right hand panel is a list of all available instruments that can be added to your Instrument Groups To add an Instrument to your Instrument Group select the Instrument you want from the right hand panel and click on the Add button at the bottom of the panel 93 Little Musician User Manual The Midi Songs Tab The Midi Songs Tab shows a list of Mi
51. o ways by using the keyboard display or by adding notes manually The notes you add will be listed in Notes box at the left side of the window The order in which your notes are listed will translate to how these are written on the staff or stave during playback T Kafe torent en nk fej catty tents setts 40 Little Musician User Manual Adding Notes Using the Keyboard Display Toggle the Keyboard Display by clicking on the keyboard button at the lower right part of the window Choose the note value you want to add from selection on the left side of the Keyboard Display e g whole note quarter note etc You may use your mouse to click on the keys and preview what you want to record alternatively you may click the keyboard keys that correspond to the keys in the Keyboard Display Use the horizontal scrollbar below the Keyboard Display to go to the different octaves of the keyboard When you re ready to create your Notes lesson click on the Rec button it will change to a Stop button select a note value then click on the keys in the Keyboard Display to start adding notes to the staff Once you re done click on the Stop button to stop recording Adding Notes Manually In the Notes box on the left side of the window click on Note Rest pause Split Point or Bar depending on what you want to add to your lesson 41 Little Musician User Manual Add Mote Rest pa
52. ow Little Musician works and to familiarize yourself with its features FAQs and Tips The FAQs and Tips section provides answers to frequently asked questions about Little Musician It also provides useful information on how to maximize you and your baby s Little Musician experience 15 Little Musician User Manual Tutorial Videos To begin viewing a video tutorial just click on the video you want to play and your selection will be shown Be sure to turn on your speakers so you won t miss the tutorial s narrations The Play Courses Screen The Play Courses Screen is very easy to use from here you can start playing course lessons for your baby with just a few clicks i apri St Getty hamata the tunya tuandae hib GaGiite few s a 4 Agr ES eet a Weds pee Fol D Puan ma poet a le JFEiDEWoE Available Courses You can begin playing lessons on your Little Musician as soon as you ve installed it up Your Available Courses panel will be pre populated with the course lessons you have imported 16 Little Musician User Manual Day Navigation Bar The Day Navigation Bar in the Play Courses Screen makes it easy for you to navigate between days and lessons in your selected curriculum Just click the Back button on the left side of the bar to go back one day or click the Next button to go forward one day Depending on the day you have selected the corresponding lessons will be displayed in the panel below
53. p the presentation at any time simply press the Esc key on your keyboard CAHHAHAR i lt gt Select FE o Am Ma ete ee eea Vea re Sree gem Press PLAY 23 Little Musician User Manual How to Play Music Notes Clap Along and Knowledge Lessons e Go to the Play amp Edit Screen and toggle Music Notes Clap Along or Knowledge e Select the lesson you want to play e Click on the Play button Slee Lal ele ee a Select lesson Sam Gem Press PLAY Keys to Use During Playback During playback your Little Musician lessons you will need to know which keys and mouse clicks you can use to navigate your way through a lesson To advance to the next slide use the Left Click on your mouse or press the Right Arrow Spacebar or Enter on your keyboard h gt A or 24 Little Musician User Manual To repeat the slide click on your Mouse Wheel or press the Down Arrow on your keyboard To go back to the previous slide use the Right Click on your mouse or press the Left Arrow on your keyboard To exit playback press the Esc key on your keyboard to return to the Little Musician window kai The Play amp Edit Screen Little Musician allows you to fully customize lessons to fit your baby s needs via the Play amp Edit Screen 25 Little Musician User Manual The Play amp Edit Screen consists of three panels the Lesson Panel the Settings Pan
54. p with Little Musician section i eee y DonteThy OF OF ent ress Rees Mal poy he eerie yOu can Creme mar ie fa Ancon dom ret crt gt rey Cee Soret te PARING Seger Team bw ole 2 alot ataia as fame of ame Lemie ir tems proca en Arah ppa ote an f ne Aa Sete ant rtermet comrecticre Evert ig ted bev math reve afer cicing on r Crane e Chagresnc Reger tar e OCT S arrcdow ell apps oof See ar rohan ee hatet sow pall ee phras e johe ate pm teed ete ys Ole reper Import Export Content 106 Little Musician User Manual Little Musician allows you to share your Music Notes and Clap Along lessons with other parents and children with an easy to use Import and Export function Click on the Tools button and then click on the Import Export Content button as shown below eee tr eee Set D fer we Ma le Se Le Bee pm Hes bop we e How to Import Little Musician Files Importing files mean that you have already downloaded Courses Music Notes Clap Along or Knowledge Lessons or other media sets and these are saved in your computer s hard drive The next thing you need to do is import these files into your Little Musician so they can be ready for use kapat oa Tompon Sen otter g Se coraert Mele g iy Dbieciciego fo Get onthe eget Geet ae l padfe Sie yoo eeefitc moat E ee e g e Go to the Import Export Content section 107 Little Musician User Manual e In
55. roups are displayed in italicized font e Rename Select a Voice Set and click on this button to change the Voice Set s name e Delete Select a Voice Set and click on this button to remove it from your sound library e Move Up and Down Select a Voice Set or Voice Group and click on the Up Down buttons to move it up or down the list e Play Selected Sound Select an item from the right hand panel and click on PLAY SELECTED SOUND to preview the sound file for that item Alternatively you can click on the small play button beside the sound file name to preview it 91 Little Musician User Manual e Rec You can record a new set of sound by clicking on this button which will open up the Easy Voice Recorder e Change You can change the sound file used for an item by selecting a specific item from the right hand panel and clicking on the CHANGE button This will open an explorer window where you can locate the sound file you want to use instead of the current one Alternatively you can double click on the sound file you want to change to open the explorer window e Delete Select an item from the right hand panel and click on this button to remove it from your sound library The Instruments Tab The Instruments Tab shows you all the Instruments that are currently available in your Little Musician library These instrument sounds are played when notes are displayed during playback when you choose to use instrument sounds i
56. s Panel A Use Doutle spece Het ide J ly Use Split Display Moda Pest ahit r Handnim each piaybarh y eat alee FA Pointe h Auto Forward mh Here are the different settings available in your Knowledge Lessons Playback Settings Panel 71 Little Musician User Manual Playback Mode The Playback Mode allows you to change how the lesson content is flashed during playback Little Musician lets you configure your Playback Mode in five different ways Word Media This displays the word first then the media files image video and picture audio Word Media Word This displays the word first followed by the media files image video and picture audio and then the word again violin gt gt violin Media Word This shows the media files before the word is displayed Word Only Word Flash Mode This flashes the words one after another violin r viola m cello 72 Little Musician User Manual Order Picture Only Picture Flash Mode This flashes a picture for each word one after another y When Picture Flash Mode is selected you can choose to make Little Musician play pronunciations instead of picture audio music or sound effects during playback This dictates the order in which the words in your Knowledge lessons will be shown to your child You may choose from two options Words According to List Words wil
57. s silent Instrument Voice Change how the notes or keyboard keys sound by selecting a voice Instrument Voice or sound from the Instrument Voice dropdown list Solfege Sung Woman fhod 82 Little Musician User Manual Customizing Staff amp Keyboard Display Settings You can customize the Staff amp Keyboard Display by toggling the Settings window click on the Settings Cog button on the upper right part of the Staff or Keyboard Display panel to open the corresponding Settings window Staff Settings Change how the Staff and notes appear in the Free Play Screen 83 Little Musician User Manual L e Icon Change the icon used to represent notes on the Staff e Label Change the note labels to Note Names Solf ge syllables or to leave notes unlabelled e Note Color Change the note icon color e Note Stem Show or hide the note stem e Clef Type Toggle the Treble Clef or Bass Clef or choose to show both e Note Accidentals Choose to use Sharps or Flats to either raise or lower the pitch of the note by a semitone e Highlight Choose to highlight the Staff by filling in the background color Grey Dim or choose to highlight the line or space where the note sits on the Staff Active Lines Keyboard Settings Change how the Keyboard Display appears in the Free Play Screen 84 Little Musician User Manual W n we G iy 3 m Fi Octa ter A Octave Borders fo be
58. son settings which you can use to customize your Chords lesson further Note Type Fil ly Show Together ra Chords perSlide Ji 0000 Order Forward r EA Duration 1 secs 025secs CI ME 3 secs Set which Note Type playback Order and Duration i e how long a chord is played in absolute time will be used when your Chords lesson is played Select how Little Musician will Show notes during playback Together Separated or On Click Song File This lesson type allows you to play back Midi files in mid format from the song list in your Media Library 48 Little Musician User Manual ctor i a By default the Song File dropdown list will display the list of songs that come pre installed with Little Musician To add your own midi file select ADD NEW at the end of the list Alternatively you may manage the list of available midi songs in the Midi Songs tab of the Media Library Screen The Real Time option allows you to choose whether the song plays back in real time as specified in the midi file or note by note from the melody track Channel 1 of the midi file You can also choose to play the melody track only or all tracks full instrumentation using the Melody only option The Melody 12 12 slider allows you to shift the melody track up and down by octaves and Transpose allows you to transpose the entire midi song up and down by se
59. son window will then be displayed as shown below 62 Little Musician User Manual ath tt Changing the Knowledge Lesson Name Type in a new name for your Knowledge Lesson inside the Name box located in the upper right part of the window Adding and Removing a Word from a Knowledge Lesson From the Word Library on the left click on the Right Arrow button or double click on the word you want to add to your lesson From the Word List on the right click on the Left Arrow button or double click on the word you want to remove from your lesson Changing the Default Word Playback Order Select the word s you want to move then click on the Top Up Down or Bottom buttons to rearrange the word s included in your Word List Once you have finished editing your Knowledge lesson click on Save 63 Little Musician User Manual Creating and Editing Words Create new words to expand your child s Knowledge lesson library and customize your lessons further by editing words to add your personal media files to make Knowledge lessons even more fun and exciting for your child Creating Words e Go to the Play amp Edit Screen and choose to display Knowledge e Select the Knowledge lesson you want to add a new word to e Go to your selected Knowledge lesson s Word Settings Tab then click on the New button at the bottom of the word list e This will pop up the New Word Window The New Word Window has four tabs that provide
60. splay lets you to choose from a selection of display types depending on the lesson type you ve selected For example for a Notes lesson the lesson can be displayed in any of these ways Staff each note will be shown on the staff one note per slide Note Name each note s name will be flashed on screen Solfege each note s Solfege syllable will be flashed on screen Keyboard each note will be shown as a colored key in the keyboard Blank a question mark will be displayed on screen To add a display click on Add To remove added displays click on the X button on the top right corner of the display Each display can be further customized by clicking on Show More below each display this will toggle the Advanced Display Settings panel for your selected display Advanced Display Settings To toggle advanced settings for each display click on Show More below each display or check the box for Always show display settings at the bottom of the window 55 Little Musician User Manual Through the Advanced Display Settings panel you can customize how your selected display type will appear during lesson playback e Icon Specify custom icon sets or groups instead of or in addition to the regular note heads You can manage the icon sets and icon groups available in your library by going to the Icon Sets tab of the Media Library Screen e Label Choose to label note heads with Note Names Solfege syllabl
61. sson Panel A lesson settings window will pop up which allows you to customize your lesson After changing the settings click on the Save button to save the settings for your lesson 27 Little Musician User Manual i How to Delete a Lesson To delete a lesson select the item you want to delete and click on the Delete button at the bottom of the Lesson Panel A confirmation window will pop up click on Yes to confirm the action or No to cancel Drenk AS i Deleted items can be found in the Lesson Panel s Trash Bin which you ll find at the end of the lesson list This is also where you can restore your previously deleted words or lessons or delete items permanently How to Move a Lesson Up Down the List If you want to move a lesson up or down the list just select the lesson you want to move and click on the Up or Down Arrow button at the bottom of the Lesson Panel Ceen in To move multiple lessons hold your Shift or Ctrl key while selecting lessons and then click on the Up or Down Arrow button 28 Little Musician User Manual How to Rename a Lesson To rename a lesson select the lesson you want to rename and press the Enter key on your keyboard Your cursor will change to a vertical bar type in a new name for your lesson and press the Enter key on your keyboard Settings Panel On the right side of the Play amp Edit Screen is the Settings Panel Here you can preview your lessons content and cus
62. t have the folder containing your file opened already Picture s Picture preview bh viulin 6 pO a bk violin ppg a bheviolite 2 ppg bk violin 2 ig be viality4 jpg v Drag and drop to the bax above to edd anew hie pth 2 NOTE Little Musician supports jpg bmp gif and png image file types 67 Little Musician User Manual Adding Videos e Inthe Video Slide Tab click on the Add button under the Video box and locate the video file in your computer e Click on the Open button to add your video file or simply drag and drop your video file into the Video box you must have the folder containing your file opened already e You can preview your video in the Video Preview box by clicking on the Play button just below the screen preview v lex AIGO prev new bA string mel wrerts alr sat be swing Al i at a oneal nents pout cat a E k Sd e In the Audio section you can choose which audio file you want to be played together with your video s during playback to play along with your video s during playback NOTE Little Musician supports swf avi mpg mpeg wmv video file types Adding Picture Audio Files Sound Effects Music Clips etc e In the Picture Audio File s box click on the Add button and locate the audio file in your computer 68 Little Musician User Manual e Click on the Open button or simply drag and drop your audio file into the Picture Audio File s box
63. t the terms of the license agreement Cancel Continue with the installation by clicking Next and Install in the next screens Please do not close the InstallShield Wizard remove the installer CD from 8 Little Musician User Manual your CD drive or turn off your computer while there is an ongoing installation process this may take a while because the wizard will be installing both the Little Musician software and the curriculum content Once the wizard has completed the installation process choose to Launch BrillKids Little Musician and click Finish to exit the InstallShield Wizard BrillKids Little Musician InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing BrillKids Little Musician on your computer Launch BrillKids Little Musician You will notice that Little Musician isn t activated yet and there s a Trial Version label in the Little Musician window s title bar Connect to the Internet and click on Enter License Key at the upper right part of the Play Courses screen to open the license key prompt Little Musician does not have a license You have 15 day s leftto input a valid License Key 9 Little Musician User Manual Type in your license key in the box labeled License Key then click on the Activate button Enter License Key Ifyou purchased a physical copy of Little Musician or curriculum content you may find your License Key inside
64. taller for the latest version of Little Musician Littie Musician Software v1 1 600 J Little Musician OWNLOAD LITTLE MUSICIAN i 4 Little Musician User Manual Once the download is complete open the zip file using an extracting program and double click on the Little _Musician_install exe file inside The InstallShield Wizard will guide you through the entire process of installing Little Musician on your computer Click Next and follow the prompts to finish installing Little Musician BrillKids Little Musician InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for BrillKids Little Musician The InstallShield Wizard will install BrillKids Little Musician on your computer To continue click Next p Cancel Once you ve installed Little Musician go back to your Account Management page and select Curriculum amp License Keys from the left hand navigation panel You should see the download link for your course content file and your license key in this section 5 Little Musician User Manual NOTE If you don t see your license key and content file link this happens when you got your Little Musician as a gift type in or copy paste your Little Musician license key as it appears in the gift email you received Click on the download link or button for your Little Musician Curriculum content Depending on the browser you re using a pop up message may appear asking if you want to
65. the Day Navigation Bar NOTE To jump to a specific day just click in the middle of the Day Navigation Bar and a dropdown list of days will appear Select a day from the list to view the lessons for that specific day Play Panel The Play Panel along the bottom of the Little Musician window provides additional options for you to customize how presentations play back for your child For more details about the Play Panel go to he Play Panel section 17 Little Musician User Manual About the Different Lesson Types In Little Musician lessons are organized under Music Notes Clap Along Knowledge and Courses Learn more about the different types of Little Musician lessons below Music Notes The Music Notes tab contains lessons that teach the basic elements of music such as note sounds and names chords scales Solfege and rhythm syllables Clap Along The Clap Along tab contains lessons that are designed to introduce your child to rhythm and beats During these lessons children songs such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star are played and your child is encouraged to clap along to the beat s D 18 Little Musician User Manual Knowledge The Knowledge tab includes lessons that introduce your child to musical instruments famous composers and classical music cello t cello cello Courses The Little Musician curriculum is divided into semesters containing 130 days worth of
66. the Import Content panel top part of the Import Export Content Screen click on the Import Content button and locate the file on your computer e Click on the Open button A confirmation will appear once the file has finished importing How to Export Little Musician Files Exporting files mean that you would like to save a copy of your library so you can share it with other people or to save it as a backup for future use This doesn t mean that you are deleting the lists from your Little Musician program entirely rather you are just making a copy of your lists to be saved in your computer e Go to the Import Export Content section e In the Export Content panel select Clap Along or Notes e Select the files you want to export or select multiple items by holding down your Ctrl key 108 Little Musician User Manual e In the Content panel located on the left of the Clap Along Notes list choose whether you would like to export the corresponding media files e Click on the Export Content button and you will be shown a list of the items you have selected Click Yes to proceed or click No if you want to make changes e Type in a filename and choose where to save the file then click on Save How to Export Different Media Sets in Little Musician Export some of your Little Musician media sets so you can share your files with other parents who use Little Musician or to save a personal backup of each set Flowers
67. the different beats for clapping For example 1 means your child will be prompted to clap on the first beat of every bar and 2 and 4 on the second and fourth beat of every bar etc Mixed 1 will randomly choose a different clap beat every eight bars and Mixed 2 every four bars NOTE Clap beats only appear for bars when the melody track is active You can change the melody instrument under Melody Instrument and the speed of the playback under Tempo Customizing Sounds amp Display Settings To customize the Sounds amp Display settings for your Music Notes and Clap Along lessons go to the Play amp Edit Screen Select the lesson you want to edit from the Lesson Panel on the left side of the screen then click on the Settings button in the right side of the screen 53 Little Musician User Manual Music Notes Sounds amp Display Settings Once you re done customizing your Music Notes lesson settings the next step is to customize the sounds and images that get played along with it hakowa sites Hy emetic lemmas Set Display Settings In general each lesson can be shown in up to 3 separate displays For example in a Scale lesson set to show a C Major scale each note in the scale can be displayed in 3 consecutive and different ways before the next note is displayed Staff Fa 7 Soles E 3 Keyboard fF my 54 Little Musician User Manual Each di
68. tomize playback settings for your selected lesson What you ll see in the Settings Panel will depend on which lesson type you select from the Lesson Panel Music Notes Clap Along and Courses When you select a Music Notes Clap Along or any Course lesson from the Lesson Panel the Settings Panel will show you a preview of the lesson content 29 Little Musician User Manual in the upper half of the panel To customize the content settings for your selected lesson click on the Settings button tnoy Weecy Spids C Meg mma j ya sa E very ites ta Mande Grad haw CLAP ALON m The lower half of the Settings Panel shows a preview of the Sound and Display settings currently applied to your selected lesson To change the sound and display settings for your selected lesson click on the Settings button Beal Sool amp Character wr 7 ja astma The Allow override box in the lower section allows you to override the settings in the Settings Panels If the Override button in the Play Panel is turned on green light all the playback settings configured in the Override Settings window will be applied during playback i e the individual playback settings set for each lesson will not take effect 30 Little Musician User Manual Knowledge The Settings Panel for Knowledge lessons is divided into two subpanels the Word Settings Panel and the Playback Settings Panel The Word Settings Pan
69. uilt into Little Musician you don t have to skim through several pages before finding the help you need Ap HHA on ue amp Little Musician Support Tools ED aa a f aminas tt a se 6 mMMM oo oe tae a a a oe oe ba Bee Vio teow lobe oe ees ney w LIT 117 Little Musician User Manual Support Tools The Support Tools window lets you fix common playback problems instantly and in case you need further help contacting BrillKids Support is just a few clicks away tyow here ere Bei poo cerrct resctye yourse fot eaarpie a fercdor dom ret cr OIO OF OF FV Oe eG age BOERS Mal poy eo NT ernie yOu Can creme 8 PO ODEN roy Cae Seared te PARIN Seppost Tea br ole Whatunga Desencste Heoeret Anlo ataim tas fame of i feee Lemie or terns proca en hohe ppa ote fee fe Pe Sete ec terme comers Evert ig tad bd math reve Aer cicing on Se Crane e Chageanne Aapof tan e OC S cerdow l apps oea pO ary hrapa Gece hahet yow all e thras e PO Me adh pm roet etme ys t reper Create Diagnostic Report Click on Create a Diagnostic Report to create a zip file containing information about your Little Musician This file will help us analyze and resolve your problem 118 Little Musician User Manual Mateeting yaen innato lated Morh hee Sound Problems If you have a sound problem with Little Musician click on Start Wizard to run the Audio Diagnostic
70. use Split point Bar Alternatively you may click on the Add button at the bottom of the tA lens notes box to add a note Click on the expand button beside the Add button to select Rest pause Split Point or Bar from a dropdown menu Once you ve added a note you may edit it further to specify an octave or note value for it from the corresponding dropdown list When you re done click on the green check button to save the changes or simply continue adding notes to your list this will save the changes in the previous note automatically I E AOA Semibreve 1 Adding Rests Split Points and Bars Add a Rest pause to the Notes box if you want to have a pause during your Notes lesson A Split Point lets you control which group of notes will be displayed on the staff per slide Setting split points is most useful when your Notes lesson is set to show Multiple Notes during playback 42 Little Musician User Manual Add a Bar to divide notes into measures Like split points adding bar lines is most useful when your Notes lesson is set to show Multiple Notes during playback Editing Notes Rests Split Points and Bars You may preview edit or delete any Note Rest Split Point or Bar you ve added to your Notes box by clicking on the corresponding buttons beside it Notes Lesson Settings The right side of the window contains several lesson settings which you can use to customize your Notes
71. w from the Day Navigation Bar and watch videos of the full music piece or an actual performance featuring from the day s set of Music Knowledge or Music Appreciation lessons 97 Little Musician User Manual Instruments This is video library of all instruments included in your Knowledge lessons organized by instrument type Just pick an Instrument category select the instrument you want to watch videos of and enjoy the show Composers This video library features well loved pieces from all the Composers included in your Knowledge lessons organized by Composer Just pick a Composer category select the composer whose works you want to watch videos of and enjoy the show 98 Little Musician User Manual Popular Classics This video library features actual performance clips for all the pieces included in your Music Appreciation lessons organized by Popular Classics lesson groupings Just pick a piece you want to watch videos of and enjoy the show Other Child Videos Popular Chastics t j Leyes ete Se oe beterin By ite Sees Sad gt Ien mem Sp Peter Gm norn a 2 ee 9 Sees By Sete h Sa Z b Drees Sy Ganepe Berd Spe oe ree Lf tree hoe ty Comic Sort Soira L Fetes ty Sooxges Bort A arus dr ibr ri De frag basm By George Franc tence A b fym r r onr 2y cartes See Pew brinu te ata Som e S Seer Oe tate de D berts A Meet Op Jokes Stee be Popeia Clarurcs
72. w your child s attention to the main object in the image e g cat 78 Little Musician User Manual Auto Forward Enabling the Auto Forward setting green light allows you to playback presentations continuously without needing to click a mouse button or press the spacebar to proceed to the next slide To adjust the Auto Forward settings click on the Cog button next to the Auto Forward button This will pop up a small window where you can set the speed of continuous playback minimum slide duration by adjusting the Auto Forward Delay bar The Free Play Screen In Little Musician your child can play on a musical keyboard anytime she wants by going to the Free Play Screen which you can even customize to make keyboard playing even more exciting 79 Little Musician User Manual The Free Play Screen is divided into two panels the Staff amp Keyboard Panel and the Settings Panel Staff amp Keyboard Panel Play anything on the Keyboard Display and the notes you play will automatically get displayed on the Staff above the keyboard You can use your mouse or to click on the keys or press the keys on your computer keyboard to play the corresponding key on the Keyboard Display 80 Little Musician User Manual The scrollbar below the Keyboard Display lets you to move through the different octaves on the keyboard You can also specify how far you scroll through the keyboard by clicking on 1 on e
73. want to save it on your computer then click on Save Once the backup process is done you will have a new file with an lmsb file extension NOTE This process may take a while depending on how much information needs to be backed up How to Restore Data from Your Little Musician Backup File Select what you want to restore e Restore Only Database if you want to restore your lessons only without any media i e no media will be attached e Restore Database Media Library if you want to restore your lessons and all the media files attached to them Click on Restore Data and locate your backup file and click on Open to start restoring your backup data A message will appear warning that restoring will replace the existing database and or media library and fonts in your Little Musician select Yes to proceed Restoring may take a while depending on the file size 105 Little Musician User Manual NOTE The backup file will overwrite ALL existing data in your Little Musician replacing your database and your media library only if your backup file includes your media library data Support Tools The Support Tools window contains some fantastic functions designed to solve the most common playback problems Through the Support Tools window you can also create a Diagnostic Report that you can send to BrillKids Support for further assistance For more details about the Support Tools window proceed to the Getting More Hel
74. y for word slides or picture and video slides 74 Little Musician User Manual Subtitles Choose to turn subtitles on or off to place small subtitles during playback for the Current Slide and or a preview of the next Slide that will play You may also specify the text size of the subtitles during playback Current Slide Subtitle This displays a small box with the word corresponding to the flashed picture in the bottom center of the screen This way you ll know what word to read aloud to your child 4 Next Page Preview This displays a small box with a preview of the next word at the lower right corner of the screen during your playback This allows you to know what is coming up ahead of your child especially useful if you have selected a random order playback so you can say the word out loud as the next slide flashes 75 Little Musician User Manual Other Playback Settings Number of Pics Vids Shown Choose how many images or videos will be shown for each word during playback Selecting AIL will play back all the pictures or videos that are attached to that word This option is particularly useful if you want to emphasize the meaning of the word by showing different images of the same thing NOTE If a particular word does not have that number of images or videos attached to it the same image s or video s will be shown repeatedly until it matches the number that you have selected in your play
75. you with the functionality to add in the details for your new word Cee So cepa nie tex eto Mo Gilen cokers on Soh mace Tant is reac hom nohi io ieh he Arato i A Roedor inyi a ot Pronancsaion todo Mints There be acipa Press Ao Red ree to verre a Dada ln te box abne o anew e 64 Little Musician User Manual In the Word Slide Tab you can enter your word in the Word s text box by typing in the word the way you want it to appear during playback You may also insert marks to divide your new word into syllables or parts Example o ver ture O ver ture overture Once you ve added the necessary media files i e pronunciation recordings pictures videos or music clips sound effects click on the Save button If you have not done so already you will prompted to enter a filename to save your new word in NOTE Filenames must begin with a letter and may contain numbers e g composer or composer1 Editing Existing Words Go to the Play amp Edit Screen and choose to display Knowledge Select the word you want to edit from the different Knowledge Word Lists Click on the Edit button below the Word List The Edit Word Window will pop up as shown below 65 Little Musician User Manual 7 ee bo capar ai tel eto vo Gilera colors on Sohl made ET Teat is end hom right to ief hhe Arabic Pronamaton waho huis tk airing webunarts woran viebn 703

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