McChords 2.11
(Shareware $10)

© 1998-2001 Michael J. McCollister

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McChords will display the notes of more than seventy chords and scales.  It also has a four octave playable piano. The key and chord are selectable via onscreen buttons. There is an option to play the individual notes of a chord or scale.

Contents of This Document

1. Installation
2. System Requirements
3. ZIP File Contents
4. Usage
5. Registration
6. Version History
7. Legal Disclaimer

I. Installation

Installation of McChords is just like any other Palm program.

II. System Requirements

Requires Palm OS 3.0 or greater. 30K of free memory on the Palm is required.

III. ZIP File Contents

IV. Usage

McChords has three pages of operations. The Chords page, the Scales page and the Piano page. Any page can be selected by clicking on the pull-down menu at the upper right portion of the screen. 

• Chords:
  • Select the chord key by pressing the appropriate "piano keyboard".
  • Select the chord by selecting the "Number of Notes" and the "Chord" from the pull-down list.
  • Press "Play >" to hear the individual notes of the chord forwards.
  • Press "< Play" to hear the individual notes of the chord backwards.

• Scales:
  • Select the scale key by pressing the appropriate "piano keyboard".
  • Select the scale by selecting the "Scale" from the pull-down list.
  • Press "Play >" to hear the individual notes of the scale forwards.
  • Press "< Play" to hear the individual notes of the scale backwards.

• Piano:
  • To play the piano, simply press and hold your stylus on the desired note.
  • The top "piano keyboard" is higher in frequency than the bottom "piano keyboard".

V. Registration

Register McChords for just $10 at http://MikeMcCollister.com/palm/. Registration entitles you to unlimited personal use of McChords, free upgrades and support. By registering McChords;

• you will be able to play chords and scales backwards,
• the bottom "piano keyboard" on the Piano page will be enabled, and
• registration reminders will not pop up.

When you register please provide the program name (McChords), the user name and the registration code. The registration key that you will receive is based on your Palm user name.

If you have further questions about registration, such as volume discounts, please send e-mail to McChords@MikeMcCollister.com.

VI. Version History

• 2.11 (09/12/2001)
  • Fixed a bug that prevented some valid Registration Keys from registering McChords.
  • Made some minor interface tweaks.
  2.10 (08/24/2001)
  • If the game sound is disabled, it is now easier to turn that on from within McChords.
  • A menu item has been added to bring up the screen calibration menu.
  • Made some minor cosmetic changes.
  • Now supports the HandEra 330:
    • Includes support for minimizing/maximizing of the Virtual Silkscreen.
    • Supports the HandEra 330 system font set.
    • Includes large and medium icons.
    • Includes high resolution piano keyboard bitmap.
    • Appears as high-resolution in application Preference Panel.
    • Fixed some sound problems specific to the HandEra 330.
  2.0 (06/17/2001)
  • Broke the program into three pages: Chords, Scales and Piano. The piano mode allows the user to play two keyboards. Also added more chords and scales.
  • Palm OS 3.0 or greater is now required to use McChords.
  • Now can play chords and scales backwards as well as forward.
  • Changed the color of the keyboard and icons a little bit. 
  • Now using a list to select the chords or scales. This allows for the addition of many more without messing up the interface. This also allow for a more descriptive selection.
  • The page up and page down keys will cycle through chord or selections.
  • Added many more chords and scales. Also changed the UI to better manage the large number of chords and scales.
  • Now shareware.
  1.23 (11/24/2000)
  • Updated contact information.
  1.22 (06/11/2000)
  • Made some minor cosmetic changes.

  1.21 (04/13/2000)

  • Color icon no longer has a white background when the third party application Chrome is used.
  • Selected keys are now blue on a Color Palm Connected Organizer.
  • "Get Info" icon shows up in the command bar on Palm OS 3.5 or greater.
  • Made the grayscale selected key to be a little darker.
  • Some minor cosmetic changes.
• 1.2 (03/02/2000)
  • Previous versions had a mistake in that the diminished chord was actually a diminished 7th. This has been resolved by adding the diminished chord and renaming the previous to a diminished 7th.
  • Fixed some screen refresh problems with Palm OS 3.5.
  • Selection of keyboard keys look much better on a color Palm Connected Organizer.
  • Added gray scale icons for color Palm Connected Organizers.
  • About box improved.
  • Now uses game sound volume level.
  • Fixed a memory leak.
• 1.13 (07/22/1999)
  • Minor cosmetic changes.
  • The readme file is now in HTML.
• 1.12 (05/19/1999)
  • Very minor cosmetic changes. Version number now shows up properly in Palm IIIs and above.
• 1.11 (06/26/1998)
  • Made some minor cosmetic changes.
• 1.1 (04/14/1998)
  • Now checks if the system sound level is off. If it is, an information dialog is displayed.
  • Now works better on the Palm III.
  • Made some minor cosmetic changes.
  • Made some minor bug fixes.
• 1.0 (03/14/1998)
  • Initial Release.

VII. Legal Disclaimer

This program is provided AS-IS; there is NO WARRANTY, express or implied. The user assumes full responsibility and liability for any use of this program. All Rights Reserved by Michael J. McCollister, except as noted below.

Permission to distribute this package complete and unmodified for personal use via the Internet for no charge (other than reasonable connection charges) is granted to the public. Distribution for commercial purposes via any other medium, including but not limited to CD-ROM, floppy, or printed material, in whole or in part, requires express permission from the author, Michael J. McCollister (McChords@MikeMcCollister.com).

Only unmodified versions may be distributed with this notice intact.