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1. Ta Loop End Point LOOPING A REGION OF MUSIC You might also notice the tiny Loop Markers little triangles positioned above and below the wave overview window These triangles are used to set the beginning top marker and ending bottom marker loop points in order to have the program endlessly loop an region of music that you wish to practice You can Chapter 3 Tutorial 21 set these loop markers by mouse clicking above the Wave Overview Window to set the start marker and below to set the end marker Then all you have to do is press the LOOP button shown below to hear the section you have marked loop continuously until you press the loop button again Print Out a Hardcopy of The Sheet Music For Further Study By now you have seen some of the program s powerful MIDI playback features But we still have a few more things to do Follow these instructions to print out a beautiful hardcopy of the sheet music right on your own inkjet or laser printer First select the song you wish to print out by loading it in to the program using the songlist Make sure the program is in Notation mode before you press the print button otherwise you may end up printing the TEXT CONTENT screen instead of the notation You can switch to this by hitting F2 7 Then press the PRINT button to use the print feature This is the Print MIDI Notation option Alternately you can open the MIDI Notation Window shown below select th
2. shown at top left and then selecting the appropriate PATCH for each of the parts so that each PART is using the Tenor Sax patch Click OK to continue 20 Chapter 3 Tutorial Now when you press the PLAY button you will hear the Tenor Sax patch for that part ic Pressing the SPACEBAR will also STOP or START the Song THE MINUS KEY backs up by 2 seconds THE ENTER KEY Starts the song from the beginning SLOW DOWN OR SPEED UP THE PIECE TEMPO CHANGE 1 Use the and square bracket keys to slow down or speed up the piece by 5 beats at_a time al Ra 2 Use the Tempo Box up down arrows to change the tempo or speed at which the piece is played back iel 3 Use the F5 function key or press the 1 2 speed button to toggle between Slow Motion half speed and normal tempo If you have been changing tempos this feature is useful to return you to the normal original tempo e H TRANSPOSE THE PIECE up or down a semitone at a time by using the F7 or F6 keys or by using the up down arrows on the Key box MOVE TO A SECTION OF THE PIECE Use the Mouse to move to a new section of the piece The Wave Overview Window allows you to quickly move to anywhere in the piece by mouse clicking anywhere in this area The music is displayed here from left to right Also in this view an auto scrolling vertical bar highlights the currently playing area Loop Begin Point rSong Position Marker Song 1 Angelina Baker Loop Region
3. 3 Press the Next button to proceed 4 If you want Windows 95 98 to install your driver automatically select Yes in the Search options choose Next and follow the on screen instructions If you want to install the driver manually say No to the Search option and choose Next 5 Scroll down the list of hardware options and choose Sound video and game controllers Click Next to continue 58 Appendix B Troubleshooting amp Drivers 6 From the list of manufacturers choose Microsoft Under Models choose MPU 401 compatible Then click on Next to continue At this point Windows may ask you for your original Windows Disks or CD ROM Insert the appropriate disk or CD ROM to continue 7 Windows will then display conflict free settings for the MPU 401 Make a note of these and press the Next button to continue 8 Windows will prompt you to finish the installation Then press the Finish button Make sure that the interface card is set to the same settings as those selected by Windows If it is not possible to align your card to these settings you may have to manually adjust your Windows settings in the Device Manager window See your Windows documentation for details Example 3 Installing third party or unlisted drivers in Windows 95 98 Note Drivers that are supplied on disk are files that end in DRV They are accompanied by small text files called OEMSETUP INF that describe the names of
4. STOP THE MUSIC BY PRESSING THE STOP BUTTON e Pressing the SPACEBAR will also STOP or START a song PLAY YOUR FAVORITE PIECES Playing your Favorites button works like the PLAY ALL button except that it will only play pieces that are in the currently showing list that are marked with an asterix as one of your favorites PLAYING ALL OF THE PIECES IN THE LIST This will play all of the pieces in the current list of pieces one after another or randomly depending on the setting of the Random Playback Box in the General Settings panel alz PREVIOUS NEXT PIECE BUTTONS 24 Chapter 4 Using the Program These buttons move to the previous or next piece in a given Songlist Playback starts automatically Favorites Files This program allows you to maintain files of your favorite pieces Normally you would just want one list of favorite pieces but if several people are using the program you might want to have different favorites files For example you may have mastered Songs 1 14 You could deselect these songs and save your own favorites file to help you recall the solos you still have to master To mark a song as a favorite simply mouse click on the checkbox next to the song title This will place an asterix beside the song s title to indicate that it is a favorite of yours To de select the piece as a favorite clear the favorites checkbox which removes the asterix You can then save your favorites selection t
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6. a Tf aE c le ri E Main Toolbar As you listen take a few moments to go through the tutorial and the rest of this guide 10 Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 3 Tutorial Exploring the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos Features This tutorial assumes that you ve already installed the program and your output drivers are installed into the Windows Control Panel see the Installation Instructions in the previous chapter and Appendix B for detailed instructions Menus Song Status Bar title bar running Tempo Adjustment Song List Media and Part Selection Feature Buttons View Notation WE en ih pat i aaae tagdee Joea Ceira Esee 3 Loop View Features Text Content Virtual Piano E Keyboard On Screen i Guitar sch Fonoi Guide Fretboard am Master Flatpick Notes Guitar Solos Volume 1 Note Names Navigation Buttons Welcome Overview Screen This is the main screen for the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos There are several areas that you will notice from top to bottom The Title Bar at the top of the screen shows the title bar number and the total running time of the piece in 800x600 or higher screen display resolution Fj Waster Platpick Gastar Solo Angelina flake iar 1 3 31 The Main Toolbar contains the MODE BUTTONS the SONG LISTS the SECTION PART LISTS and the many FEATURE BUTTONS such as Audio Mix SOLO Key Transpose and Print Buttons OC CS E eS ee i FI C
7. 3 Windows will search for your soundcard select the proper drivers and find conflict free settings for the installation This can take several minutes Appendix B Troubleshooting amp Drivers 57 4 Windows will tell you when it has finished detecting your hardware and will prompt you to finish the installation If the drivers are not found on the hard drive it will ask you for a drivers disk 5 Choose Finish to complete the installation If you have not yet installed your soundcard or don t want to wait for the search you can install your drivers manually 1 Click on No to the Search option then click on Next 2 From the list that Windows displays scroll down and select Sound video and game controllers then choose Next 3 Select the manufacturer of your card and the driver you wish to install Click on Next to continue 4 Windows will advise you of the settings it has selected for your card Choose Next 5 Windows will prompt you to finish the installation Choose Finish When installing your card be sure to set it to the same settings selected by Windows 95 98 This may require changing jumpers or dip switches on the card itself or selecting settings with a setup program supplied by the card manufacturer Example 2 Installing the Windows 95 98 MPU 401 Compatible Driver 1 From the Start menu choose Settings and open Control Panel 2 In Control Panel choose Add New Hardware
8. Favorites File 42 File Menu 42 G General MIDI 51 52 GM Mode On See General MIDI Guitar Options 36 H Hard Drive 49 Highlight Played Notes 40 HTTP Il 43 76 Index Input Driver 9 Interface Card 59 Introduction 5 IRQ 51 57 Key Signature 40 44 Looping 21 MIDI 8 45 MIDI Drivers 8 MIDI Notation 38 43 MIDI Output Devices 8 Minimize Rests 40 MPU 401 59 Mute 45 Non Concert Instruments 40 Notation 43 Notation Window Settings 38 OEMSETUP INF File 59 Parts 39 PGMUS TTF File 52 Pieces Selecting 24 Play 44 Play Menu 44 Playing All Pieces 10 22 Favorite Pieces 16 23 24 Play Buttons 16 24 Index 77 Resolution 39 Software Synthesizer 9 Solo 45 Swapfile 48 Tempo 45 Text Content 43 Tick Offset 41 Transcription Notation 43 Transpose 40 44 Troubleshooting 48 Tutorial 11 Using The Program 24 Wave Output Device 8 Wave MIDI Driver Setup 53 Windows Control Panel 11 78 Index
9. Mute Unmute Solo UnSolo Track Toggle Video Mode Toggle Notation Content Window Notation Window Alt F2 Content Window Help Play Song Play Next Song Play Previous Song Print Appendix A Keystroke Shortcuts Most of the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos commands can be accessed by the mouse and or pull down menus Here is a list of Keyboard shortcuts that are also useful SPACEBAR Minus key Plus key Numpad Numpad 0 Ctrl Ctrl Alt Alt Bracket and keys H F5 F6 F7 Numpad 1 F4 Shift F4 Ctrl M Ctrl S F8 F2 Ctrl F2 F1 Ctrl F5 Shift F8 Shift Ctrl F8 Ctrl P 47 Appendix B Troubleshooting amp Drivers Section 1 Troubleshooting The following topics cover some of the most common technical problems that can occur when running this or any program and some helpful solutions Lockups Crashes Incompatibilities etc Most problems will occur when Windows is under stress of some kind This means that Windows spends most of its time on memory management or hard disk file operations If you are having reoccurring problems ensure that Available RAM is at least 8 000K This program requires a machine with at least 8MB of available memory to run Check the amount of memory that s available before running the program by looking at the Program Manager Help About Program Manager Dialog Box Windows 3 1 or in the Control Panel System Performance Box Windows 95 9
10. Print Button i The print button allows you to print full page SHEET MUSIC or individual practice screens of the currently selected song to your Windows Compatible Inkjet or Laser Printer Menu Button This button offers easy access to the MENU items i e File Play which offer access to the various functions and features of the program This is especially helpful when running in 640x480 screen resolution mode E Button 14 Chapter 3 Tutorial This button launches the opening chapter of the program s Help Topics which contains full descriptions of all the features and functions available in the program Loop Button and Section Bars Selector S The Loop Button and Section Bars selector work together to allow you to quickly select a section using the section selector verse chorus1 etc loop points using the overview window a number of Bars i e 1 4 8 12 24 etc or the entire song Select the section you wish to loop and press the Loop Button at left to start the Loop Feature Chapter 3 Tutorial 15 The PLAY Buttons gt Button Play a single piece by using the play button or selecting from the song list The PLAY button will play the piece that is currently selected highlighted in the LIST Window You can also use the mouse to select a piece a piece will load and play automatically as soon as it is selected from the SONGLIST drop down box w Stop the music by pressing the stop button When p
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12. 420 milliseconds can be used to accommodate any MIDI latency inherent in such devices Refer to the documentation that came with your software synth for specific latency figures if applicable Chapter 5 Option Panels Settings 35 Chapter 6 Guitar Options Settings Guitar Options This menu item launches the guitar options panel in which you can change settings for the display of the on screen guitar fretboard On Screen Guitar Fretboard Guitar Fretboard The on screen guitar fretboard is a graphical representation of a guitar neck displayed with the highest strings notes of the guitar at the top and the open position of the guitar headstock on the left Guide Notes Guide Note names can also be displayed for each key in two scale positions on the on screen guitar fretboard The first position displayed is Phrygian Position and it begins at the 3rd of the scale on the lowest string The second position is Aeolian Position and it is the 6th of the scale on the lowest string Ellipses are drawn for each of these scale position notes roots are in red 3rds and 5ths are in purple and the remainder of the scale tones are indicated in grey Notes not in the scale are not displayed as guide notes When notes are sounded in the program they are displayed on the guitar fretboard Notes displayed that are scale tones in the current key are displayed in Green Notes displayed that are not scale tones of the current key are
13. BIT DISK FILE ACCESS checkbox is enabled Windows 95 handles these settings automatically 48 Appendix B Troubleshooting amp Drivers 2 Use on an uncompressed hard drive Make sure you have at least 50MB of available hard drive space at all times 3 Disable any screen savers wallpaper or other programs before running the program 4 Reduce the number of displayed group icons if using Windows 3 1 Each ICON that is displayed on your system uses a small amount of main memory about 1K each Reducing the number of ICONS would increase your system memory 5 Reduce the number of Colors displayed by your Windows System i e 256 colors instead of 16 bit or 24 bit color 6 Try disabling any 3rd party memory management utilities and programs i e QEMM RAMDOUBLER XEROX COLOR MATCH etc Hard Drive Scanning and Defragmenting your Hard Drive s There are many commercial utility programs available to repair maintain your computer s hard drive i e Norton Utilities PC Tools etc If you own one of these programs follow the instructions provided with your software to ensure a healthy hard drive i e defragmented clean surface etc If you don t have one of the programs mentioned above there are very good utilities included with Windows and or Dos 6 0 and above that you can use regularly to ensure reliable hard drive operation SCANDISK is a small utility program that tests your hard drive s for errors and loc
14. Line from measure 7 onward since the current screen would start at measure 7 The Chord Vertical Position setting adjusts the vertical position in which the chord symbols are displayed This setting can range from to 10 The Transpose setting lets you adjust the Notation window to display notes either higher or lower than the actual pitches NOTE This setting is also useful for displaying music for non concert instruments such as trumpet or saxophone Trumpet players and other Bb instruments should set transpose to 2 Alto Saxophone and other Eb instruments should set the transpose to 3 The music is then displayed in the correct key for the instrument but still plays in the concert key to the MIDI playback system The Key Signature will be shown if the Show Key Signature option is enabled If the Highlight Played Notes checkbox is checked notes will be highlighted in red as they are played The Minimize Rests checkbox when checked will cause the program to display the music with minimal rests Use this setting if notes are displayed as shorter than they should be The Clefs Split At setting determines the split point for placing notes on the Bass or Treble clef The default setting is C 5 which is middle C For example you can use a higher split point such as C 6 if you want some notes up to a G above middle C to be displayed on the bass clef with ledger lines instead of on the treble clef If the split point is above m
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16. of the note heads remains the same regardless of this setting You can also use this setting to make the resolution equal to between 1 and 4 beats rather than complete bars This is mainly for editing purposes If you use beats with this setting the program will ignore any Bars Per Line From This Screen On markers in order to display the partial bars During playback the program will not display less than 1 bar per line even if this setting is using beats rather than bars Chapter 7 Notation Modes 39 The Bars Per Line From This Beat On setting lets you change the horizontal resolution of the screen from this beat on This will cause the program to insert a special Bars Per Line marker Controller Event into the sequence This is useful if you have some sections of the song that you would like to be displayed with a different number of Bars Per Line than the overall Song setting The notation window will then display the bars you selected from the current screen on For example if the Bars Per Line Song setting is set to 2 and you press page down to advance to bar 3 you could then set the From This Screen on setting to 4 and the program will display 4 Bars Per Line from the current screen on The current screen would now be starting at measure 3 and ending at measure 6 If you then page down to the next screen you could then for example set the From This Screen On setting back to 2 which would cause the program to display 2 Bars Per
17. of the song and transposing lower decreases the tempo The transcription notation Chapter 4 Using the Program 25 will not be transposed You can however transpose the MIDI Notation parts by using the MIDI Notation OPTIONS Button and entering a transpose value in the space provided Looping The Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program offers very flexible looping capabilities allowing you to practice or study specific sections easily The loop capabilities are enabled by selecting a region to loop and pressing the LOOP button To deactivate the looping feature simply click on the LOOP button a second time Loop Button Loop Section Selector Loop Points Section 1 Bar 2 Bars 3 Bars 4 Bars 5 Bars 6 Bars The Loop Button and Section Selector work together to allow you to quickly select a section of the currently playing Song and loop it continuously For example you can choose the currently playing screen a specific section as defined by the Section Description Listbox i e verse 1 chorus ending etc Loop Points using the overview window or a number of Bars i e 1 2 3 4 8 12 24 etc Loop Points Loop Begin Point rSong Position Marker Song 1 Angelina Baker Loop Region Ta Loop End Point The tiny Loop Markers triangles positioned above and below the wave overview window can be used to set the beginning top marker and ending bottom marker loop points to have the program endlessly
18. or the favorites in a random fashion instead of sequentially Chapter 5 Option Panels Settings 29 MIDI Setting Panel MIDI Options This Panel allows you to change MIDI parameters for a single part instrument or all the instruments npara Option TE tt 8 e PART SELECTION Click on the desired instrument part that you want to change Once you click on it you will notice that the Part Settings below will change to reflect the current settings for the part that you have chosen 30 Chapter 5 Option Panels Settings PART SETTINGS Part Settings Bank MSB Bank LSB Transpose como O O Electric Guitar jazz vi Patch Reverb Chorus Vel Boost IH Q Mme Channel Volume Panning MIDI CHANNEL The MIDI channel is the channel used for output of the program s MIDI data Your synthesizer sound card or digital piano must be set up to receive on the channel that the program is outputting on otherwise the output will be silent Changing this setting instantly changes the Channel so you can quickly try all 16 channels to see which channel your synth is responding to PATCH Bank MSB Bank LSB DEFAULT 0 A Patch is the instrument selection for your synthesizer Normally you will want to use a Piano patch for the piano Bass for the bass etc But you can select any Patch e g Guitar Electric Piano Music Box Harp Tenor Saxophone etc It is probably easier to change the Patch from
19. piece In this case we have selected 12 Cluck Old Hen indicating that this is song 12 The memo for this song will provide more information Playback Starts Automatically As the piece is playing you can do a lot of things Press the notation button to display the music lesson notes a When you press the NOTATION button far top left of screen the main introduction screen will be replaced by the MUSIC NOTATION screen This screen will display the MIDI Notation for the song Chapter 3 Tutorial 19 on al Pin or P Ge e Am D7b G7 mda r A ty m i h Eeo T T T TT ka e T Ta L O A OO a ae 2 a H es E ee P Tab a5 MIDI Notation Window displaying the guitar part and tablature As you can see this notation mode provides you with an excellent view of exactly which notes are being played noteheads are highlighted in red You can step through each note or chord one at a time by pressing the NUMPAD period and zero 0 keys on your computer keyboard or by mouse clicking on the ARROW buttons shown at the top of the MIDI Notation window You can view each part in the MIDI Notation Window by selecting one from the PART SELECTION box shown below Guitar gt Now let s choose an appropriate sound for the accompaniment MIDI part Press the General Options button to launch the General Options Panel Choose the MIDI tab Now try changing all the MIDI tracks to Tenor Sax by selecting the PART
20. the drivers If you have lost the floppy disk you should search your hard drive for files called OEMSETUP INF since your driver may have been previously copied to the hard drive If the driver you are installing replaces or updates a driver newer that is already on the system the old driver must be removed before installing the new one To accomplish this start at step 1 below If you are not replacing or updating an existing driver proceed to step 7 1 From the Start menu choose Settings and open Control Panel 2 In Control Panel choose Multimedia 3 Click on the tab labeled Advanced then double click on MIDI Devices and Instruments 4 Find the listing for the driver you are removing click on it to select it then go to the lower right corner of the window and click on Properties 5 Click on Remove Don t worry about the dire warnings say Yes Appendix B Troubleshooting amp Drivers 59 6 Exit back to Control Panel then select Shut Down and Restart the computer from the Start button 7 From the Start menu choose Settings and open Control Panel 8 In Control Panel double click on the Add New Hardware icon 9 Press the Next button to proceed 10 If you want Windows to install your driver automatically say Yes to the Search option choose Next and follow the on screen help If you want to install the driver manually say No to the Search and choose Next to continue 11 Sc
21. your MIDI Interface properly Your Driver is not installed properly into Windows Control Panel The Driver is installed but the IRQ number from the SETUP button is incorrect You don t have the MIDI In Driver selected properly inside of the program Output Driver Not Working For output to be heard the following must be working properly GMCLASS EXE must be hooked up to the correct output driver in the FILE OPTIONS MIDI DRIVERS setup The Driver must be installed before hand into the Windows Control Panel Multimedia Drivers Program Appendix B Troubleshooting amp Drivers 51 The program will display the list of drivers that are installed into the Windows Control Panel The list is displayed in the FILE OPTIONS MIDI DRIVERS Dialog If you don t see your driver displayed it may mean The driver has NOT been installed into your Windows System Run the Settings Control Panel Multimedia Drivers program There you should see a list of the drivers installed If your driver is not on that list then you may need to install it using the disks that came with your soundcard 7 If you have an MPU401 MIDI interface then you ll want to use the MPU 401 driver This is a MIDI driver made by Microsoft It comes with Windows 3 1 or higher If you have an MPU401 MIDI interface or a Roland or Yamaha card then you should install this driver Note The Sound Blaster 16 is also partly MPU 401 compatible If you have a Sound Blaste
22. 12 24 etc Toggle Audio MIDI F4 toggles between MIDI Mode and Audio Video SMIDI mode Toggle Playback Mode Shift F4 toggles between all available playback modes Mute Track Ctrl M allows you to quickly mute or unmute the part currently selected in the Part Selection list box Solo UnSolo Track Ctrl S allows you to quickly Solo a part i e mute all other tracks currently selected in the Part Selection listbox Chapter 8 Pull Down Menu Items 45 Choose List pops up the song list combo box Choose Song pops up the song combo box Backup 1 Bar Ctrl backs the song up ONE BAR at a time Advance 1 Bar Ctrl advances the song ONE BAR at a time Backup 1 Section Alt backs the song up ONE SECTION from the current section at a time Advance 1 Section Alt advances the song ONE SECTION from the current section at a time Play Song Ctrl F5 displays a combo box which allows you to choose a particular song 46 Chapter 8 Pull Down Menu Items Appendix A Keystroke Shortcuts PLAYING STOPPING SONGS MOVING TO A SECTION OF A SONG Move back 2 seconds Move forward 2 seconds Chord Advance Chord Back Move Back 1 bar Advance 1 bar Backup 1 Section Advance 1 Section CHANGING TEMPO Change by 5 beats per min Toggle Half Speed Normal Toggle Alternate Speed Normal TRANSPOSE PIECE USEFUL HOTKEYS Toggle Loop On Off Toggle Audio MIDI Toggle Playback Mode
23. 4 Chapter 8 Pull Down Menu Items Alternate Normal Tempo F5 toggles between an alternate i e 3 4 speed and normal i e native tempo Half Speed H toggles between half speed and normal i e native tempo Advance One Chord Numpad advances the song ONE CHORD at a time Backup One Chord Numpad 0 backs the song up ONE CHORD at a time Decrease Tempo by 5 decreases the playback tempo by 5 Increase Tempo by 5 increases the playback tempo by 5 Send GM Mode On Message sends a General MIDI Mode On message to your computer s MIDI sound setup This command is sometimes required to reset certain sound modules and soundcards to the GM Mode Patches listed in the MIDI SETTINGS Panel assume your MIDI setup is set to GM Mode Send XG Mode On Message sends an XG MIDI Mode On message to your computer s MIDI sound setup This command is sometimes required to reset certain Yamaha sound modules and soundcards to the XG Mode Play Previous Next Song These menu items move to the previous or next piece when you are playing a SET of songs i e when playing the Favorites or when Playing the ALL Jukebox modes Hot Keys are Shift F8 and Shift Ctrl F8 Toggle Loop On Off Numpad 1 Choose Loop Type These features allow you to quickly loop one of the following 1 a section using the section selector HEAD PIANO SOLO etc 2 loop points using the overview window 3 a number of Bars i e 1 4 8
24. 8 If you have a 16MB machine there should be at least 8 000 K free before you run the program If the Program Manager Win 3 1 shows a number smaller than 8000K then your computer s memory is setup incorrectly in the config sys file and you may need to adjust it see below Increase DOS Memory to at least 500K for Windows 3 1 Important dll files that are used by Windows and music programs must be locked in memory and reside in the low memory that is mostly in the memory below 640K To improve Windows performance increase the amount of DOS memory by removing TSR programs like DoubleSpace that eat up a lot of memory You can check how much memory is available in DOS by running the MEM program from the DOS command line If you have low DOS memory attempts to run Windows programs will be greeted by Windows telling you Insufficient memory to run this application This message can occur even if you have 50MB of free memory above 1MB if you have run out of low memory There are freeware utilities e g Belowlmb exe that can monitor this low memory condition Memory and Hard Drive Errors and or sluggish system performance Memory 1 Run Windows Win 3 1 in Enhanced Mode with Virtual Memory Enabled We recommend using a Permanent Swapfile of at least 20MB Windows 3 1 users can enable this setting by running the 386 Enhanced section of the Control Panel Settings In the 386 Enhanced Mode hard drive settings ensure that the ENABLE 32
25. 95 98 MPU 401 Compatible Driver Installing third party or unlisted drivers in Windows 95 98 APPENDIX C PG MUSIC INC CONTACT INFO PG MUSIC INC MUSIC SOFTWARE PROGRAMS INDEX 4 Chapter 1 Introduction amp Overview 62 76 Chapter 1 Introduction amp Overview Welcome to Master Flatpick Guitar Solos The Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program is a fully featured interactive music program with professional flatpick arrangements of 50 songs Each song features a flatpick guitar solo played by top studio musician Marty Cutler as well as accompanying piano comping bass drums and strings There are almost 3 hours of flatpick guitar soloing in this program Learn how to solo like a master This program is an interactive learning aid designed to help you learn to solo like a professional flatpick guitarist Musicians studying improvisation typically learn by copying other soloists performances Since guitar is a visual instrument it is easier to learn to play by watching the fretboard than by reading the music from a staff The on screen guitar fretboard shows you exactly which notes and chords are being played on the guitar There are guide notes for typical positions for the key and note names to help you learn the fret string positions The purpose of this program is to help you to learn the art of flatpick improvisation The student who wants to lean to improvise flatpick music is usually told to listen to some f
26. Authentic Latin and Salsa stylings hot piano performances The Modern Jazz Pianist windows Mac piano performance program The Modern Jazz Pianist is the software that makes it too easy to learn how to be a great jazz pianist Top studio musicians Renee Rosnes Miles Black Ron Johnston and Brad Turner perform over 50 tunes in a wide variety of modern jazz styles such as those by Herbie Hancock Fred Hersch Cedar Walton Mulgrew Miller and many others With the on screen piano keyboard you can see exactly what the pianist is playing Slow down the piece or step through it chord by chord Learn the music note for note by watching the notes on screen or load the MIDI files into your favorite programs for further study It s too easy to learn from these great jazz pianists The New Age Pianist windows Mac piano performance program This program includes over 70 New Age and New Age Jazz style piano pieces performed by top New Age Artists This is a beautiful collection of solo piano compositions inspired by the natural world Learn all about New Age piano music where it came from and how it s played A full range of piano techniques are presented from the ambient music style of George Winston to the New Age Jazz styles of Chick Corea and Keith Jarret PLUS a photo album of stirring nature scenes and much more Over 4 hours of beautiful music perfect for playing in the background while you work in other programs Beaut
27. IDI an adjustment is made to the pitch of the MIDI playback to remain in tune with the Digital Audio The Half Speed Button This feature allows you to quickly change the tempo or speed at which the piece is played back to exactly 1 2 of the original speed Note Using the 1 2 Speed Button will affect the pitch of the digital audio playback plays one octave below but has no effect on the pitch of the MIDI playback i e plays in the original octave The fl Transpose Box Chapter 3 Tutorial 13 Allows you to quickly change the Key at which the piece is played back Note Changing the Key will affect the tempo of the digital audio playback and if the playback mode is Au MIDI or Au SMIDI an adjustment is made to the tempo of the MIDI playback to remain in synch with the Digital Audio Mute Button This button allows you to quickly mute or unmute the part currently selected by the Part Selection list box Press once to mute the part and press again to unmute SOLO Button This button allows you to quickly Solo the part e g mute all other tracks currently selected by the Part Selection list box General Options Launches a control panel which allows you to set various program settings such as Notation Scroll Ahead mode Semitone and Cents tuning adjustments Random Playback when Play ALL is selected etc ral Button This button allows you to choose the font and adjust its size and style for the text contents screens
28. Master Flatpick Guitar Solos ajame Je Jop Jel Se Glee lair a dr bma a Ce lS PG Music Inc License Agreement Program License Agreement CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE COMPLETING THE INSTALLATION OF THIS SOFTWARE USAGE OF THE SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS LICENSE A The program may only be used on a single machine B You may transfer the program and license to another party if the other party agrees to accept the terms of this Agreement If you transfer the program you must either transfer all copies whether in printed or machine readable form to the same party or destroy all copies not transferred This includes all modifications and or portions of the program merged into other programs E You may receive the program in more than one media Regardless of the type or size of media you receive you may install or use the media on a single machine D The program including any images applets photographs animations video audio music and text incorporated into the program is owned by PG Music Inc or its suppliers and is protected by international copyright laws and international treaty provisions YOU MAY NOT USE COPY OR TRANSFER THE PROGRAM OR ANY COPY MODIFICATION OR MERGED PORTION OF THE PROGRAM IN WHOLE OR IN PART EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THIS LICENSE IF YOU TRANSFER POSSESSION OF ANY COPY MODIFICATION OR MERGED PORTION OF THE PROGRAM
29. Windows users can see print the notation in the standalone program and Band in a Box Mac users can see print the notation in Band in a Box Learning to solo has never been so much fun The Roland Virtual Sound Canvas windows Mac software MIDI synthesizer The Virtual Sound Canvas is a software application for Windows and Macintosh that directs MIDI file data in real time through the CPU of a sound capable computer rather than the MIDI processor chip of an existing sound card This high speed software adds a sophisticated musical enhancement for a dramatic improvement in the performance of MIDI files and any PG Music Inc program with the true instrument fidelity found in a Roland GM GS format wavetable synthesizer Windows requirements Windows 95 98 with Pentium 166 MHz Pentium II or equivalent Macintosh requirements OS 7 55 or later with PowerPC 603e 133 MHz or higher PG Music programs sound spectacular SC PRO Editor Librarian windows Mac utility program Full featured Editor Librarian for Roland Sound Canvas and other Roland GS Products On screen programming for easy patch edits and storage built in mixer MIDI file player and more Sound Canvas editing made easy PG Music Inc Music Software Programs 75 Index l 1 2 Speed Button 13 21 A Analyze Soundcard 34 B Bars Per Line 39 40 C Chord Vertical Position 40 Clean Mode 39 Clefs Split At 40 Controller 9 K Exit 43 F
30. anels Settings sound card doesn t support brushes When disabled drum parts that contain brushes will be silent Chapter 5 Option Panels Settings 33 Audio Settings Panel Audio Options This panel allows you to change AUDIO parameters for each part instrument or track It also offers controls for setting up your computer s audio system for best performance and playback synchronization DMA SETTINGS BUTTON This button launches a DMA settings dialog which contains settings for DMA buffers and Offset These parameters are normally set automatically when the program is first installed and run or by pressing the ANALYZE SOUND CARD button ANALYZE SOUND CARD BUTTON This tests your computer s soundcard and sound system for audio and MIDI timing accuracy and makes any necessary adjustments to ensure that the program plays back in sync with the Notation MIDI and Digital Audio WINDOWS MIXER BUTTON This button will launch your Windows Soundcard Mixer so that changes can be made to overall output level MIDI output level and Audio Output Level Use this mixer program to balance your soundcard s MIDI output with its Digital Audio output 34 Chapter 5 Option Panels Settings SYNTH LATENCY OFFSET This setting is used to configure proper synchronization of your computer s MIDI output with the program If your computer uses a Software Synth for MIDI playback i e The Roland Virtual Sound Canvas a setting of around
31. ard and sound system for Wave Audio and MIDI timing accuracy and makes any necessary adjustments to ensure that the program plays back in proper sync with the notation MIDI and Wave Audio New Favorites File starts a new favorites file based on the settings made on the main toolbar s favorites checkbox All items selected as favorites will appear with an asterix in the songlist box You can save multiple Favorites Files with their own unique name e g MyFavs FAV using the Save Favorites menu item and reload them at any time with the Open Favorites File command Open Favorites File allows you to open any Favorites File FAV you have previously created and saved with the Save Favorites File command 42 Chapter 8 Pull Down Menu Items Save Favorites File instructs the program to save the songs currently marked as Favorites for use in subsequent program sessions Favorite songs are selected by opening loading a song and clicking on the Favorites Checkbox beside the song title on the main screen s toolbar All items selected as favorites will appear with an asterix in the song list boxes Save as Default Favorites saves the currently active or marked list of Favorites as the Default Favorites list This list will be automatically loaded each time the program begins Other Favorites Files can be loaded using the Open Favorites File command Hide Tool Bar This setting switches the program from the standard
32. atpick Guitar Solos are not already installed on your computer Make sure you have your original Windows 95 98 disks or CD ROM and any Soundcard MIDI interface hardware manufacturer s disks if applicable before proceeding The first thing to determine is whether you are installing a driver for a soundcard using the soundcard s built in synthesizer or whether it is a driver for an external MIDI interface If you plan on using the soundcard s built in synth you will be using a 1 Soundcard synth driver that comes with Windows 95 98 see example 1 or 2 Soundcard Driver that you have on disk supplied with your soundcard see example 3 If you plan on using an external MIDI interface you will be using a 1 MIDI driver that comes with Windows 95 98 MPU 401 MIDI Sound Blaster 16 AWE32 Wave and MIDI etc see example 2 or 2 MIDI Driver that you have on disk supplied with your soundcard see example 3 Note a Drivers that are supplied on disk are files that end in DRV They are accompanied by small text files called ORMSETUP INF that describe the names of the drivers If you have lost the floppy disk you should search your hard drive for files called OEMSETUP INF because your driver might have been copied to the hard drive 56 Appendix B Troubleshooting amp Drivers Note b If you are unsure if the drivers provided by your hardware manufacturer are compatible with Windows 95 98 check the d
33. classical pieces for The Pianist program many titles were suggested by our customers on registration cards This Volume 2 upgrade includes a new version of the program plus the 200 new pieces all played by world class concert pianists It adds to your existing program doubling the number of pieces to over 400 200 selections from the great composers by popular request Did you know All of the performances in the PG Music Inc Pianist Performance Series are recorded live to MIDI on an 88 note weighted piano keyboard These PG Music Inc Music Software Programs 69 brilliant performances are never edited or quantized you hear them exactly as played recorded by our top professional piano artists The Pianist Volume III windows mac classical piano performance program Volume 3 is packed with 170 brand new performances of Chopin Brahms Bach Liszt Debussy Ravel and many more You ll find popular selections from light opera including Delibes L har Rossini Gounod and Gilbert and Sullivan For duet lovers there are the complete Brahms Waltzes and Liebeslieder Waltzes If you already own Pianist 1 and 2 Volume 3 will give you the complete set of Chopin Etudes and Preludes Plus you will find new memos about the composers and their music as well as improved memos on all of the music in The Pianist This is simply a must have upgrade 170 selections including the complete Brahms Waltzes Light Opera and Duets
34. displayed in Yellow Guitar Options Window The Guitar Options dialog can be accessed from the File Menu This dialog contains many setting for you to adjust the display of the on screen guitar fretboard 36 Chapter 6 Guitar Options Settings Latar nahi rege Guitar Options Note Display Options If MIDI Thru is selected default on the Guitar will display the music played from a MIDI keyboard Controller Fretboard Color The on screen guitar fretboard color can be brown or black default brown Use Inlays If you elect to not display guide notes you can select Use Inlays and a Guitar inlay will be displayed along the neck Show Notes at Aeolian Position This setting enables guide note display at the Aeolian Position Show Notes at Phrygian Position This setting enables guide note display at the Phrygian Position Note Names This pull down menu sets which guide note note names will be displayed Selections are e None No guide note names are displayed e Root Only Root guide note names are displayed e Chord Tones Chord Tones guide note names are displayed e Scale Tones Scale Tones guide note names are displayed Chapter 6 Guitar Options Settings 37 Chapter 7 Notation Modes MIDI Notation Window The MIDI Notation Window displays the notes of a MIDI track on a staff and also offers high quality printout of the music to your printer Opt N Print o7 F Cen jojjo Am7 D7b9_ G7 mim Aj c
35. dows are traced back to the use of DoubleSpace Drivespace or Stacker hard disk compression programs Whether or not they are the cause is the subject of great debate In any event if you are having unexplained problems and are using Stacker or Drivespace DoubleSpace then try running Windows from an uncompressed drive 50 Appendix B Troubleshooting amp Drivers MIDI SOUND MIDI Input Driver Not Working If MIDI output is not working then you must resolve that problem first otherwise you won t be able to tell if you fixed the INPUT problem If Output is Working but Input is not working If output is working then your port address setting is definitely correct The cause of no input in this situation is an IRQ problem The IRQ handles input from a MIDI device to your MIDI interface You need to ensure that the IRQ setting on the card matches the IRQ setting in the Control Panel Drivers program by pressing the SETUP button to examine the IRQ setting You need to remove the card from the computer to see what IRQ is setup If MIDI input sort of works but has a considerable delay in it this indicates that the IRQ you have set in the Control Panel doesn t match the IRQ on the card In this case change the IRQ in the Control Panel to match your IRQ setting on the card MPU401 defaults to port 330 and IRQ 2 9 Other common IRQ settings are 7 and 5 IRQ is referred to as IRQ 2 9 This is normal Your synth is not connected to
36. e 3 The Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program file is FLATPICK EXE Running the Program in Windows 95 98 NT 1 From the Start Menu Choose the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos menu and then choose the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program Running the Program in Windows 3 1 1 From the File Manager Choose the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program FLATPICK EXE and double click Alternately you can select the same program from the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos group OR As with all Windows programs you can simply double click with the Mouse Button on the program ICON or press the ENTER key after moving the highlighted bar to the ICON The Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program will then load and run Chapter 2 Installation 7 Selecting Your Sound or MIDI Driver THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU RUN THIS SOFTWARE the program will attempt to automatically detect and configure your computer s Sound and MIDI setup The program will use your system s default Wave Output Device i e from the Windows Control Panel Multimedia Audio Playback Output Device Settings for outputting Digital Audio and then attempt to use the best MIDI Output device from your system s list of installed MIDI Output Devices i e Windows Multimedia MIDI Settings Since there are normally a number of MIDI Output Devices installed in a typical Windows Multimedia System a dialog box shown below displaying the predetermined MIDI output device is presented to you in o
37. e ol i Ee The Audio Overview Window shown below is a digital waveform representation of a song s audio data This window allows you to quickly move to anywhere in a piece using by mouse clicking anywhere in the waveform area Chapter 3 Tutorial 11 This area also allows you to set specific LOOP POINTS by clicking above and below the desired section The top loop point marker sets the loop BEGIN point and the bottom marker sets the loop END point In this example the middle section would be the looped region Loop Begin Point r ong Position Marker Song 1 Angelina Baker Loop Region Loop End Point As the lesson plays the piano keyboard displays the notes bedbdudbodbuodbodbsedbadbvodbad The on screen guitar fretboard is a graphical representation of a guitar neck displayed with the highest strings notes of the guitar at the top and the open position of the guitar headstock on the left On Screen Guitar Fretboard Tool Bar Features And Feature Buttons View Notation Use this button to view the notation screen This will show full transcriptions synchronized to the music of the currently loaded playing song To view the MIDI notation instead of the Transcription Notation press the MIDI Notation Button shown below while in the Notation Mode Book Button View Text Pictures Use this button to view close the Notation Screen and open the Text Content Screen You can enter the Text Content mode a
38. e part you want to print out and press the MIDI Notation s internal PRINT BUTTON shown here Playing All the Pieces Contained on the CD ROM Let s cue up more than one piece at a time All x Select the ALL SONGS Category List to ensure that you are displaying the list of all the pieces in the program Then press the play ALL button This will play through the pieces one by one with a few seconds pause between each The pieces are played in random order 22 Chapter 3 Tutorial If you prefer sequential order try setting Random to No Off in the General Settings Panel Use the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos as Background Music while you work in other programs Note that the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos will continue to play even while you work in other programs So for example you can start the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program playing ALL songs and then switch over to your Word Processor Try changing the program s Window size and you will see that the notes continue to be displayed while you work in other programs If you MINIMIZE the program window or RESIZE it so that only the On screen Fretboard is visible you ll see that the notes are still displayed even while another program is active Play Your Favorite Pieces Step 1 Making up your List of Favorites You can make up your list of favorite pieces very easily with the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program To mark a song as a favorite simply mouse click
39. e reverb knob PANNING DEFAULT MIDDLE Panning refers to placement of the output to right or left speakers MUTE DEFAULT NO If you don t want to hear a specific part then click the MUTE button for that part For example this would be useful if you want to turn a specific MIDI part off so that you could play or sing along yourself or turn another part off for a quieter sound ALL VOLUME DEFAULT 127 Changing the Volume here affects the overall volume of the sound MIDI THRU ENABLED DEFAULT ON MIDI thru is only required if you want to play along with the program from a MIDI controller without sounds of its own Setting MIDI Thru to ON will send the output of the MIDI controller thru the computer and into the sound module NEVER SEND PATCH CHANGES DEFAULT NO Normally you will want the program to be able to send patch changes But if you are having trouble with unexpected patch changes somewhere in your system you can disable patch changes to ensure that the program is not sending patch changes AUTO HAND SPLITTING DEFAULT YES This setting is used to differentiate the left and right piano hands This checkbox when active shows the highest parts in blue on the piano keyboard and the lowest parts are displayed in red SOUND CARD SUPPORTS BRUSHES This setting is for the drum parts only Some more advanced sound cards support jazz style brush sounds on the drums You can disable this if your 32 Chapter 5 Option P
40. ects you to our Web Site where you will find program patches upgrades promotions and additional product info Exit exits or quits the program or press ALT F4 Chapter 8 Pull Down Menu Items 43 PLAY MENU Play Favorites plays the songs marked as Favorites These are indicated with an asterix beside the song title displayed in the songlist box The songs are played either sequentially or randomly depending on the status of the Random Playback Checkbox located on the GENERAL SETTINGS panel Play All plays all the songs from the currently open songlist The songs are played either sequentially or randomly depending on the GENERAL SETTINGS panel Random Playback Checkbox Play Song plays the currently selected loaded song Stop stops playback of the currently playing song Backup backs up the song 2 seconds key Advance advances the song 2 seconds key Transpose Down Use this feature or use F6 to change the pitch of the song down in increments of half tones to allow for playback in different keys Note This feature will affect decrease the tempo of the audio music This feature has no affect on Video Playback Transpose Up Use this feature or use F7 to change the pitch of the song up in increments of half tones to allow for playback in different keys Note This feature will affect increase the tempo of the audio music This feature has no affect on Video Playback if applicable 4
41. ement Master Flatpick Guitar Solos Table of Contents PG MUSIC INC LICENSE AGREEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION amp OVERVIEW Welcome to Master Flatpick Guitar Solos Learn how to solo like a master How to use the program Includes Band in a Box Files About Marty Cutler CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION Before you run the Program Installing to Windows Running the Program in Windows 95 98 NT Running the Program in Windows 3 1 Selecting Your Sound or MIDI Driver CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL Exploring the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos Features Tool Bar Features And Feature Buttons The PLAY Buttons Multiple Play Buttons Check out the Main Program Screen Navigation Buttons Song Details Play Your Favorite Pieces CHAPTER 4 USING THE PROGRAM Selecting and Playing Pieces Selecting Pieces Table of Contents ol AAAA oro MS ENS NS NS a 11 11 12 16 16 18 18 23 24 24 24 Playing The Pieces CHAPTER 5 OPTION PANELS SETTINGS General Options MIDI Options Audio Options CHAPTER 6 GUITAR OPTIONS SETTINGS Guitar Options CHAPTER 7 NOTATION MODES MIDI Notation Window Notation Window Options CHAPTER 8 PULL DOWN MENU ITEMS APPENDIX A KEYSTROKE SHORTCUTS APPENDIX B TROUBLESHOOTING amp DRIVERS Section 1 Troubleshooting Memory Hard Drive MIDI SOUND Section 2 Setting up Wave MIDI Drivers Checking Drivers Installing Windows 95 98 Soundcard Drivers Installing the Windows
42. g or shuffle music that has a triplet feel to the eighth notes make sure to set the resolution to 3 triplets This will display the 8th notes and other aspects of Jazz swing music correctly If you need to print out individual parts open the MIDI Notation window select the part you want to print out and press the MIDI Notation s internal PRINT BUTTON shown here on A Pin Fa en J gt lt MIDI Notation Print Button Like the MIDI Notation Window itself any measures with time signatures other than 1 4 2 4 3 4 and 4 4 will be printed as blank The printout will contain one time signature at the beginning of the printout but any time signature changes throughout the song will not be printed The Clean checkbox puts the MIDI notation into Clean Mode Clean Mode will clean up the notation in certain situations where notes are played very close together and are within a certain interval of each other For example when there are a lot of grace notes leading up or down to the next note Clean Mode also has a routine for detecting glitch notes which are notes that are short in duration and have a low velocity Notation Window Options The Bars Per Line Song setting determines the horizontal resolution of the screen For example with 2 Bars Per Line the width of the screen is equal to 2 Bars in length You can increase this setting to 16 Bars Per Line although the screen may look unusual at this extreme since the size
43. iddle C and a note in the music is high enough that any of the ledger lines above the bass clef would overwrite the treble clef the note will be placed on the treble clef 40 Chapter 7 Notation Modes The Tick Offset lets you display the music ahead or behind the beat If the music style dictates that the music is played slightly ahead of the beat you can specify a setting from to 120 to have the music displayed forward in time A setting from 1 to 120 will cause the music to be displayed ahead of the beat but not before the beginning of the song Generally you won t need to use this setting since the notes are rounded when being displayed in standard notation Hint The notation of Jazz swing or any laid back music will often be improved by a Tick Offset setting of about 5 minus 5 This is because Jazz music is typically played a little behind the beat Chapter 7 Notation Modes 41 Chapter 8 Pull Down Menu Items PROGRAM MENUS FILE MENU Options Guster O pions feats Sound Cond Hem Farai File Open Ferier Fis Saya Farais File Tiii act Deed ull Farias Hida Toal Bua Options launches the GENERAL SETTINGS panel where you can change various program settings and parameters See Chapter 5 for additional details Guitar Options Launches the guitar options panel in which you can change settings for the display of the on screen guitar fretboard Analyze Sound Card tests your computer s sound c
44. if h L F C O aa RE Mn ee ee Fan T ee eee r e Ag i 7 es a ees i 84 S5 MIDI Notation Window displaying the guitar part and tablature The primary purpose of the MIDI Standard Notation mode is to provide a convenient way of displaying and printing a single track as highly readable music on a staff within the program and as hardcopy practice sheet music Some advanced notation features include Scroll Ahead for sight reading purposes Bars Per Line From This Screen On setting for formatting the display Detect fine resolution notation allows the notation to detect phrases or songs that require a higher lines per beat resolution than is selected for the overall song Automatic Tablature There are some options in a dialog box which can be accessed by pressing the Opt button See the Notation Window Options section for more information on the notation window settings The Resolution setting determines how the program rounds the note times and durations when translating a track into standard MIDI notation For example a 38 Chapter 7 Notation Modes resolution of 4 will cause the program to round each note and duration to the nearest 16th note when displaying the music in 4 4 A resolution of 3 will cause the program to round each note to the nearest 8th note triplet in 4 4 A resolution of 2 will cause the program to round each note to the nearest 8th note in 4 4 Hint If you re displaying Jazz swin
45. iful piano music inspired by nature The New Orleans Pianist windows Mac piano performance program PG Music Inc Music Software Programs 73 In a theme similar to The Blues Pianist we have created The New Orleans Pianist This program has a huge library of over 50 New Orleans style piano music standards played on MIDI keyboard by top New Orleans Pianists Henry Butler Jon Cleary Tom McDermott Joel Simpson and David Torkanowsky This is the wonderful rolling bluesy New Orleans piano style made famous by Professor Longhair and Dr John Includes on screen music notation and printout ability Windows version so that you may learn every nuance of the pieces Plus we ve included music trivia questions a Guess the Song game program notes pianist biographies all on disk and much more Good time piano performances New Orleans style The PG Music Inc Performance Series The Bluegrass Band windows Mac instrumental performance program A feel good pickin and grinnin program We ve recorded virtuoso performances by top bluegrass musicians playing 50 Bluegrass standards on their MIDI equipped bluegrass instruments banjo fiddle bass guitar and mandolin These MIDI files are hot As you listen to the tunes you can single out any of the instruments using the on screen fretboard display tablature or notation PLUS Lots of Bluegrass pictures bio s and trivia all on disk and much more You ll be s
46. ing the On screen guitar fretboard while the notation scrolls by You ll notice that the notation also contains TAB To study a particular phrase the program includes advanced looping features You can loop a number of bars what you see on the screen or the entire song If the song is playing too quickly you can adjust the tempo or even the key Includes Band in a Box Files As an additional bonus we ve included the 50 songs in Band in a Box format free with this standalone product If you re a Band in a Box user you ll find them in the FGSOLOS0 directory in your main install directory We hope that you enjoy the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program Have Fun PG Music Inc About Marty Cutler Born in Brooklyn New York in 1948 Marty Cutler began playing banjo in the mid sixties Shortly afterwards he joined the Washington Square bluegrass scene in New York City His career as a banjoist and guitarist has included performing with everyone from bluegrass greats Hazel Dickens and Peter Rowan to Twyla Tharp and recording sessions for Saturday Night Live A review of his solo album Charged Particles in Downbeat magazine called him a major innovator on his instrument Marty has also been a member of New York s infamous Wretched Refuse String Band for over 20 years and is still waiting for his gold watch to arrive in the mail As a MIDI programmer Marty Co Authored MIDI for Guitarists with Bob Ward And has programmed s
47. inging and dancing along with your computer And since it s MIDI you can slow them down to learn them at your own speed Includes Wildwood Flower Sally Goodin Cripple Creek Fire on the Mountain Pigtown Fling Red Haired Boy Jesse James and many more Dazzling performances you ll feel good all over The Jazz Soloist windows mac instrumental performance program Volume 1 Swing 50 pieces Volume 2 Swing 50 pieces Volume 3 Latin Blues Waltzes 60 pieces The Jazz Soloist is a music program with professional jazz quartet arrangements of over 50 songs per volume Each song features a great jazz solo played by top jazz musicians as well as piano comping bass and drums Sight reading was NEVER so much fun before the Jazz Soloist series Start the program playing slow it down to a tempo that you can sight read the solos at and then read along with these great jazz solos You ll be improving your reading and playing while having FUN at the same time 74 PG Music Inc Music Software Programs The on screen notation scrolls ahead so you can sight read without interruption Musicians studying improvisation typically learn by copying other soloists performances There are several key ingredients for this process to work correctly hearing the solos seeing and printing the music and they are all offered together in this program Includes the standalone Jazz Soloist program PLUS files in Band in a Box format
48. ks out any problem areas it encounters so that programs do not try to write to them Windows 3 1 users should run the SCANDISK program from a DOS Prompt simply type scandisk exe from your c or c dos prompt Windows 95 98 users can run the SCANDISK program from the START PROGRAMS ACCESSORIES SYSTEM TOOLS menu Follow the on screen instructions provided DEFRAG is a small utility program that tests your hard drive s for data fragmentation i e non contiguous blocks of data and rearranges the data on your hard drives so that programs and program data are stored in an efficient manner Windows 3 1 users should run the DEFRAG program from a DOS Prompt simply type defrag exe from your c or c dos prompt Windows 95 98 users should run the DEFRAG program from the START PROGRAMS ACCESSORIES SYSTEM TOOLS menu When you run the DEFRAG program you should see a dialog like the following Appendix B Troubleshooting amp Drivers 49 Disk Dect gered Run the Defrag Program from the SYSTEM TOOLS Menu If you click on the ADVANCED button you can avoid the separate step of running SCANDISK by turning the CHECK DRIVE FOR ERRORS checkbox on shown below You should also ensure that the defrag program will perform a FULL DEFRAGMENTATION as shown here Ahanga Upim Ensure Drive error checking and Full defragmentation options are set Stacker Double Space In our experience many problems in Win
49. lations Sing along with the world s best loved children s songs The Christmas Pianist windows Mac piano performance program PG Music Inc Music Software Programs 71 The Christmas Pianist contains great piano performances of over 50 all time favorite Christmas songs and carols ideal for listening or sing along The words are displayed in a large Karaoke style display while the song plays so you can sing along Windows version The on screen piano keyboard lets you see the music as it s played learn the music by watching the piano keyboard or slowing down the performance All time favorites including Adeste Fideles All Through The Night Angels We Have Heard On High Away In a Manger The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman Hark The Herald Angels Sing It Came Upon a Midnight Clear O Christmas Tree The Twelve Days Of Christmas We Wish You a Merry Christmas What Child is This and many more Fill your home with wonderful piano music this Christmas The Gospel Pianist windows mac piano performance program The Gospel Pianist is a music program with over 50 Gospel Style piano standards played on MIDI keyboard by top gospel pianists Plus we ve also included Music Trivia questions Guess the Song game program notes pianist biographies all on disk and much more The Gospel Pianist is a powerful program for playing and studying a piano style that is both universally appealing and which underlies m
50. latpick solos and learn from them Unfortunately the student often encounters some obstacles after receiving this advice v There aren t a lot of flatpick solos available in written form v Many solos that are written out are of very advanced material beyond the playing ability of the student For example the student may struggle to learn 16 bars of a complex solo based on a modal scale but finds it difficult to widely apply this information to more mainstream flatpick songs with typical chord progressions We have created a program that has a huge library of flatpick solos based on the following parameters v All of these solos are mainstream playing based on typical chord progressions Y Most of the soloing uses eighth notes or triplets so it is playable by most musicians v Each song contains 3 or more full choruses of music Optional guide notes display scale tones in the correct key Note names are provided to aid in note fret recognition v You can see the solos on the on screen fretboard hear the solos slow them down or step through them one note at a time v You can play along with the flatpick quartet quintet as you learn the solos v The solos may be printed out for further study Chapter 1 Introduction amp Overview 5 How to use the program This program contains flatpick guitar solos covering various styles from easy to play to advanced phrases We suggest that you learn the phrases by first watch
51. layback is resumed the song will start from the point at which it was stopped Multiple Play Buttons The following buttons allow you to play one or more pieces that are displayed in the LIST of Pieces Favorites Button PLAYING YOUR FAVORITE PIECES You can select your favorite pieces in the lists by clicking the MOUSE button on the checkbox beside the name of the piece You should then see an asterix beside the piece name indicating that it is a favorite piece of yours Clicking the MOUSE button again to clear the checkbox will de select it You can save your list of favorite pieces from one to all of the pieces to disk by choosing the Save Favorites option from the File Menu When you press the PLAY FAVORITES button the pieces that have been selected as your favorites will be played one after another All Songs Button AL This will play all of the pieces in the current list of pieces one after another or in a random order if the Random Playback option is selected in the General Options Tab 16 Chapter 3 Tutorial Previous Next Piece buttons These buttons move to the previous or next piece when you are playing more than one piece Chapter 3 Tutorial 17 Check out the Main Program Screen The left hand pane of the Content Text screen provides easy navigation throughout the program Navigation Buttons Hock Forward The BACK and FORWARD buttons let you navigate to previously viewed pages The Main Menu button di
52. likely event that you do experience a problem with your computer s sound system by far the easiest way to configure your computer s Wave Audio and MIDI setup for use with this program is to use the original installation disks or CD ROM that came with your computer s sound system hardware and run the installation software found on the first disk or CD ROM Many newer soundcards also come with their own diagnostic program which tests the configuration of the sound card in your computer i e IRQ PORT ADDRESSES and DMA channels If the diagnostic program encounters an error it will usually try to automatically make adjustments to the configuration so that the sound card can function correctly If your soundcard is still not functioning after running any built in diagnostic utilities and or re installing the sound card s DRIVER or UTILITY software try the following suggestions not recommended for novices You may also need to consult your Computer Soundcard Windows documentation and or contact your Computer manufacturer or dealer Checking Drivers In Windows 95 98 the operating status of your computer system s drivers i e Sound Blaster Soundcard etc can be accessed by selecting the Control Panel System icon and clicking on the Device Manager tab see below Appendix B Troubleshooting amp Drivers 53 System Properties BEI General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type View de
53. loop an region of the selection that you wish to practice You can set these loop markers by mouse clicking above the wave overview window to set the start marker and below to set the end marker 26 Chapter 4 Using the Program Changing MIDI PLAYBACK Instruments Patches If you have a General MIDI compatible instrument you can use the Patch names to change patch by name Use the MIDI OPTIONS button or click on any of the OPTIONS buttons AUDIO GENERAL etc and click on the MIDI OPTIONS tab to enter the MIDI SETTINGS PANEL F F r a Once you have chosen this option you can then click on the part that you want to change for example the Bass Part Then change the patch This is a great way to hear how different the same song sounds on different instruments Using the AUDIO MIDI playback mode you can mix Digital Audio and MIDI tracks in any way you want For example you can decrease or the Volume of a Digital Audio part in the Audio Options Tab and substitute the corresponding MIDI part by increasing the Volume of the part in the MIDI Options Tab A NOTE ABOUT PATCHES A Patch is the instrument selection for your MIDI synthesizer Normally you will want to use a Piano patch for the piano Bass for the bass etc But you can select any Patch e g Guitar Electric Piano Music Box Harp Tenor Saxophone etc for any part track Chapter 4 Using the Program 27 Chapter 5 Option Panels Settings General Opti
54. m phone 250 475 2708 Visit our WEBSITE at www pgmusic com Appendix C PG Music Inc Contact Info 61 PG Music Inc Music Software Programs PG Music Inc is a leading innovator of computer music software that is easy powerful and fun As a registered PG Music Inc software user you will receive regular updates on all of our latest programs so please be sure to register Band in a Box Windows Mac intelligent music software Simply select the style of song you d like to create and Band in a Box will automatically generate a complete song in that style in the key and tempo you want complete with intro chords melody arrangement and solo improvisations Or just type in the chords to ANY song using standard chord symbols like C or Fm7 choose a style and press PLAY Band in a Box then generates a complete professional quality 5 piece arrangement of bass drums piano guitar and strings to be played back through your MIDI system or PC sound card Record your own melody and audio tracks Band in a Box even makes your song Internet ready Add on Band in a Box Style Song amp Soloist Disks available get the works in the Band in a Box MegaPAK e _ Styles Disk 4 25 Styles Jazz Country Pop Old Pop Ethnic e Styles Disk 5 25 Styles Jazz Waltz Country Pop Ethnic e Styles Disk 6 30 Styles Jazz and Latin e Styles Disk 7 25 Styles Country and Pop e Styles Disk 8 25 S
55. nal pitch of the music This is very useful for learning pieces or sight reading the music EXTEND DISPLAY OVER WINDOWS TASKBAR DEFAULT ON Enable this setting if you wish to use the program using the maximum screen size available This feature will allow the program cover the entire computer screen including the Windows Taskbar The taskbar can still be brought forward and made visible by resizing the program window or by using the CTRL ESC hotkeys PIANO SHOWS ALL TRACKS EXCEPT DRUMS DEFAULT ON This setting instructs the program to display all the notes contained in the MIDI tracks on the on screen piano keyboard at once notes show up on the keys as blue or red dots Drums are excluded since this type of MIDI data does not translate to piano keyboard notes SOLO STRENGTH This setting affects the SOLO button feature of the program When set to 100 the SOLO feature will mute all other tracks and allow playback of only one track or part at a time When set to another number i e 80 the SOLO feature when enabled will allow for playback of all tracks parts at a significantly reduced volume level This feature is useful for focussing on a single part for practice etc while still being able to hear the rest of the parts playing in the background RANDOM PLAYBACK PLAY ALL DEFAULT OFF This feature is used in conjunction with the PLAY ALL or PLAY FAVORITES feature When enabled it will allow for jukebox playback of all songs
56. nd view pictures text biographies and more while the music is playing Song Categories List All gt 12 Chapter 3 Tutorial This listbox allows you to select songs from different Songlists see below based on the category selected here To use the songlist which contains the entire list of songs available on the CD ROM choose the ALL SONGS category list as shown above Songlist 1 Angelina Baker zl Select a piece that you would like to hear by MOUSE CLICKING once to open the list of songs available in the currently selected Songlist and again over the title of the piece Playback Starts Automatically Media Playback Mode MIDI x This feature allows you to choose from a list of playback modes available for the currently selected song The playback modes list may vary from song to song e Choose the MIDI mode if you wish to hear a MIDI representation of the song Note This is the only mode present in this program Part Selection Guitar M This feature allows you to select which part to select for muting soloing or MIDI notation purposes For example to see the MIDI notation of the Sax part select the part from this list and select MIDI notation to see this part displayed The Tempo Box vi This feature allows you to quickly change the tempo or speed at which the piece is played back Note Changing the tempo will affect the pitch of the digital audio playback and if the playback mode is Au MIDI or Au SM
57. nes which feature common chord progressions in a variety of styles and tempos There are also reference sheets and practice backing tracks The Jazz Guitar MasterClass integrates interactive audio lessons with on screen guitar display and notation allowing you to see and hear exactly what Oliver Gannon is playing Everything you need to master jazz guitar Jazz Piano MasterClass with Miles Black Windows instructional music program The Jazz Piano MasterClass is a fully featured instructional music program containing interactive piano lessons Master jazz pianist Miles Black is your teacher in a software program designed to illustrate basic skills to the beginning pianist while enhancing the skills of more advanced pianists You ll be studying over 60 topics such as Roots and Shells Block Chords Stride Piano Playing the Blues Scales Common Progressions Improvisation and more All the lessons are accompanied by practice exercises backing tracks and are further illustrated with 11 tunes included in the program The Jazz Piano MasterClass integrates interactive audio lessons with on screen piano display and notation allowing you to see and hear exactly what Miles Black is playing Jazz piano mastery at your fingertips PG Music Inc Music Software Programs 65 Master Guitar Solos Series Master Jazz Guitar Solos Volume 1 windows guitar study program Note the program also includes the same files in Band in a Box s
58. ng videos with program author creator Peter Gannon on one convenient CD ROM Everything you need to become a power user from easy setup to hot tips and advanced techniques Included in the Band in a Box MegaPAK creating and working with songs generating solos entering and printing notation MIDI driver setup creating new harmonies creating new soloists creating new styles and much more Inside Band in a Box with program creator Peter Gannon PowerTracks Pro Audio windows integrated digital audio and MIDI workstation PowerTracks Pro Audio is a professional fully featured Digital Audio MIDI workstation packed with features for musicians students amp songwriters With seamlessly integrated stereo digital audio MIDI recording amp built in music notation PowerTracks Pro Audio turns a typical soundcard equipped Windows PC into a music production powerhouse Up to 48 tracks of stereo recording with awesome effects amp audio plug ins You can record up to 48 tracks of CD quality audio vocals guitar etc or MIDI using your soundcard and microphone Monitor audio levels with stereo VU meters for Input and Output Full screen Lead Sheet notation display and printout enter edit display music in standard music notation with chord symbols lyrics amp Karaoke style Big Lyrics window On screen piano keyboard amp guitar fretboard show notes as they are played Comprehensive support for guitar including tab dis
59. o disk by choosing the menu option FILE SAVE FAVORITES FILE and entering a unique name so that the next time that you run the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos you can reload this FAVORITES FILE by selecting FILE OPEN FAVORITES FILE and browse to the previously saved file The purpose of the Favorites Files is to allow you to play ONLY your favorite pieces by pressing the PLAY FAV button this is also a good way to make up a custom list of songs solos you are working on or learning Tempo Changes Tempo changes can be performed both as the piece is playing or while it is stopped The easiest way to change the tempo is to use the and square bracket keys to decrease increase by 5 beats per minute or use the mouse to move the tempo adjustment arrows up increases or down decreases on the main screen toolbar There is also a feature using the F5 key which toggles between half speed and normal speed just like slowing down those old 45 s If you want to analyze a passage hit the F5 key to slow it down by half then press the SPACEBAR to PAUSE the music or the minus key to rewind the music by 2 seconds Transposition The F7 and F6 keys will transpose a tune by a semitone up or down Or use the mouse to move the key adjustment arrows up increases or down decreases on the main screen toolbar Note Transposing the song in this way will also affect the tempo of the song playback Transposing to higher keys increases the tempo
60. on the checkbox next to the song title This will place an asterix beside the song s title to indicate that it is a favorite of yours To de select the piece as a favorite clear the favorites checkbox which removes the asterix You can then save your favorites selection to disk by choosing the option SAVE AS DEFAULT FAVORITES so that the next time that you run the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos it will remember your Favorites Step 2 Playing your Favorites utton works like the PLAY ALL button except that it will only play pieces that are in the currently showing list which are marked with an asterix as one of your favorites Chapter 3 Tutorial 23 Chapter 4 Using the Program Selecting and Playing Pieces Selecting Pieces You first use the CATEGORY list to select a LIST of pieces to appear in the Songs List Window Then you will see a list of songs displayed in the List Window To select songs in the List Window Use the mouse to click on the title of the Song that you want to play Playing The Pieces These buttons allow you to play one or more pieces that are displayed in the SONGLIST gt PLAY A SINGLE PIECE BY PRESSING THE PLAY BUTTON The PLAY button will play the piece that is currently selected highlighted in the LIST Window e Pressing the SPACEBAR will also STOP or START a song e THE MINUS KEY Backs the playback position up by 2 seconds e THE ENTER KEY Starts the song from the beginning e
61. ong format Full featured program includes over 50 tunes with jazz guitar solos in the style of the great Jazz Guitarists Joe Pass Pat Metheny John Scofield and others What a great way to learn jazz guitar soloing Let a master show you solos in the styles of the greats All tunes are done in MIDI format with a complete band arrangement drums piano bass guitar Watch and learn the tunes as they play on the guitar fretboard notation and tablature Slow the music to the tempo you want or step through the solo note by note What a great way to learn Master Flatpick Guitar Solos Volume 1 Windows guitar study program Note the program also includes the same files in Band in a Box song format Full featured program including 50 tunes with guitar flatpick solos in styles similar to Doc Watson Jerry Reed and others Since guitar is such a visual instrument it is easiest to learn by watching the on screen guitar as a flatpick master plays these great solos Slow the music to the tempo you want or step through the solo note by note View or printout the material in notation and tablature The easiest way to learn Multimedia CD ROM Performance Series The Blues Guitarist windows multimedia guitar program The Blues Guitarist is a professional fully featured music program containing studio recordings of great electric blues guitar music Listen to hot session players perform great sounding blues music while you learn the
62. ons This panel allows you to control the program s general settings The General Options Settings are saved and stored for subsequent program sessions These settings can be changed as often as required and at any time NOTATION SCROLLS AHEAD DEFAULT OFF This feature when enabled instructs the program to preview or read ahead the next bars and display the next bars of notation as the music is playing This is a useful feature for reading and singing along with the music as it allows the reader to know what s coming as the music is playing SEMI tone ADJUST DEFAULT 0 Native Key Use this feature to change the pitch of the audio in increments of half tones to allow for playback in different key signatures Note This feature will affect the tempo of the music a positive number will increase the tempo and a negative number will decrease the tempo CENTS ADJUST DEFAULT 0 A 440 Use this feature to change the pitch of the audio in very small increments cents to allow for playback in slightly different tuning 28 Chapter 5 Option Panels Settings Note This feature will affect the tempo of the music a positive number will increase the tempo and a negative number will decrease the tempo ALWAYS SWITCH TO MIDI AT HALF SPEED DEFAULT ON This feature when enabled will automatically set playback to be heard through your computer s MIDI setup This allows for 1 2 speed playback without affecting the origi
63. play and printout and built in Guitar Tuner Cool animated 3D Drum Kit window play and record the dynamic drum kit with your computer keyboard Great Jukebox player with user controls Seamlessly integrated digital audio and MIDI workstation PG Music Inc Music Software Programs 63 2 Volumes of MultiTracks play along CD ROMS now available Now you can have full length 4 5 minutes songs recorded by top studio musicians Each MultiTracks volume comes with 3 CD ROMs packed full of great live recordings of Jazz Blues and Rock songs Each song is conveniently provided in MultiTracks format with each individual instrument recorded on a separate track 64 PG Music Inc Music Software Programs PG Music Inc MasterClass Instruction Series Jazz Guitar MasterClass with Oliver Gannon Windows instructional music The Jazz Guitar MasterClass is a fully featured instructional music program containing interactive guitar lessons Master jazz guitarist Oliver Gannon is your teacher in this software program designed to illustrate basic skills to the beginning guitarist while enhancing the skills of more advanced guitarists You ll be studying 60 lessons with topics such as Chord Voicings Inversions Right Hand Techniques Comping Scales Modes Arpeggios Common Progressions Improvisation Chord Melodies and more Each lesson has an accompanying exercise and a tip on how to practice it The lessons refer to the 10 program tu
64. r 16 make sure that you don t have both the SB16 MIDI Out and the Roland MPU401 installed as they will conflict with each other Other causes of NO OUTPUT Make sure the channels are set correctly with drums set to the drum channel Older FM type soundcards use drum channel 16 whereas newer soundcards and all General MIDI sound sources use drum channel 10 Output doesn t sound right Make sure your channels are set correctly with drums set to the drum channel i e 10 Send a GENERAL MIDI MODE ON Or if your module is Yamaha XG compatible send a XG MODE ON command available in the File Menu MIDI Notation doesn t look right Check to see if you have these files installed in your windows system directory PGMUS TTF is a file required to show notation in the notation window It should be located in the C Windows System folder If not it can be found on your program CD ROM You may have to rename the file from PGMUSO TTF to PGMUS TTF 52 Appendix B Troubleshooting amp Drivers Section 2 Setting up Wave MIDI Drivers The Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program uses Windows Wave Audio drivers for proper playback of the program material Normally these drivers are installed and configured properly for use with the program without any additional configuration If you hear any sounds from your computer when it starts up or is shut down this usually indicates that your soundcard is working correctly for audio playback In the un
65. rder to confirm that this is the best MIDI Output Device present in your computer system If the program successfully suggests the best possible i e highest quality sound MIDI Output Device for your system or if you are unsure of this setting choose YES to continue and skip ahead to the next chapter Q Pa MIDI Dupo we owne S8 Ae 32 HIDI Synth 620 Keep hi sshing HOTE To change laie choose File Opbons HIDI Options Automatic detection of optimal MIDI output settings If you choose NO or if you wish to change the automatic MIDI Output Device setting simply choose the program s File Options MIDI Options menu item and click on the MIDI DRIVERS button shown here 8 Chapter 2 Installation You will then be presented with a dialog like the one below Input Driver s Output Driver s lt None gt SB AWE32 MIDI Synth 620 B16 MIDI Out 330 Rack MIDI Driver Optek SmartLight Synth Output Latency Delay in MS 0 Cancel Heip Select MIDI Input and Output Driver dialog The program will play the MIDI music using the driver you specify here In this example we have selected the Creative MIDI Instrument Mapper shown in the right hand column which is a common MIDI device driver setting for the Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE32 64 line of sound cards The Synth Output Latency Delay in MS setting is used in the special case when you have a Software Synthesizer in
66. res for enhanced appreciation and study 68 PG Music Inc Music Software Programs Complete Technique for classical guitar PLUS videos PG Music Inc Pianist Series Programs The Pianist windows Mac classical piano performance program A music program containing an indispensable collection of over 200 of the world s most popular classical piano pieces All pieces have been recorded live to MIDI in real time by concert pianists on an 88 note weighted MIDI piano keyboard They are never quantized or step recorded All are complete artistic performances professionally performed recorded and saved as standard MIDI files Hear the CD quality music through your PC sound card MIDI system MIDI piano or sound module as if the pianist was in your home Program notes and Biographies provide a wealth of information The onscreen piano keyboard lets you see the music as it s played learn the music by watching the keyboard or slowing down the performance Other functions Stop Pause Rewind Slow Motion Tempo Changes Transposition Volume and Velocity Background playback lets you listen to your favorite music while you work in other programs PLUS Music Trivia Game Guess the Song Musical Dictionary and much more The Pianist is indispensable an embarrassment of riches Piano amp Keyboard The Pianist Volume II windows mac classical piano performance program By popular request we ve recorded 200 more fabulous
67. riffs licks and tricks See the music notation on screen as you listen to the audio performance or watch the on screen guitar Learn the music by slowing down the performance or print out engraver quality notation and tablature for further study PLUS biographies history trivia and much more 66 PG Music Inc Music Software Programs The thrill of electric blues The Rock Guitarist windows multimedia guitar program The Rock Guitarist is a professional fully featured music program containing studio recordings of great Rock electric guitar music Listen to hot session players perform great sounding Rock music while you learn the riffs licks and tricks See the music notation on screen as you listen to the audio performance or watch the on screen guitar Learn the music by slowing down the performance or print out engraver quality notation and tablature for further study PLUS biographies history trivia and much more Hot players cool licks neat tricks The Jazz Saxophonist Windows multimedia instrumental program The Jazz Saxophonist is a professional fully featured music program containing studio recordings of great jazz saxophone music Listen to hot session players perform great sounding jazz saxophone music while you learn the riffs licks and tricks See the music notation on screen as you listen to the audio performance or watch the on screen keyboard Learn the music by slowing down the performance or print out
68. river in question s file creation date for a date later than 21 8 95 contact your hardware manufacturer or use the drivers included with your Windows package For further instructions see the examples below Example 1 Installing Windows 95 98 Soundcard Drivers Example 2 Installing the Windows 95 98 MPU 401 Compatible driver Example 3 Installing third party or unlisted drivers in Windows 95 98 Example 1 Installing Windows 95 98 Soundcard Drivers This procedure is usually performed after the soundcard has been installed in the computer It can be done manually before installing a new soundcard the advantage being that Windows 95 98 will select an IRQ and port address that are free of conflicts so that you can set your card to those settings before installing it The drivers can either be installed manually or automatically within the Add New Hardware Wizard in Windows 95 98 If the soundcard has not yet been installed the manual procedure must be followed 1 From the Start menu select Settings and open Control Panel 2 In Control Panel select Add New Hardware 3 Select Next to proceed At this point you may proceed manually or automatically If your card is already installed you can use the automatic driver installation 1 To install your drivers automatically say Yes to the Search option This is the procedure which Microsoft recommends 2 Read the prompts that appear proceed by choosing Next
69. roll down the list of hardware options and choose Sound video and game controllers Choose Next when you are ready to continue 12 Ignore the list of manufacturers and choose Have Disk 13 Insert the disk with the new driver in the disk drive and click on OK 14 Windows will then list the drivers on the disk Make your selection the correct driver should have the word MIDI in it then click on OK to continue 15 In the next window that appears click on Finish Windows will start to copy the drivers and then open a driver setup window Enter the appropriate Port and IRQ settings for your card then choose OK If you do not know the settings for your card you can still install the driver but you will need to re configure these settings in the System Device Manager before your card will function See your Windows documentation on the System Device Manager for details 16 Click on Yes in the System Setting Change dialog to restart your computer 60 Appendix B Troubleshooting amp Drivers Appendix C PG Music Inc Contact Info Master Flatpick Guitar Solos Info The Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program is copyrighted and is the property of PG Music Inc All rights reserved Canada Mailing Address PG Music Inc 29 Cadillac Avenue Victoria BC Canada V8Z 1T3 Email info pgmusic com phone 250 475 6272 250 475 2874 fax 250 475 2937 Technical Support Email support pgmusic co
70. screen into a FULLSCREEN mode temporarily hiding the Toolbar Piano Keyboard and Feature Buttons This mode allows for a simple full screen view of the Notation Text or Video if applicable To re enable the NORMAL program view revisit this menu item and select SHOW TOOL BAR from the menu Toggle Notation Content Window F2 toggles between the notation and the book content mode see below for additional details Notation Window Use this menu item to view the notation screen This will show full transcriptions synchronized to the music of the currently loaded playing song To view the MIDI notation instead of the Transcription Notation press the MIDI Notation Button while in the Notation Mode Content Window Use this item to close the Notation Screen and open the Text Content Screen You can enter the Text Content mode and view pictures text biographies technique tips and more while the music is playing Help This item launches the opening chapter of the program s Help Topics which contain the full descriptions of the various features and functions available in the program About launches the program s About Box which lists the program s Version Number Credits and Company Contact Names Numbers and Addresses System Menu pops up the application system menu which has menu items such as minimize restore maximize and exit HTTP launches your Internet Browser if applicable and automatically dir
71. splays the main screen of the program visible on startup Quick Start provides the basics of operating the program The Overview button displays the program overview containing information and tips on studying with the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos The Songs button displays the list of 51 tunes The Help button will display the Program Help Song Details Selecting the Songs button will display the following screen 18 Chapter 3 Tutorial Click on the fi speaker icon to launch hear the lesson Click on the notes icon to play the lesson described in the text to the right of the icon This will also automatically launch the Notation mode so that you can see as well as hear a given example Selecting the Song Memo button will display a short memo about the song First let s play the songs one at a time Select the ALL Category List to ensure that you are displaying the list of all the titles in the program You will then see the list of all the pieces displayed in the Songlist listbox shown next 1 Angeting Fialber ngar Django Hama Jublletion Aeasmon Aag Big A s Seamp Blues Time Bonaparte Creecing the Rockies Bucky s Creek Certeza Lowe Cannoli County Klugt 11 Cats isthe Beltre F Click Old Hen Corina Corina Dow Let our Desi go Doe East Virginia Erie Canal Fiddles amd Nostalgia Flag Fiared Mule Foggy MT Boogie Frogzmiosd gt Select a piece that you would like to hear by CLICKING over the title of the
72. stalled in your system which generates a MIDI delay or latency If you have such a device installed and you wish to use this device for MIDI Output you should refer to the documentation that came with your Software Synthesizer to obtain the correct Latency setting e g A Roland VSC 55 88 usually uses a latency setting of 420ms on a typical Pentium system OPTIONALLY SELECT AN INPUT DRIVER If you want to play along with the program using a computer MIDI controller setup i e Synthesizer Keyboard MIDI Guitar etc connected to your computer you can utilize the MIDI THRU function of the program by selecting a MIDI driver for INPUT Otherwise you can leave the INPUT DRIVER set to lt NONE gt as the program does not require an INPUT DRIVER in order to function In our example left column shown in figure above we have selected the SB16 MIDI In 330 driver since we have a MIDI controller Keyboard connected to the MIDI IN port of the Soundblaster sound card Chapter 2 Installation 9 Once you have selected the driver preferences the program s Main Screen will appear and you will be ready to use the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program The quickest way to get started is to read the following tutorial which runs through the major features of the program If you just can t wait a second longer press the PLAY ALL button now to begin song playback and to ensure that your driver selection is working properly Elie aa Jaja imp
73. styles We ve recorded great down home blues piano stylings by top professionals 100 selections in all A wide variety of blues piano styles are included Boogie Woogie Slow fast boogies New Orleans style Chicago blues and more These are the styles made famous by Pete Johnson Albert Ammons Jelly Roll Morton and others Hours of listening pleasure plus info and trivia on the great masters of piano blues For the student a full range of playing techniques are presented through the piano roll and the on screen notation Windows version slow them down and learn the licks The perfect gift for any blues lover Great down home blues virtuoso piano performances The Children s Pianist windows Mac piano performance program Over 90 great piano performances of the worlds best loved children s songs presented with the care artistry and craftsmanship that will spark the interest of young and old alike The words are displayed in a large Karaoke style display while the song plays so you can sing along Includes piano arrangement tutorials Easy to understand examples from within the actual performances illustrate a host of techniques used by real pianists to create arrangements Work through the tutorials yourself to learn about these and other methods Alternating Bass Broken Chords Vamping Syncopation Parallel 3rds Embellishments Mozart bass Stride accompaniment Passing Chords Bent Notes Chorale Style Modu
74. the Patch pull down menu rather than changing the Bank MSB and or Bank LSB since this procedure will also provide you with an descriptive name for a given patch TRANSPOSE DEFAULT 0 If you want to transpose the instrument up or down by semitones set by this transpose setting Note that this only transposes the particular instrument not all of the instruments You might use this to change the octave of an instrument by setting to 12 or 12 semitones VELOCITY BOOST DEFAULT 0 Normally you would leave the Velocity boost at 0 Velocity refers to how hard each note was pressed which is different from VOLUME which refers to the overall volume of the sound Since different synths respond differently to velocity information you can try setting this velocity boost if you find the piano is too quiet even after setting the Volume to maximum for example Try to avoid changing the velocity boost from 0 since it will affect the dynamics of the performance Chapter 5 Option Panels Settings 31 VOLUME DEFAULT 100 Volume affects the loudness of a given part If you want to change the overall loudness of all the parts use the ALL VOL knob instead REVERB DEFAULT 40 Reverb is a nice sounding effect which warms up the sound Typical setting is 40 which is about 11 o clock on the reverb knob CHORUS DEFAULT 0 Chorus is a nice sounding effect which make the sound more lush Typical setting is 40 which is about 11 o clock on th
75. to the songs that made America a singing nation The Bach Chorales windows multimedia vocal program The Bach Chorales is a professional fully featured music program containing inspiring performances of Bach s famous Chorales Listen to a professional choral ensemble sing some of J S Bach s greatest compositions complete with a detailed multimedia history of the life and times of Johann Sebastian Bach See the music notation on screen as you listen to the audio performance Print out engraver quality notation for further study Powerful multimedia features let you study the arrangements hear the music and sing along with a top choral ensemble The foundations of vocal harmony PLUS multimedia fun The Sor Studies For Classical Guitar windows multimedia The Sor Studies is a professional fully featured music program containing superb professional classical guitar performances of 121 of Fernando Sor s celebrated studies for guitar Opus numbers 6 29 31 35 44 and 60 complete See the music notation on screen as you listen to the audio performance or watch the on screen guitar Watch the onscreen fretboard and fingering to see exactly how these famous studies should be played Print a high resolution engraver quality copy for further study This interactive program contains hours of high quality classical guitar music on 3 CD ROMs plus a complete Sor biography a historical timeline and many more powerful multimedia featu
76. tyles Jazz Classical Pop Ethnic Country Latin e Styles Disk 9 20 Styles Latin and Salsa e Styles Disk 10 20 Styles Pop amp Rock e Styles Disk 11 28 Styles Classical amp Classical MIDI Fakebook e Styles Disk 12 27 Styles Country Swing Rock Waltz amp Boogie e Styles Disk 13 20 Styles Euro Tek Dance Techno Pop e Styles Disk 14 21 Styles Jazz Fusion e Styles Disk 15 22 Styles Nashville Country e Styles Disk 16 22 Styles All Blues e Styles Disk 17 26 Styles Unplugged e Styles Disk 18 20 Styles Praise And Worship e Styles Disk 19 26 Styles Requested e Soloist Disk Set 2 Killer Jazz Soloist Disk Set e Soloist Disk Set 3 Jazz Soloist Disk Set e Soloist Disk Set 4 Rock Soloist Disk Set e Soloist Disk Set 5 Bluegrass Soloist Disk Set e Soloist Disk Set 6 Killer Pop amp Older Jazz e Soloist Disk Set 7 Blues Pop Funk amp More e Soloist Disk Set 8 Killer Jazz Waltz Older Waltz Jazz Fusion 62 PG Music Inc Music Software Programs e Soloist Disk Set 9 Blues Guitar Country Piano and Pop e Melodist Disk Set 2 Country Pop and EZ Listening e The MIDI Fakebook Traditional Original Jazz and Pop 50 Songs Classical 200 Songs Bluegrass 50 Songs Have Fun PowerGuide CD ROM Video windows Mac video instruction for Band in a Box Both Volume 1 Basics and Volume 2 Advanced of the popular Inside Band in a Box traini
77. uch of the blues jazz and popular music played today An on screen piano keyboard shows you exactly what the pianist is playing Slow down the piece or step through it chord by chord Learn the music note for note by watching the notes on screen Load the MIDI files into your favorite programs for future study We ve included all your favorites recorded by top Gospel pianists playing in a wide variety of Gospel piano styles Amazing Grace By and By At The Cross Go Tell it on the Mountain Will the Circle Be Unbroken Sweet Chariot Wade in the Water Give Me That Old Time Religion and many more Powerful Gospel performances with that old time spirit The Latin Pianist windows Mac piano performance program The Latin Pianist is a music software program containing over 50 Latin and Salsa pieces recorded live to MIDI by popular Latin pianist Rebeca 72 PG Music Inc Music Software Programs Maule n Santana editor of Sher Music s Latin Real Book in a wide variety of Latin Piano styles The Latin Pianist includes authentic piano songs and styles such as Conga Cumbia Merengue Son Mambo Cha Cha Guaracha Samba Partido Alto and much more With the onscreen piano keyboard you can see exactly what the pianist is playing Slow down the piece or step through it chord by chord Learn the music note for note by watching the notes onscreen or load the MIDI files into your favorite programs This program is hot Hot HOT
78. und Blaster 16 or AWE 32 Resource settings Setting Resource type nean Td 0220 022F Input Output Range 0330 0331 Interrupt Request 05 Setting based on Basic configuration 4 x I Use automatic settings Conflicting device list Manually changing the Resources of a driver in Windows 95 98 If you are still having problems with adjusting these settings manually it may become necessary to remove the offending driver all together and try re installing the driver from scratch For additional details see the next section on installing a new driver Appendix B Troubleshooting amp Drivers 55 Installing a New Driver In Windows 95 98 The following section is intended only as a guide to supplement and enhance the documentation provided by Windows and or your soundcard MIDI interface manufacturer In the case of any discrepancy between this documentation and the sources noted above refer to the documentation provided by your hardware manufacturer for explicit instructions Note also that many of the newer soundcards post Dec 95 are Plug and Play compatible e g Sound Blaster 16 AWE32 PnP which means that if they are installed in newer computers post Dec 95 with Windows 95 98 they should install the appropriate drivers and configure themselves automatically If you suspect that your system is Plug and Play compatible check to see if the drivers required for use with Master Fl
79. vices by connection Computer amp CDROM amp Disk drives cy Display adapters 3 Floppy disk controllers amp Hard disk controllers Fs Keyboard Monitor B Mouse EF Network adapters a Ports COM amp LPT G2 fy SCSI controllers Sound video and game controllers i Creative Advanced Wave Effects lli for AWE 32 A Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 or 4 32 i y Gameport Joystick i oe ee Check the operation of your Sound Card by viewing the Device Manager Properties If the soundcard drivers are not all installed and or functioning correctly according to the Windows Device Manager shown above you will notice a small yellow exclamation mark next to the driver description highlighted above If this is the case or if you see nothing at all listed under the Sound video and game controllers section you could try removing the troubled items and re installing the drivers using your original Soundcard Disks or CD ROM 54 Appendix B Troubleshooting amp Drivers Alternatively you can try to adjust one or more of these settings manually by double clicking on the troubled driver s icon marked with an exclamation or an X through it choosing the Resources tab clearing the Use automatic settings checkbox and clicking the Change Settings button see below Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 or AWE 32 Properties FA EG General Settings Driver Resources rel Creative Labs So
80. ynthesizers for clients ranging from Fuji Film to Tito Puente and many others as well as sound design and voicing for Silicon Graphics software based GM synthesizer His banjo can be heard in the ROM of the Korg Trinity and Triton synthesizers He is also the producer of PG Music s program the Bluegrass Band and is the author of their Unplugged styles disk Marty currently lives with his wife and four cats in Oakland California 6 Chapter 1 Introduction amp Overview Chapter 2 Installation Before you run the Program Make sure that the WAVE AUDIO and MIDI drivers for your computer s sound system are already installed into the Windows Operating System In other words does your computer already make sounds If not you may need to install the support software for your sound card i e Creative Labs Yamaha Turtle Beach etc and or MIDI card MPU401 MQX SC 7 etc into the Windows Control Panel Multimedia Drivers section before using this program See Appendix B for additional instructions Installing to Windows This program installs directly to your hard drive You will require approximately 10MB of Hard Disk space 1 Find the SETUP EXE installation file i e by clicking on the My Computer ICON and double clicking on the CD ROM ICON or by running the file explorer file manager applet 2 Follow the instructions to install the program This will copy all of the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos files to your hard driv

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