Sound, Music & MIDI Collection 2/SMMVOL2.bin/DEMO/PRG/POWPRODE.ZIP/TUTOR1.SC$/TUTOR1.SCR

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REM TUTOR1.SCR Ver. 2.00 - Power Chords Pro (c) Tutorial script part 1.
REM TWINKLE1.POP - is empty except for bar divisions in the song

MINIMIZE INSTRUMENT
MINIMIZE SONG
MINIMIZE RHYTHMEDIT
MINIMIZE PALETTE
MINIMIZE CRPALETTE
MINIMIZE DRPALETTE
MINIMIZE MELPALETTE
MINIMIZE BPPALETTE
MINIMIZE CONPALETTE
MINIMIZE TEMPO
MINIMIZE STAFF
MINIMIZE KEYBOARD
MINIMIZE IMPORT

LOAD SONG TWINKLE1.POP
RESTORE DISPLAY 25, 10, 50, 50

Display "Welcome to Part 1 of the Power Chords Pro Tutorial. To stop the
tutorial at any time click the stop button in the lower right hand corner
of this window."

Display "If you haven't yet configured Power Chords Pro please do so
before continuing. For information on configuring Power Chords Pro, refer
to the Power Chords Pro Help file, accessible through the 'Help' menu
option above.  If you wish to continue with the demo, click on the green
'GO' button to the right."

Display "This tutorial will demonstrate the basics of creating a Power
Chords song including Chord and Chord Rhythm creation, use of the Song
Window and use of the Rhythm Editor."

Display "Let's start with the button bar at the left of the screen. Each
of the major Power Chords Pro windows can be shown or hidden with one
click of the button bar."

RESTORE DISPLAY 50, 10, 50, 25

RESTORE RHYTHMEDIT 0, 0, 50, 50

Display "Here's a quick tour. First, there's the Rhythm Editor window
where parts are created and edited."

MINIMIZE RHYTHMEDIT

RESTORE SONG 0, 0, 50, 80

Display "This is the song window, where you will drag the various parts
you create (chords, chord rhythms, melodies and bass parts) to write and
play back your compositions"

MINIMIZE SONG

RESTORE INSTRUMENT 0, 0, 25, 80

Display "This is the on screen fretboard instrument, where you can create
and play and chords. Chords created here can be stored for use in the
song."

MINIMIZE INSTRUMENT

RESTORE KEYBOARD 0, 0, 50, 25

Display "This the on screen keyboard. It has velocity sensitive keys and
can be used to record melodies, drum parts, create chords, and more."

MINIMIZE KEYBOARD

RESTORE PALETTE 0, 0, 30, 30

Display "This is the chord palette where chords are stored. You can play
a stored chord by clicking on it with the right mouse button. You can
also record chord progressions by clicking on chords in this window."

MINIMIZE PALETTE


RESTORE DISPLAY 60, 10, 40, 35
RESTORE CRPALETTE 0, 0, 30, 40
RESTORE DRPALETTE 30, 0, 30, 40
RESTORE MELPALETTE 0, 30, 30, 40
RESTORE BPPALETTE 30, 30, 30, 40

Display "The next four items are the Chord Rhythm Palette, the Drum
Rhythm Palette, the Melody Palette and the Bass Part Palette. They are
used to store parts of their respective types."

Display "The contents can be tiled or cascaded using the buttons in each
palette. You can audition parts in each palette by clicking on them with
the right mouse button. (Don't try this now, there are no parts in any of
the palettes.)"

MINIMIZE CRPALETTE
MINIMIZE DRPALETTE
MINIMIZE MELPALETTE
MINIMIZE BPPALETTE

RESTORE DISPLAY 50, 10, 50, 25
RESTORE CONPALETTE 0, 0, 30, 40

Display "This is the Control Palette, used to create controls which can
set up Reverb or Chorus values for example."

MINIMIZE CONPALETTE

RESTORE TEMPO 10, 10, 20, 30

Display "The Tempo Window controls the tempo of your song. It can be
adjusted while the song is playing."

MINIMIZE TEMPO

RESTORE STAFF 0, 0, 50, 50

Display "You can drag chords to the staff window to explore how the notes
are shown in standard musical notation "

MINIMIZE STAFF

RESTORE IMPORT 0, 0, 50, 50

Display "This is the MIDI File Import Window. You can load a MIDI file
into it, audition parts from different tracks and then simply drag the
sections you need onto the palettes where they are translated into
regular Power Chords parts."

Display "Drum tracks are automatically merged into an additional track
for easy manipulation. And you can have entire tracks broken down into
chunks the length of which you specify."

MINIMIZE IMPORT

Display "Now you've seen how the button bar works. Let's move on to
making some music!"

Display "To begin with, show the Instrument window by clicking on the
guitar button on the button bar."

RESTORE INSTRUMENT 0, 0, 25, 75
RESTORE DISPLAY 30, 10, 50, 25

Display "Click the right mouse button on the Instrument Window. You
should hear the strings sound. Most things in Power Chords Pro can be
sounded with the right mouse button."

Display "Let's create a simple song. How about 'Twinkle Twinkle
Little Star'?  (It will do for demo purposes...)"

Display "First you need to create the chords for the song. Click on the
Chord Palette button on the button bar to show the Chord Palette Window
where you will put the chords you create."

RESTORE PALETTE 60, 45, 40, 35
RESTORE DISPLAY 60, 0, 40, 30

Display "The chords needed are C Major, F Major, G Major and G7.
If you know these guitar chords, you can simply create them yourself
instead of using the Chord Request feature."

Display "If you do not know these guitar chords, click on the Chord Request
button (it has a question mark on it) button with the mouse to bring up the
Chord Request window."

Display "Make sure the 'Auto-load' item in the Chord Request window is
selected. If there is no 'X' in the box next to 'Auto-load', click on it."

Display "First, create C Major. If using the Chord Request window,
make sure that 'C' in the 'Root' area and 'Maj' in the 'Triad' area are
selected, and no other items are."

Display "Click on the 'OK / Next' button. Now click the right mouse
button on either the Instrument Window or Chord Request Window to
sound the C Major chord."

Display "If you are not using Chord Request and know guitar
chords, create the C Major chord on the fretboard now by clicking on the
appropriate frets and strings."

Display "The next step is to put the chord into the Chord Palette. Locate
the chord export button in the Instrument Window. It is purple and has
criss-crosses and an arrow on it."

Display "When you click on the export button, the cursor changes to a
small chord. Click on the export button, hold the mouse button down,
and drag the chord over the Chord Palette Window. Then release the
mouse button and the chord should appear in the Chord Palette."

Display "If you are using Chord Request, you can move chords to the Chord
Palette by clicking on the 'To Palette' button."

Display "Now create F Major. Select 'F' on the Chord Request window.  You
should now have only 'F' and 'Maj' selected. Put this chord into the Chord
Palette by using either the chord export button or the 'To Palette' button
if you are using Chord Request."

Display "Now create G Major and put it in the Chord Palette."

Display "Now create G7. You will have to keep 'G', and 'Maj'
selected, and also select '7' from the 'Domin' area of the Window.
When you've done this, put the chord to the Chord Palette."

Display "Now, if you used it, close the Chord Request Window. There is a
small minimize button in the upper right hand corner of the Chord Request
Window. Click on it."

Display "Now hide the Instrument Window by clicking on the guitar button
on the button bar again, or by clicking on the minimize button in the
upper right hand corner of the Instrument Window itself."

MINIMIZE INSTRUMENT

RESTORE DISPLAY 25, 0, 50, 30

Display "Arrange the chords in the Chord Palette by clicking on the tile
button (left most button of the three in the chord palette). Sound them
if you wish by clicking on them with the right mouse button, or by
clicking on the play button (right most of the three buttons in the chord
palette)."

Display "Now that you have your chords, you will have to arrange them in
the song window."

Display "Click on the Song button (2nd from top on button bar) to show
the Song Window."

RESTORE DISPLAY 60, 0, 40, 30
RESTORE SONG 0, 0, 60, 70

Display "Note that some of the bars have been divided in half for you.
These divisions are created by using the Cleaver tool in the Song Window.
This allows you to have up to four chords in a bar."

RESTORE PALETTE 25, 70, 75, 30

Display "To drag a chord from the Chord Palette you click and hold on
the bottom part of the small chord window. If you click and hold on
the title of the chord window, you will move the chord window
itself."

Display "Now place chords into position in the song by dragging them from
the Chord Palette.  Once a chord is in the song, you can drag it elsewhere
in the Song Window. In the first bar, a C Major chord is required, so drag
it in from the Chord Palette."

Display "Now drag the C Major chord from bar 1 into the second half of
bar 2. A vertical line at the halfway point denotes the division."

Display "Drag a C Major chord into the second half of bar 3 and the second
half of bar 4."

Display "Drag an F Major chord from the Chord Palette into the first half of
bar 2. Drag an F Major chord into the first half of bar 3."

Display "Now for the final chord. Drag the G Major chord from the chord
palette to the first half of bar 4."

Display "You should have the following chords: 1: CMaj 2: FMaj | CMaj 3:
FMaj | CMaj 4: GMaj | CMaj."

Display "So far so good. All you have to do now is add a Chord Rhythm
and you'll have the first part of Twinkle Twinkle. Since Chord Rhythms
repeat in a song automatically, you'll just create one and put it in
the first bar."

Display "Hide the Song Window and the Chord Palette."
MINIMIZE SONG
MINIMIZE PALETTE

Display "Now click on the Rhythm Editor button (top of button bar) to
show the rhythm editor."

RESTORE RHYTHMEDIT 0, 0, 60, 50

Display "First let's make sure you will be editing a Chord Rhythm.  There
is a group of 4 buttons midway down the right side of the Rhythm Editor."

Display "The Chord Rhythm select button is the bottom right one of this
group. Click on it. When you have it correct the title of the window will
say 'Rhythm Editor: Chord Untitled'."

Display "The note grid in the Rhythm Editor is used to add, remove,
and edit notes. At the left you will notice the note letters of the
strings of the instrument. These notes are the values of the open
strings."

Display "The grid is divided so that each string has a line of boxes.
At the bottom of the grid are beat numbers, each representing a
quarter note."

Display "The vertical lines indicate what portions of a beat you can
enter or remove by clicking with the mouse. For our example, let's
enter eighth notes for the entire pattern."

Display "Locate the resolution scroll bar in the Rhythm Editor. It is
just to the right of the upper right hand corner of the note grid. To
the right of the scroll bar is a group of seven small buttons."

Display "Click the down arrow button on the scroll bar once. The grid
should be redrawn with each box now divided in two. This gives us eighth
notes as an eight note is half a quarter note beat."

Display "Now randomly click in some of the note grid squares to create
some notes."

Display "Locate the Play button. It is in the group of buttons just
to the right of the resolution scroll bar and it has a triangle on it.
Next to it is the Stop button, which has a square on it."

Display "Now click on the Play button, and your chord rhythm will
play once through."

Display "You may tinker with the Chord Rhythm by adding and removing
notes and then replaying it, if you wish, until you have one you are
satisfied with."

Display "Click on the Song button, so that you can drag the Chord
Rhythm into the Song."

RESTORE SONG 0, 60, 70, 40

Display "The Rhythm Editor also has an Export button similar to the one
in the Instrument Window. It's the lower right most button in the Rhythm
Editor and is blue, and has a big arrow on it. Locate the Export button."

Display "Click on the Export button and hold the mouse button down.  The
cursor should change to a block-like symbol. Drag the rhythm down to the
Song Window. When it is over the first bar, release the button. Enter a
title for your Chord Rhythm when prompted."

Display "You should now have the chord rhythm copied into the first bar of
the song. Let's play the song and see how it sounds."

MINIMIZE RHYTHMEDIT
RESTORE SONG 0, 0, 60, 60

Display "Click on the 'Play' button (green triangle, left most of the
buttons) in the Song Window and listen to the music you've created."

Display "So far, you've learned how to create Chords, store them, and how to
arrange them in a Song. You've also learned the very basics of using the
Rhythm Editor."

Display "In a short time, you've created a piece of music. But there's much
more to Power Chords Pro."

Display "If you are ready to continue learning about Power Chords Pro,
just click on the 'GO' button. If you wish to take a break, click on the
Stop button to the right of this text. You can Load and Run the TUTOR2.SCR
file when you're ready to continue."

LOAD SCRIPT TUTOR2.SCR