Contents

Installation
Overview -Tutorial
Description of the Program
Pull Down Menus
File Menu
Options Menu
Categories Menu
Play Menu
Help Menu

Patch Changes
MIDI Driver Setup Dialog Box
MIDI Settings Dialog Box
General Settings Dialog Box

Notation Window
Print Options
Trivia Quiz
Biographies
Language Selection
Setting up Sound/MIDI Driver
Keystroke ShortCuts

PG Music Info
PG Music Products
CompuServe Support

For Help on Help, Press F1


Installation

To install the program into Windows 3.1 .

Insert "The Jazz Pianist for Windows" Disk #1 into your floppy drive.
Choose File | Run from the Program Manager screen
type A:INSTALL  (from Windows)

( if your floppy drive is B: then type B:INSTALL instead )
This will copy all of the Jazz Pianist for Windows files to the Jazz Pianist subdirectory (usually C:\JAZZPIAN).

Before you run the Program

1. Make sure that you have already installed your driver for your sound card (SCC1/SoundBlaster etc.) or MIDI card (MPU401,MQX,SC-7,etc) into the Windows Control Panel -Drivers Program . See Appendix A (page 35 )for instructions .

Running the Program from the Program Manager

Double Click the Left Mouse Button on the Jazz Pianist ICON , or Press the ENTER key (after moving the blue highlighted bar to the Jazz Pianist ICON ). The Jazz Pianist program will then load.


Selecting Your Sound or MIDI Driver

THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU RUN THE PROGRAM, the program will start up with a Dialog Box for you to choose the sound card or MIDI driver that you want to use: It will look like this :
YOU MUST SELECT AN OUTPUT DRIVER TO USE:
- The Jazz Pianist will play the music using the driver you specify here.
OPTIONALLY SELECT AN INPUT DRIVER.
- If you want to play along to the Jazz Pianist using your  MIDI controller , and utilize the MIDI THRU function , then you'll need to select a MIDI driver for input. Otherwise you can sect the INPUT DRIVER to <NONE> as the Jazz Pianist does not require an INPUT DRIVER .

Then the program will appear on the screen and you can begin to use "The Jazz Pianist."

The quickest way to get started is to read the following tutorial which runs through the major features of the Jazz Pianist.


Overview -Tutorial

First Let's explore the Jazz Pianist Screen!

This tutorial assumes that you've already installed the program and your output driver is installed into the Windows Control Panel (see the installation instructions in previous chapter).

This is the main screen for the Jazz Pianist. There are several areas that you will notice: (from top to bottom )

The Title Bar at the top of the screen has the title and the composer of the piece.

tip: Additionally , you can display the file name (JP005.MID and the song length in Minutes and seconds. To see this display , you need to choose Options | General Settings | Show Song Length and File Name

The Piano Keyboard displays the notes that are being played on the piano keyboard.

The Position Bar allows you to quickly move to anywhere in the piece using this scroll bar.

The MIDI button launches a dialog box that allows you to set various settings like the Volume of the Piece, Channels or other settings.

 The GM button  (General MIDI) allows you to change patches (instruments) if you have a General MIDI synthesizer like The Roland Sound Canvas.

The # button will send Patch changes by #, this is useful if you don't have a General MIDI synthesizer.

The Notation Buttons:

This launches the notation Window, which displays notation of the Instrument that is currently selected by the  "i" button.

 This is the "i" or instrument button. It lets you choose which instrument to display for notation. Normally you will want to display Piano notation, though you can also display bass, drums, or melody. Although the menu lists guitar, there is no guitar in any of the arrangements in The Jazz Pianist.

The PLAY Buttons:

 The Previous/Next Piece buttons. These buttons move to the previous or next piece when you are playing a SET of more than one piece.

These buttons allow you to play one or more pieces that are displayed in the LIST of Pieces

PLAYING A SINGLE PIECE BY PLAY BUTTON OR MOUSE DOUBLE CLICK

The PLAY button will play the piece that is currently selected (highlighted) in the LIST Window). You can use the mouse to select a piece. An easier way to play a piece is to double click the mouse on the piece that you want to play.

PLAYING SEVERAL PIECES USING THE PLAY BUTTON

You can also select more than one piece by holding down the control key (Ctrl) as you select several pieces. Then when you press PLAY , the program will play all of the pieces that you have selected , in Random order one after another.

 PLAYING YOUR FAVORITE PIECES
You can select your favorite pieces in the lists by clicking the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON over the name of the piece. Then you will see an asterix beside the piece name indicating that it is a Favorite piece of yours. Pressing the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON again will de-select it. You can save your list of favorite pieces to disk by choosing this 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.

 PLAYING ALL OF THE PIECES IN THE LIST
This will play all of the pieces in the current list of pieces one after another.

 PLAY THE "GUESS THE SONG" GAME

Pressing this button will start a piece playing at random from the current list of pieces. The title and composer picture will be hidden. You must guess the title of the piece. Click on a piece that you think is the current piece playing. A dialog box will popup telling you if this is the correct piece.

STOP THE MUSIC BY PRESSING THE STOP BUTTON

THE CATEGORY BUTTONS

These category buttons allow you to choose different lists of pieces

ALL SONGS	displays all songs (excluding lessons)

STYLE	choose by style of song (cocktail / stride etc.)

TYPE	choose by type of song (trio / solo etc.)

ARTIST	Choose by name of piano artist playing

DIFFICULTY	Easier / Medium / Advanced

LESSONS	This displays piano lessons

Now Let's Play Some Music

SETTING UP THE DRUMS

Some pieces in The Jazz Pianist use Drums . The Drums are outputted using Roland Drum Notes, which are the same as General MIDI Drum Notes.

If you are not using a Roland or General MIDI module, then you will need to install a drum map file .Since older synths use different drum maps, we have included over 30 Drum Map Files (.DK files ) which will re-map the Drum Notes to your Synth. To Do This, Select  OPTIONS | Drum MAP from The Pull Down Menu.

If you can't find a Drum Map for your synth then either:
1.Mute The Drums, using the MIDI button and then the MUTE checkbox.
or 2. Make a customized .DK file. The .DK file is the same format as used in the popular Band-in-a-Box program. You need to use the Band-in-a-Box program to make a drum kit file (.DK), and then copy it to your \JAZZPIAN Directory. If you don't have Band-in-a-Box, get the Band-in-a-Box demo (free) available in MIDIAVEN of CompuServe - this will allow you to make a drum map for the Jazz Pianist  program.
or 3. Use the Windows MIDI Mapper to remap the Drums.

First let's play pieces one at a time .

Press the ALL SONGS button to insure that you are displaying the list of all the pieces in the Jazz Pianist.
You will then see the List of all the pieces displayed in the Right lower part of the screen.
Select a piece that you would like to hear , by clicking the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON over the title of the piece.
Then Press the PLAY BUTTON to start playback of the piece.

( You could alternatively Double click the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON with the mouse over the desired piece to start the playback )

As the piece is playing , you can do a lot of things

CHANGE THE VOLUME (Louder/Softer)
by Pressing the MIDI button and then using the Volume Knob (by pressing and holding the Left Mouse button inside the knob and moving the knob around , then releasing the mouse ). First choose the instrument that you would like to change by using the radio button of instrument names.

CHANGE THE REVERB, CHORUS, PANNING

Similarly if you have a newer Sound Module that supports Reverb, Panning or Chorus (General MIDI compatible) , you can change these settings from this screen

SLOW DOWN OR SPEED UP THE PIECE (TEMPO CHANGE)

Use the [ and ] (square bracket keys) to slow or speed up the piece by 5 beats at a time.

Or use the F5 function key to toggle between Slow Motion (half speed) and normal tempo. If you have been changing tempos, this F5 key is useful to return you to the normal tempo.

TRANSPOSE THE PIECE down or up semitones using the F6 or F7 key.

MOVE TO A SECTION OF THE PIECE

Using the Mouse to move to a new section of the piece

The Position Bar allows you to quickly move to anywhere in the piece using this scroll bar using the mouse.

Using the Keyboard to move to a new section of the piece

Pressing the SPACEBAR will STOP or START the PIECE

Pressing the number keys 1 to 9 ( at the top of the QWERTY keyboard ) will move to a new section of the piece (1=beginning, 9=end,  4= 4/9 way through the piece etc.)

THE MINUS KEY '-'  backs up by 2-seconds.

THE EQUAL KEY '=' moves ahead by 2 seconds.

THE ENTER KEY Pauses the piece while still displaying any notes that were playing. This is useful to learn a chord voicing for example.

PRESSING THE F2 KEY PUTS A MARK (like a Bookmark) at a point in the piece and PRESSING THE F3 KEY will move the playback to the marked part of the piece.

Read the Memo about the Piece

When you select a piece you will notice a MEMO about the piece appear at the top right of the screen as well as the Picture of a famous Jazz Pianist. Usually the piece will be played in the style made famous by the Jazz Pianist that is displayed in the picture. The only artists that have performed in the Jazz Pianist are listed in the Help | About Box.

Choose another piece while another is playing ! If you are listening to one piece and prefer to hear another one , just double click the mouse on the new piece and it will start to play. ( or press the PLAY button after highlighting the new piece).

Choose another LIST

e.g. Show just Stride Piano Pieces in the LIST. To do this Press the STYLE category and choose STRIDE. Then only STRIDE pieces will appear in the LIST of Pieces.

e.g. Show only "Easier Pieces ". Press the DIFFICULTY Category button and select "Easier Pieces"

Remember that when you restrict the list to only certain types of pieces, then any action you take such as PLAY ALL SONGS , or Guess the Song game will only apply to pieces that are in the Current List.

Now let's play more than one piece at a time.

e.g. Play All the Pieces in the Jazz Pianist Repertoire

First select the List with all of the pieces by pressing the ALL SONGS button.

 Then press the PLAY ALL button. This will play through the pieces one by one, with a few second pause between each. The pieces are played in random order (if you prefer sequential order you can select this by setting Random to No in the MIDI Settings Dialog.)

Use the Jazz Pianist as Background Music while you work in other programs.

Note that the Jazz Pianist will continue to play even while you work in other programs. So for example, you could start all of the Jazz Pianist Pieces playing and then switch to your Word Processor. (using ALT TAB or CTRL ESCAPE to switch to other programs ). Try changing the Jazz Pianist Window size to only the Piano visible and you will see that even the notes continue to be displayed while you work in other programs. The music will even continue as you work in DOS programs (if using Windows Enhanced mode )

Play Your Favorite Pieces.

Making up your List of Favorites :First of all you can make up your list of favorite pieces very easily with the Jazz Pianist Program. USING THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON , click on any Piece in the List Window. This will Place an Asterix * beside the Piece title which indicates that it is a favorite of yours. To De-select the piece as a favorite, press the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON AGAIN , which removes the Asterix *. You should then save your favorites selection to disk by choosing the option SAVE AS DEFAULT FAVORITES , so that the next time that you run the Jazz Pianist, it will remember your Favorites.

Playing your Favorites works like the PLAY ALL button , expect it will only play pieces that are in the Current List and are marked with an Asterix as one of your favorites.

Play A Specific Group Of Pieces

To do this select the specific pieces using the Left Mouse Button while holding down the Control Key. This will select multiple pieces and they will all be played when you press the PLAY button.

Play the "Guess the Song" game

GUESS Then Press the GUESS button. The Jazz Pianist will then pick a song at random and play it. The title will be hidden.

Then click on the title of the song that you think is playing.

If you are wrong you will see a dialog box saying "wrong"

To continue guessing , press the OK button .

It is sometimes easier to guess the name of the composer , but not the song title  If you get the composer correct , but the wrong title, the Jazz Pianist will inform you in the dialog box.

When you get the right answer you will see :

Now let's play the TRIVIA QUIZ

 Press the Trivia button to enter the Trivia Game .

Choose an answer by clicking the mouse on choice A, B, C or D .

If you're wrong - keep guessing or press the REVEAL button.

To get another question Press the EASY/MED./HARD or ANY button.

Pressing the ANY button will make the next question of varying difficulty whereas EASY will give you an easy question.

The program keeps score of your total # questions, and percent correct.
You can also keep track of player scores and player names if you want.

Have Fun !

Printing out the List of Songs

For example let's print out all of the songs in the ALLSONGS list.
Press the ALLSONGS button to insure that ALL Songs List is displayed.
Then choose the Pull Down Menu item "Copy the List Of Songs To The ClipBoard".
The list of songs is then in the Windows ClipBoard as Text.

Then Open up a Windows Word Processor (like Windows Write which comes with Windows 3.1)

Inside the Word Processor Choose Edit | Paste .

You'll then see the list of songs, including the File Names of each song.

Choose a proportional font like Courier so that the columns line up.

Then Print using the Word Processor.

Using the Biography

Click on the  BIOgraphy buttons to read a Jazz Pianist Biography.

Displaying the Music in notation

Press the notation button to display the music in notation. Once in the notation window, you can press F1 for further help.

We're finished with our tour of the Jazz Pianist. To get specific information , check the contents or index ,and refer to the specific area of the manual.


Description of the Program

WHAT IS THE JAZZ PIANIST ?

The Jazz Pianist is a music program containing  a library of  Jazz tunes, performed by top jazz/studio Jazz Pianists. Covering a wide variety of Piano styles including Stride, Cocktail , "Art Tatum", "Bill Evans", modern jazz and more..

Learn the pieces by watching the on-screen piano or loading the Standard MIDI files into your sequencer for further study.   You can playback the pieces in real time , or slow them down , or better still - step through them one note or one chord at a time .You see the piano notes displayed on  the screen , so you can see exactly what notes are being played by the Jazz Pianist.

Plus.. Jazz Piano Lessons, Trivia Game, "Guess the Song", Program Notes, Jazz Pianist Biographies, (all on disk).... and much more.

HOW WERE THE PIECES RECORDED ?

All the pieces have been recorded "in real time " by top jazz / studio  Jazz 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. You'll  hear the music playing with CD-quality through your sound card or MIDI system, just as if the Jazz Pianist was in your home.

THIS PROGRAM MAKES IT "TOO EASY" TO LEARN TO BE A GREAT JAZZ PIANIST."

We've recorded top jazz/studio Jazz Pianists playing  jazz standards in a wide variety of styles. On-screen piano keyboard shows you exactly what the Jazz Pianist is playing on the piano. Slow down the piece or step through it chord by chord.  Learn the music "note for note" by watching the piano notes on screen. Load the MIDI files into your favorite programs for further study.

COVERING A WIDE VARIETY OF PIANO STYLES

Solo virtuoso piano performances in "Art Tatum" or "Errol Garner"  style, or simpler arrangements in  "Cocktail" style. Lush ballad arrangements ("Bill Evans style") .Trio arrangements in modern jazz styles. We've covered all the bases !

SPECIAL SUPPORT FOR ROLAND GS OR GENERAL MIDI MODULES

Sound Canvas/SCC1 or other General MIDI modules can use the built in mixer to change volumes /patches / panning / reverb / chorus / tuning. Also supports non-General MIDI interfaces with drum kits for over 40 synths built in !

LISTEN TO THE MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK IN OTHER PROGRAMS

Playback continues in the background of other programs so you can listen to your favorite music while you work.

YOU CAN ALSO USE THE PIECES IN YOUR OTHER MUSIC PROGRAMS OR FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS

Since the pieces are saved as Standard MIDI files, you can use these fabulous performances in your other music programs or as background music for presentations, music for telephone on-hold, etc.

USE YOUR EXISTING SOUND CARD OR MIDI SYNTHESIZER

Plays the music back through  your existing MIDI synthesizer, digital piano or sound module. Windows users can playback through their SoundCard (Roland, SoundBlaster, etc.)

IBM-DOS USERS OR HARDWARE SEQUENCER USERS CAN STILL PLAY THE STANDARD MIDI FILES WITH THEIR DOS OR HARDWARE SEQUENCER ( READING DOS DISKS.)

Requirements: Windows (IBM)  2mb RAM memory, Windows 3.1, SoundCard (Roland, SoundBlaster, etc.) or MIDI system with piano sound, 3.5" or 5.25" high density Floppy Disk.


File Menu

File Menu

New Favorites File: Erases all current favorite selections, and starts new favorites file.

Open Favorites File: Read in an existing .FAV Favorite file from Disk

Save Favorites File: Saves a favorite file to disk. A favorite file is a list of pieces that have been selected as favorites by the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON over the piece title.

Save Default Favorites File: Save a favorite file with the title DEFAULT.FAV. This file is auto-loaded next time you run the program.

Copy List Of Songs To The ClipBoard: This copies the list of pieces along with the filenames of the Midi Files associated to the Windows clipboard. This can be pasted into a Word Processor, and printed out . Use courier font for best results.


Midi Menu
Options Menu

Options  Menu

Driver: Allows you to choose a MIDI Driver for Output and Input.

General Settings allow setting of Preferences like Screen Colors, sorting songs by composer/title etc.

MIDI Settings allow you to change parameters like volume/patch for one or more instruments.

Send Patch change by #: Send patch changes by number 1-128.

Send General MIDI Patch change : If you have a General MIDI synth , you can send Patch changes by Name.

Drum Map. This allows you to install a drum map other than the Roland drum notes.

 Some of the tunes in The Jazz Pianist use drums. The Drums are outputted using Roland Drum Notes, which are the same as General MIDI Drum Notes.

If you are not using a Roland or General MIDI module, then you will need to install a drum map file .Since older synths use different drum maps, we have included over 30 Drum Map Files which will re-map the Drum Notes to your Synth. To Do This , Select  OPTIONS | Drum MAP from The Pull Down Menu.

If you can't find a Drum Map for your synth then either:
1. Mute The Drums, using the MIDI button and then the MUTE checkbox.
or 2. Make a customized .DK file. The .DK file is the same format as used in the popular Band-in-a-Box program. You need to use the Band-in-a-Box program to make a drum kit file (.DK), and then copy it to your Jazz Pianist Directory.
or 3. Use the Windows MIDI Mapper to remap the Drums.

Clear Drum Map this clears the drum map, which will then mean that the program will use Roland/General MIDI drum notes. This takes effect the next time you load in a song.

Language . Your version of The Jazz Pianist may support languages other than English. If you prefer a language other than English, check this selection to see what other languages (if any ) are supported.


Categories Menu

Categories Menu

This menu is the same as the Categories button on the Main Screen.

ALL SONGS	displays all songs (excluding lessons)

STYLE	choose by style of song (cocktail / stride etc.)

TYPE	choose by type of song (trio / solo etc.)

ARTIST	Choose by name of piano artist playing

DIFFICULTY	Easier / Medium / Advanced

LESSONS	This displays piano lessons

TRIVIA	Play the Trivia Game, questions about the music and the composers

BIOGRAPHY	Jazz Pianist Biographies


Play Menu

Play Selected Pieces	Plays pieces which have been highlighted with the Mouse

Play Favorite Pieces	Plays All pieces in the List which also have an Asterix (*) .
The Asterix indicates that they have been selected as a favorite piece
(using the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON)

Play All Pieces	Plays ALL pieces in the Current List of Pieces

Guess	Starts the Guess that Song Game.
Then Click on a song Title to Guess.

STOP	SPACEBAR

Pause	ENTER KEY.	Still shows the notes that were playing visually.

Backup 2 sec.	minus key

Transpose Down      F6	Transposes the piece by a semitone at a time.

Transpose Up	F7 key

Slow Normal Tempo  F5	 Slows the tempo by half.
Pressing again returns it to normal tempo.

Mark	F2 key 	Marks a position in the piece (like a bookmark)

GoTo Mark	F3 Key	Goes to the mark when the F3 key pressed.


Help Menu

Index	Displays a Help Index

Topic Search	Allows searching for a topic

Using Help	Description of how to use the Help

About Pianist	Pianist and PG Music Info


Patch Changes

There are 2 ways to send Patch changes from the Pull Down menu

General MIDI  Patch Change: If you have a General MIDI compatible instrument , you can use the Patch names to change patch by name.

Once you have chosen this option , you then click on the Type of Instrument that you want to change (for example the Piano Part). Then Change The Patch.

Change Patches by # This allows patch changes from 1-128 . Note that we use "Roland numbering." Your synth may use "Korg numbering" which is 0-127. If so you'll have to send a patch that is 1 number higher than is on your synth.

A Patch change is a message to your synthesizer or sound card to change the instrument that it is currently playing.


MIDI Driver Setup Dialog Box

THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU RUN THE PROGRAM, the program will start up with a Dialog Box for you to choose the sound card or MIDI driver that you want to use:

YOU MUST SELECT AN OUTPUT DRIVER TO USE:
- The Jazz Pianist will play the music using the driver you specify here.
OPTIONALLY SELECT AN INPUT DRIVER.
- If you want to play along to the Jazz Pianist using your  MIDI controller , and utilize the MIDI THRU function , then you'll need to select a MIDI driver for input. Otherwise you can sect the INPUT DRIVER to <NONE> as the Jazz Pianist does not require an INPUT DRIVER .


Options Dialog Box

( see MIDI settings Dialog Box and General Settings Dialog Box )


Trivia Quiz

 Press the Trivia button to enter the Trivia Game .

Choose an answer by clicking the mouse on choice A, B, C or D .

If you're wrong - keep guessing or press the REVEAL button.

To get another question Press the EASY/MED./HARD or ANY button.

Pressing the ANY button will make the next question of varying difficulty whereas EASY will give you an easy question.

The program keeps score of your total # questions, and percent correct.
You can also keep track of player scores and player names if you want.

Have Fun !


Dictionary

Dictionary Terms

The Dictionary is not implemented in The Jazz Pianist


Biographies

Jazz Pianist Biographies

 Press the BIO button to get to the Jazz Pianist Biographies

Using the mouse , select a Jazz Pianist Name from the list at the top.
Then you can read the Biography that is displayed.

Use the scrollbar to read through the entire BIO .


Setting up Sound/MIDI Driver

Setting up Midi or Sound Card

The Jazz Pianist uses the MultiMedia drivers for your MIDI interface or sound card that are supported by. Windows 3.1. To get The Jazz Pianist playback working properly you need to have a Driver installed for output .

Installing A Driver Into Windows 3.1

This is done outside of The Jazz Pianist. It is done in the Program Manager | Main | Control Panel | Drivers program. Boot up the Drivers program by double clicking on the drivers icon. You will then see a list of any drivers that are installed.

example #1: Installing a MPU401 driver setup

If you are using a MPU401 Midi interface you will need to install the "Roland MPU 401 MIDI driver" supplied with Windows 3.1 From the Control Panel | Drivers program , choose ADD to add a driver. Then choose Roland MPU 401 from the list of standard drivers. You will then be asked to insert your  Windows disk that contains the MPU401.DRV file . To complete installation you will be asked for the port address and interrupt # for the MPU401. The port address usually = 330 and the interrupt is usually = 2 . If you have set the interrupt incorrectly, you will find that MIDI thru won't work properly,- see "testing the Midi driver below"

example #2 : Installing SoundBlaster driver for MIDI use

SoundBlaster PRO: Use SoundBlaster 1.5 Driver or higher

SoundBlaster :Use SoundBlaster 1.0 if your SoundBlaster is an old one or 1.5 if its a newer one (July 91).

    Older SoundBlaster cards (pre July 91) are not capable of simultaneous Input and Output If you have an older SoundBlaster you will use the 1.0 driver and will be able to play The Jazz Pianist but not be able to use MIDI thru at the same time. Install the SoundBlaster driver in a manner similar to the MPU401 driver as above. (The usual settings for the SoundBlaster  are port = 220 and Interrupt = 5).

Example #3 : Installing the SoundBlaster for use with FM sounds

The SoundBlaster has a built in FM synthesizer  (11 voices / 22 on the SB Pro ). These sounds are also Adlib compatible . If you want to use the FM sounds as your output driver then install either the Adlib driver (11 voices) or the "Creative Labs SoundBlaster PRO MIDI synthesizer driver".

Installing your driver into Windows Control Panel.

Run the Control Panel Program

The Driver is setup in the Windows Control Panel Program. This is found in the Program Manager Main Window.
Then run the Drivers program

You will see a list of all drivers currently installed.

Adlib is the Adlib driver for FM sounds. The Adlib chip has an 11 voice synthesizer (6 instruments + 5 drum sounds). An unusual feature of this driver is that it requires a Drum Channel of 16, whereas other drivers (and the General Midi Standard) use Drum Channel =10. Many sound cards that are SoundBlaster or Adlib compatible (e.g. Aztech, MediaVision) should use this driver.

Roland MPU 401 is the driver for MPU401 compatible cards (Roland, Music Quest, CMS)

Once you install this driver you will be asked for the PORT address and the IRQ #. The Port address is usually 330 and the IRQ # is usually 2. If you have set the Port incorrectly, you will get an error message. If you have set the IRQ incorrectly, you will notice a considerable delay in MIDI thru, and won't see a display of your Midi Thru on  The Jazz Pianist piano keyboard at the top of the screen.

Creative Labs Soundblaster 1.5 is the MIDI driver for the SoundBlaster Pro or newer SoundBlasters that support simultaneous OUT and IN. The usual Port address is 220 and the IRQ # =5.

Creative Labs Soundblaster 1.0 is the MIDI driver for the older SoundBlaster cards.  (DSP version less than 2.0) These cards are incapable of  simultaneous IN and OUT. If using with The Jazz Pianist, you would be unable use Midi Thru, but will be able to play.

Creative SoundBlaster Pro MIDI synthesizer is the SoundBlaster Pro FM sounds driver (not involving MIDI)

MIDI mapper is a driver connecting your output to the Midi Mapper program. You must setup the MIDI driver to use your MIDI driver or Sound Card for output. The Midi Mapper allows you to remap drum notes and patches. Since The Jazz Pianist remaps these patches for you anyway, we do not suggest that you use the Midi Mapper unless you understand how to make a drum and patch map. If you do use the Midi Mapper, you will tell The Jazz Pianist that your synthesizer is a General Midi Synthesizer.


Keystroke ShortCuts

Most of The Jazz Pianist commands can be accessed by the mouse and/or pull down menus.

Here is a list of Keyboard shortcuts that are also useful.

PLAYING /STOPPING SONGS	SPACEBAR

PAUSE	ENTER KEY

MOVING TO SECTION OF SONG

move to area of piece	1-9 keys (# keys)

move back 2 seconds	minus key (-)

move ahead 2 seconds	equals key (=)

Mark a location	F2

GoTo Mark	F3

CHANGING TEMPO

Change by 5 beats per min.  [ and ] keys

Toggle Slow Motion	F5

TRANSPOSE PIECE	F6/F7


PG Music Info

Technical Support  phone number 905-528-7043

PG Music Address and Phone Number

The Jazz Pianist™ Info

The Jazz Pianist™ is copyrighted and
is the property of PG MUSIC INC.

All rights reserved.

U.S.A. mailing address

PG MUSIC INC.
266 Elmwood Avenue,suite 111
BUFFALO, NY 14222

Canada mailing address

PG MUSIC INC.
32 Hess St. South
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8P 3N9

ph  (800)-268-6272 or  (905) 528-2368
fax 905-628-2541 fax


Language Selection

The Jazz Pianist program has been designed to support languages other than English. At the time of this writing, the program supports English and German. There may be other languages now supported by The Jazz Pianist. This dialog box allows you to choose the language you would like. Once chosen, the new language will take effect the next time that you run The Jazz Pianist program.

The entire program may not be translated to the language other than English. For example, you probably won't have all the text files for languages other than English if you have purchased the program in USA or Canada. If so, the memos and trivia questions will not be translated. This is because we are only including the English versions in English speaking countries. If you require the text files for a language that we support, please contact PG Music or your local distributor to see if they are available.

technical notes: When the program is using English, it uses the .txt files for the text (memo0.txt is the text for the memo file for example). When the program uses German, it uses .txg files instead.


Notation Window

The notation window displays the notes of a song on a staff .

The notation window has two modes of operation: Standard Notation mode and Staff Roll mode. When in Standard Notation mode, the Notation Window shows the track as regular music in standard notation. When in Staff Roll mode, the Notation Window is a hybrid between a piano roll and staff.

By default, the Notation Window is in Standard Notation mode. Pressing the [image] button will toggle the window between Standard Notation Mode and Staff Roll mode. It will be obvious which mode is in effect, since Standard Notation mode displays the notes as regular music, while the Staff Roll mode displays the notes as noteheads (no stems) with optional duration lines.  Also, the Staff Roll mode will contain gray vertical lines across the staff.

Standard Notation Mode

The purpose of Standard Notation mode is to provide a convenient way of displaying a track as regular music on a staff within The Jazz Pianist.

Editing of music cannot be done in The Jazz Pianist program.

There are some options in a dialog box which can be accessed by pressing the [image] button.

When in Standard Notation mode, the Resolution setting determines how the program rounds the note times and durations when translating a track into standard notation. For example, a 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 Jazz Pianist to round each note to the nearest 8th note triplet (in 4/4). A resolution of 2 will cause The Jazz Pianist to round each note to the nearest 8th note (in 4/4).

Hint: If you're displaying  jazz swing 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.

The following 3 settings are for Standard Notation mode only, and don't have any effect in Staff Roll mode:

The Minimize Rests checkbox, when checked, will cause The Jazz Pianist  to display the music with minimal rests. Use this setting if notes are displayed as shorter than you intended. For example, if eighth notes are displayed as sixteenth notes because you recorded them staccato.

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 middle 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.

The Tick Offset lets you display the music ahead or behind the beat. If you have a tendency to play the music ahead of the beat, you can specify a setting from 1 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). 120 ticks equals one quarter note for this setting regardless of the current PPQ setting. 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 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 after the beat.

See the information on the Staff Roll mode below for more settings in the Notation Window Options dialog.

Staff Roll Mode

Staff Roll mode is a similar to a piano roll, except the notes are shown on a grand staff.  Its purpose in The Jazz Pianist is to display music in a piano roll style instead of regular notation. This is useful for music that is played "rubato" i.e. not in time. Notes are shown as black dots (note heads) on the staff.  Notes are not shown with stems.  If the Show Note Durations setting (discussed later) is enabled, the durations of the notes are shown as horizontal lines. The horizontal duration lines are drawn a little higher or lower if the note is a sharp or a flat, which helps you be aware of rare situations where notes a half step apart overlap each other. Notes are shown with sharp, flat, or natural symbols depending on the key signature of the song.  Notes are shown exactly where they occur. They are not quantized.

There are some options related to how notes are displayed.  These options are in a dialog box which can be accessed by pressing the [image] button.  In this dialog, if the Show Note Durations checkbox is checked, then the durations of notes will be shown as either green or blue horizontal lines depending on whether the Duration Color is set to green or blue.

The Quarter Notes Per Screen setting determines the horizontal resolution of the screen.  For example, with 4 Quarter Notes Per Screen, the width of the screen is equal to 4 Quarter Notes or one measure in 4/4.  At 8 Quarter Notes Per Screen, the width of the screen is equal to 8 Quarter Notes or two measures in 4/4.  You can have a setting as low as 1 Quarter Note Per Screen or as high as 64, although the screen may look unusual at the extremes since the size of the note heads remains the same regardless of this setting.

The Resolution setting determines how many vertical grid lines will be drawn for each beat. For example, with a resolution of 1, just one line will be drawn per beat.  With a Resolution of 4, 4 lines will be drawn, with 1 line being the beat line drawn in a solid color and the other lines being dashed lines representing sixteenth notes in 4/4.

The Transpose setting lets you adjust the Notation window to display notes either higher or lower than their actual pitches.  For example, if you're working with guitar music, you could set this to +12 and the guitar music will be displayed an octave higher, which is the way guitar music is normally notated.

Hint: 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 plays in the concert key to the MIDI card.

If the Highlight Played Notes checkbox is checked, notes will be highlighted in red as the notes are played when a song is playing.  If you have a slower computer or a track is very dense, you can save The Jazz Pianist  some extra work by unchecking this setting.

The [image]  button lets you print out music on your dot matrix, laser, or any graphical printer supported by Windows. This is not a substitute for a full blown music publishing program, but is a convenient way of getting your music on paper as standard notation.  When you press the print button, the Print Options dialog will pop up.  This dialog lets you change some settings that affect the printout.


CompuServe Support

CompuServe support  (worldwide).
PG Music CompuServe ID# = 75300, 2750.
We have a forum in the MIDI A Vendor Section of CompuServe. This is the best way to contact us, and also a good way to converse with other people who are using PG Music programs. If you are a CompuServe member, type GO PGMUSIC or GO MIDIAVEN to get to our forum.


PG Music Products

Other PG Music Inc. Products

We have other computer Music Programs for IBM (DOS/Windows),MAC and ATARI.

These include :

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Add on style and Song Disks for The Jazz Pianist available.

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The Pianist (Windows/MAC/ATARI)

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The Jazz Guitarist (Windows/MAC/ATARI)

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The pieces have all been recorded live on a MIDI Guitar . You can playback the pieces in real time , or slow them down , or better still - step through them one note or one chord at a time .You see the Guitar notes displayed on a fretboard on the screen , so you can see exactly what notes are being played on the Guitar

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The Jazz Pianist (Windows/MAC/ATARI)

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Learn the pieces by watching the on-screen piano or loading the Standard MIDI files into your sequencer for further study.   You can playback the pieces in real time , or slow them down , or better still - step through them one note or one chord at a time .You see the piano notes displayed on  the screen , so you can see exactly what notes are being played by the Pianist.

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MIDI Settings Dialog Box

MIDI Settings Dialog Box

Press the MIDI button to get to the MIDI options dialog box.

This Dialog Box allows you to change MIDI parameters for a single part (instrument ) or all the instruments.

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.

Part Settings

MIDI CHANNEL:
The MIDI channel is the channel used for output of  The Jazz Pianist MIDI data. Your synthesizer, sound card or digital piano must be set up to receive on the channel that The Jazz Pianist 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: 	DEFAULT=0
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, Church Organ etc.). It is probably easier to change the Patch from the MIDI pull down menu on the main screen.

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. If you want to transpose all of the instruments at once - this is done from the main screen by using the F6 and F7 keys during playback.

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 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.

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 not normally used for a jazz piano sound.

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 the piano off so that you could play along yourself, or turn the drums off for a quieter sound.

Other Settings in the MIDI Dialog

FORCED GUITAR CHANNEL 	DEFAULT = ON

This setting is not used in the Jazz Pianist program.

TUNING 	DEFAULT = A 440

This will micro tune the instruments so that you can tune it to your home piano / guitar  etc. Only newer General MIDI modules respond to this setting.

ALL VOLUME	DEFAULT=127

This setting is very useful. Changing the Volume affect the overall volume of the sound.
MIDI THRU ENABLED	DEFAULT = ON

MIDI thru is only required if you want to play along with The Jazz Pianist 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 Jazz Pianist 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 insure that The Jazz Pianist is not sending patch changes.


General Settings Dialog Box

General Settings Dialog Box

RANDOM PLAYBACK:	DEFAULT= RANDOM
When the Jazz Pianist is playing multiple pieces one after another, it will either play them in sequential or random order, depending on this setting.

SORT BY COMPOSER/TITLE 	DEFAULT= COMPOSER
The list of pieces can be sorted by composer or title.

USE STANDARD COLORS: 	DEFAULT= NO
The Jazz Pianist normally uses bright colors (blue/purple etc.) If you have an LCD screen , or would prefer the standard Windows colors, then select "Use Standard Windows Colors."

SHOW SONG LENGTH AND FILE NAME	DEFAULT=NO

If set to yes, this will display the FileName and length of the piece (minutes:Seconds) will appear in the title bar at the top of the screen (as the song is playing)


Print Options

This dialog lets you change various settings that affect the printout. These settings will remain in effect until you exit the program.

The Include Bass Clef and Include Treble Clef checkboxes let you decide whether the printout should contain the Bass Clef, Treble Clef or both. Note that both the bass and treble clefs are always printed in Staff Roll mode regardless of these settings.

The Clef Sign Every Line and Key Signature Every Line checkboxes let you decide if the printout should print the clef sign and key signature on every line.

The From and Thru settings determine the range of measures that are printed.  By default From is set to 1 and Thru is set to 1000.  This will cause the entire song to be printed (unless the song really goes beyond 1000 measures).  The program won't print beyond the end of the song.  If there are sustained notes that go beyond the measure in the Thru setting, the program may print extra measures.  For example, if the Thru setting is set to measure 5, and there is a note that is sustained until measure 6, the program will print measure 6.

The Bars Per Line setting determines how many measures are drawn on each line of the print out in 4/4.  If the Bars Per Line is set to 4, you will get 8 measures per line if the time signature is 2/4.

The First Bar is Lead In setting causes the program to print an extra bar of music on the first line of the first page printed.  Use this setting in combination with the Bar # Offset setting if the song has a lead in.

When the Bar Numbers setting is checked, the program will print measure numbers at each measure.

The Staves Per Page setting lets you determine how many staves will be printed per page.  Normally, you'll want to leave this at 10, but you can decrease this setting if the song has a lot of very high or very low notes so that there is room between staves for them.  If you increase this setting beyond 10, there may not be enough room for all the staves on the paper depending on the size of the paper in your printer.  If the printout has a song title, the first page printed out will be limited to 8 staves so that there's room for the title.

The Margins setting lets you change the left and right margins of the printout in inches. When the margins are set to 0, the program will print as wide as your printer will support. Therefore, there may still be margins if your printer can't print on the edges of the paper.

The Bar # Offset setting is an advanced setting that you can use to decrease all the measure numbers of the printout.  It decreases the numbers that are printed at each measure. For example, if you specify a Bar # Offset of -2, all the measures numbers will be printed as 2 less than their actual numbers.  So, measure 3 would be printed with a number of 1, and the number for measure number 4 would be printed as 2.  Any number that is reduced to 0 or less isn't printed, so in this case measures 1 and 2 would have no number.  This setting is useful if the song has a lead in, because, for example, a setting of -1 would cause the first measure to be printed with no number and the rest of the measures will be printed with their numbers starting with 1.  Note that the From and Thru settings correspond to the actual measure numbers regardless of this setting.

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 middle 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.  Note: This is identical to the Clefs Split At setting in the Notation Options dialog, and does not affect printing in Staff Roll mode.

The Title, Composer, Style and Copyright settings let you insert text onto the first page of the printout. The Title field is for a song title. The Composer field is for the author's name, and will appear to the right of the title. The Style field is for the style of the music such as Slow Blues, and will appear to the left of the title. The Copyright field is for a copyright notice and will appear at the bottom of the first page of the printout.

The Setup Printer button let's you configure your printer.  The changes to the printer configuration will be in effect for printing music until you exit the program.

Unlike most other dialogs, this one has a Close button in addition to Okay and Cancel. The close button works the same as Cancel, except that any changes you've made to the settings will be saved instead of discarded.