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▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Key Signature ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Fifteen key signatures are available to choose from. The key of C is available from both Sharp and Flat selectors, so that EZPNO may appropriately label out of key notes as sharp or flat. The default Key Signature for new songs is C. Sharp/Flat Selector ──────────────────── With the keyboard, enter <S> or <F> to access the Sharp or Flat selectors. Move the highlighted box to the desired key and press <Enter>. With the mouse, click on the desired key. The key signature selected will be described and drawn in the Key Signature window. Mode Selector ──────────────────── The Mode selector contains three choices: 1. Section 2. Song 3. Current measure Section mode is the default, and will change the key signature of all measures up to the next key change or end of song. Song mode changes the key signature of every measure. Current measure mode changes the key of the current measure only. With the keyboard, enter <M> to access the Mode selector. Move the highlighted box the desired mode and press <Enter>. With the mouse, click on the desired mode. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Time Signature ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ The Time Signature is expressed as the number of beats per measure (numerator), and the note per beat (denominator). For new songs, the default time signature is 4/4. Beat ──────────────────── Press or click in the beat window to activate the Beat text icon. Enter the desired beat and press enter. The allowable range is 1 to 99. Note per Beat ──────────────────── With the keyboard, enter <N> to access the NPB selector. Move the highlighted box the desired note per beat and press <Enter>. With the mouse, click the desired note per beat. The allowable range is Whole note(1) to Sixteenth note(16). The selected time signature will be displayed in the Time Signature window. Mode Selector ──────────────────── The Mode selector contains three choices: 1. Section 2. Song 3. Current measure Section mode is the default, and will change the time signature of all measures up to the next time signature or end of song. Song mode changes the time signature of every measure. Current measure mode changes the time signature of the current measure only. With the keyboard, enter <M> to access the Mode selector. Move the highlighted box the desired mode and press <Enter>. With the mouse, click on the desired mode. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Measure End ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Five measure end symbols are available. All symbols serve only to mark the end of the measure, and do not affect playback. With the keyboard, enter <1> to <5> to select the desired symbol. With the mouse, click on the desired symbol. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Measure Editing ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ The Measure Editing functions are divided into two groups. The first group (Cut,Copy, Shift,Quantize) may operate on a range of measures, and may be selected by clef. The second group (Paste,Merge,Insert) may be repeated. Measure Buffer ──────────────────── Cut and Copy functions save notation in the Measure Buffer. The size of the Measure Buffer is always displayed at the top right of the screen. The contents of the measure buffer may be pasted or merged at any point in the song. The Measure Buffer may also be exported to or imported from a file, so that song parts may be transferred between song files. The Measure Buffer is automatically cleared when a new song is loaded, or when memory has been exhausted. Clef Selector ──────────────────── With the keyboard, enter <C> to access the Clef selector. Move the highlighted box to the desired clef and press <Enter>. With the mouse, click the desired clef. 'Both Clefs' is the default for editing functions. Measure Range ──────────────────── Editing functions may operate on a range of measures. Enter <F> or click the From-Measure window to activate the From-Measure icon. Enter <T> or click the To-Measure window to activate the To-Measure icon. The allowable range is 0 to 999. Press <A> or click [All] to select all measures for the edit operation. The From-Measure and To-Measure may be marked with <Ctrl><F1> and <Ctrl><F2> respectively. Press <N> or click [Range] to input this preset range. Cut ──────────────────── Enter or click [Cut] to delete or clear the selected range of measures. If Clef is set to 'Both', the measure range is deleted. Otherwise, the selected clef is cleared within the measure range. Deleted or cleared measures are saved in the Measure Buffer for future pasting, merging, or exporting. Copy ──────────────────── Enter <O> or click [Copy] to copy the selected range of measures to be saved in the Measure Buffer for future pasting, merging, or exporting. Shift ──────────────────── Enter <S> or click [Shift] to shift notation from one clef to the other for the selected measure range. You must choose the clef (Treble or Bass) that you want to transfer from. This feature is especially useful for imported MIDI files to separate one track onto both Treble and Bass clefs. This function causes EZPNO to recreate music notation and to force all measures to conform to the time signature. All manual changes to the notation will be lost. Quantize ──────────────────── Enter <Q> or click [Quantize] to quantize the selected range of measures. This feature is especially useful for imported MIDI files so as to align note starting times and standardize note durations. This function causes EZPNO to recreate music notation and to force all measures to conform to the time signature. All manual changes to the notation will be lost. Paste ──────────────────── Enter or click [Paste] to paste the contents of the Measure Buffer at the current song position. Pasted measures will be inserted before the current measure. The Measure Buffer is cleared following a Paste operation. Merge ──────────────────── Enter <M> or click [Merge] to merge the contents of the Measure Buffer starting at the current measure. The notation of each measure in the Measure Buffer will be combined with that of the current and subsequent measures of the song. If the end of the song has been reached, any remaining measures in the Measure Buffer will be appended to the song. The Measure Buffer is cleared following a Merge operation. Insert ──────────────────── Enter or click [Insert] to insert a new empty measure before the current measure. Repeat ──────────────────── This parameter instructs EZPNO as to how many times a given paste, merge, or insert operation is to be performed. The default is one time (1). Enter <R> or click in the Repeat window to activate the Repeat text icon. Enter the value and press <Enter>. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Clef Boundary ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ The highlighted horizontal line in the notation window represents the clef boundary of the selected clef. If the Treble clef has been selected, all notes on and above the line will remain on the clef, and all others will be transferred to the Bass clef. If the Bass clef has been selected, all notes on and below the line will remain on the clef, and all others will be transferred to the Treble clef. Move the clef boundary line using the < > and < > keys or dragging or clicking the mouse. The boundary may be fine tuned by pressing the <+> or <-> keys, or by manually entering the MIDI note value. Enter <M> or click the MIDI note value window to activate this icon. Enter the value (0-127) and press <Enter>. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Quantize ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ The Quantize function allows the timing of raw MIDI data to be structured for notation purposes. This is especially important for imported MIDI files that are created by raw recording only. Because music timing is never perfect from such recording, EZPNO must know how to align note starting times that are not precisely on beat, and the minimum duration of each note. Note-On ──────────────────── The lowest resolution is 4, so that all notes would be forced to start at the nearest Quarter note boundary. The highest resolution is 32, for which all notes would be aligned along the nearest Thirty-two note boundary. The higher the resolution, the more accurately does the notation reflect the original piece of music. However more memory is required for higher resolutions. With the keyboard, enter <N> to access the Note-On selector. Move the highlighted box to the desired note-on resolution and press <Enter>. With the mouse, click the desired note-on resolution. Note Duration ──────────────────── The minimum duration for each note ranges between Quarter note and Thirty-two note. All raw note durations that are found to be less than this minimum, will be lengthened so as to conform to this setting. If the [?] setting is selected, EZPNO will quantize each note duration automatically, based on the next note starting time. With the keyboard, enter <D> to access the Duration selector. Move the highlighted box to the desired note duration and press <Enter>. With the mouse, click the desired note duration. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Measure Marker ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ The value entered here can be used to mark the start (from) or end (to) of the measure range for editing. In the Measure Editing dialogue, activate the 'Range' icon to input this preset range. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Chord Creation ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ EZPNO can create a variety of chords for you. If accepted, the new chord will be inserted at the current chord position. Chord Base ──────────────────── With the keyboard, enter <C> to access the Chord selector. Move the highlighted box to the desired chord and press <Enter>. With the mouse, click the desired chord. Chord Type ──────────────────── With the keyboard, enter <T> to access the Type selector. Move the highlighted box to the desired chord type and press <Enter>. With the mouse, click the desired chord type. The default type is 'Major'. A description of the selected chord is displayed in the Current Chord window. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Chord Label ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ EZPNO automatically creates labels that describe a chord. To display chord labels along the top of the notation window, set the text mode to 'chord label'. (see F5 - Song Settings) Label ──────────────────── To create a user-defined chord label, enter <L> or click in the Label window to activate the Label text icon. Input the desired text and press <Enter>. Default ──────────────────── Enter <D> or click [Default] to restore the default chord label. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ File Options ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Open, New, and Import MIDI functions clear the current song. If changes have been made to the current song, a warning message will pop up asking you if you want to save before proceeding. Open ──────────────────── Open an existing EZPNO song file from disk. Enter <O> or click [Open]. New ──────────────────── Clear the current song. All song settings will be restored to default values. Enter <N> or click [New]. Save ──────────────────── Save the current song to disk. Function key <F2> is a short-cut for saving files. Enter <S> or click [Save]. Import MIDI ──────────────────── Import a standard MIDI file. File formats 0 and 1.0 are supported. With the keyboard, enter to access the Import selector and press <M>. With the mouse, click [MIDI] within the Import selector. Export MIDI ──────────────────── Export the current song as a standard MIDI file (format 1.0). The first track will contain tempo, time and key signature information. The second and third track will contain the Treble and Bass clefs respectively. If a clef's channel is set to '0', its notation will not be exported (see F5 - Song Settings). With the keyboard, enter <E> to access the Export selector and press <M>. With the mouse, click [MIDI] within the Export selector. Import Buffer ──────────────────── Import an EZPNO song file to the Measure Buffer. The contents of the Measure Buffer may then be pasted or merged anywhere within the current song. In this way, song parts may be transferred between files. With the keyboard, enter to access the Import selector and press . With the mouse, click [Buffer] within the Import selector. Export Buffer ──────────────────── Export the Measure Buffer to an EZPNO song file. The Measure Buffer is created from Cut and Copy operations during Measure editing. Later, exported song parts may be imported to a new song. With the keyboard, enter <E> to access the Export selector and press . With the mouse, click [Buffer] within the Export selector. Import Lyrics ──────────────────── Import a standard DOS text file of song lyrics. Each line of the text file will serve as lyrics for successive measures. To see lyrics along the top of the notation window, set the text mode to 'song lyrics'. (see F5 - Song Settings) With the keyboard, enter to access the Import selector and press <L>. With the mouse, click [Lyrics] within the Import selector. Export Lyrics ──────────────────── Export song lyrics to a DOS text file. Each measure lyric will serve as a single line in the file. With the keyboard, enter <E> to access the Export selector and press <L>. With the mouse, click [Lyrics] within the Export selector. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ File Input ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ The File dialogue box has three windows: Name, File, and Directory. With the keyboard, press the corresponding hot-key (N,F,D) or press <Tab> to move to the next window. With the mouse, click in the desired window. Name ──────────────────── If a file name is entered, EZPNO will search only the current directory. If a file mask (eg. *.*) or directory path is recognized, control is automatically passed to the File window. To change drives, type in the desired drive (eg. A:). ".PNO" is the default file extension for save and open functions. ".MID" is the default for MIDI file functions. ".BUF" is the default for Measure Buffer functions. ".LRC" is the default for Lyric file functions. File ──────────────────── With the keyboard, move the highlighted bar to the desired file using < >,< >, <Page Up>,<Page Down>,<Home>,<End>, or the first letter of the desired file. Press <Enter> to make your selection. With the mouse, move the highlighted bar by clicking or dragging the mouse within the window or by moving the slidebar. Make your selection by double clicking the mouse on the highlighted bar. A description of the current highlighted file is displayed under the file window and shows the file name, size, and date and time of last update. Directory ──────────────────── Navigation in this window is similar to that described for the File Icon. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Import a MIDI File ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ EZPNO can import two MIDI file tracks to be assigned to the Treble and Bass clefs. Within the selected tracks, a measure range may also be specified so as to isolate a specific song part. You may play the selected tracks or play all available tracks in the MIDI file. You may also return to the File Input dialogue box to import a new file. Track Selection ──────────────────── Enter <R> or click the mouse within the Treble track window to activate the Treble track text icon. Enter or click the mouse within the Bass track window to activate the Bass track text icon. Once activated, enter <?> to see a list and description of available tracks. The default is track 1. Measure Range ──────────────────── A measure range may be specified for importing a track part. This may become necessary for large tracks due to memory limitations. Enter <F> or click the From- Measure window to activate the From-Measure icon. Enter <T> or click the To-Measure window to activate the To-Measure icon. The allowable range is 0 to 999. Clef Selector ──────────────────── If only one track is desired for importing, choose the Treble or Bass clef from the Clef selector. With the keyboard, enter <C> to access the Clef selector. Move the highlighted box to the desired clef and press <Enter>. With the mouse, click the desired clef. 'Both Clefs' is the default. Quantize ──────────────────── The Quantize function allows the timing of raw MIDI data to be structured for notation purposes. This is especially important for imported MIDI files that are created by raw recording only. Because music timing is never perfect from such recording, EZPNO must know how to align note starting times that are not precisely on beat, and the minimum duration of each note. Note-On ──────────────────── The lowest resolution is 4, so that all notes would be forced to start at the nearest Quarter note boundary. The highest resolution is 32, for which all notes would be aligned along the nearest Thirty-two note boundary. The higher the resolution, the more accurately does the notation reflect the original piece of music. However more memory is required for higher resolutions. With the keyboard, enter <N> to access the Note-On selector. Move the highlighted box to the desired note-on resolution and press <Enter>. With the mouse, click the desired note-on resolution. Note Duration ──────────────────── The minimum duration for each note ranges between Quarter note and Thirty-two note. All raw note durations that are found to be less than this minimum, will be lengthened so as to conform to this setting. If the [?] setting is selected, EZPNO will quantize each note duration automatically, based on the next note starting time. With the keyboard, enter <D> to access the Duration selector. Move the highlighted box to the desired note duration and press <Enter>. With the mouse, click the desired note duration. Play ──────────────────── Enter or click [Play] to play the tracks that have been selected. This way, you may hear your selection before EZPNO converts the track(s) to music notation. Enter <A> or click [Play All] to play all available tracks. New File ──────────────────── Enter <W> or click [New...] to return to the File Input dialogue box so as to import a new file. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Song Statistics ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ This window displays the Key signature, Time signature, Treble clef beats, Bass clef beats, and the Sight-reading score for each measure. If the number of beats found in a measure does not match the time signature, an asterisk (*) will be displayed next to the beat number. This is meant to assist manual notation entry. Sight-reading scores are tabulated for each measure when using the Sight-reading function in the EZPNO Tutor. The song performance score displayed at the bottom is the average of all such scores. A measure may be selected to view by moving the highlighted bar to the desired measure. With the keyboard, move the highlighted bar to your selection using < >,< >, <Page Up><Page Down>,<Home>,or <End>, and then press <Enter>. With the mouse, move the highlighted bar to your selection by clicking or dragging the mouse within the window, or by moving the slidebar. Make your selection by double clicking the mouse on the highlighted bar. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Song Settings ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ All of the song settings in this window, with the exception of 'Text mode', are MIDI settings that affect MIDI playback. The MIDI channel, volume, and instrument(patch) may be selected for both the Treble and Bass clefs. The Text mode sets the type of text to be displayed along the top of the Notation window. All settings are saved with the song. All text icons may be activated by pressing the corresponding hot-key, or clicking in the icon's window with the mouse. Hot-keys: T Tempo R Treble clef settings B Bass clef settings E Text Mode Tempo ──────────────────── The tempo is the speed at which the song plays back. The allowable range is 1 to 255. The default tempo for new songs is 100. Slow down the tempo to facilitate learning of difficult song parts. Channel ──────────────────── For playback, the MIDI channel must be set between 1 and 16. The default channel for new songs is 1 for the Treble clef, and 2 for the Bass clef. In order to use different instruments for playback of the Treble and Bass parts of a song, the channel settings must be different for each clef. The MIDI channel may be set to 0 in order to deactivate a clef. The deactivated clef will not sound during playback, be demonstrated or tested for sight-reading in the EZPNO Tutor, or be exported to a MIDI file. Volume ──────────────────── The MIDI volume setting may range between 0 and 127. A volume of 0 will silence the clef, but does not deactivate the clef as does a MIDI channel setting of 0 (see 'Channel' above). The default volume is 100. Instrument ──────────────────── The instrument selection conforms to the General MIDI standard set. 128 instruments are available to choose from. Enter <?> or click in the instrument window to access a list of instruments to choose from. The default instrument for new songs is 1 (Piano). Text Mode ──────────────────── The Text mode icon selects the type of text that will be displayed at the top of the Notation window. The default text mode for new songs is 'chord label'. 'Song lyrics' or 'No text' are the other options. Press <Spacebar> or click the text mode window to step through the selections. Press <Enter> or click outside the window to make your selection. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Global Settings ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ All text icons may be activated by pressing the corresponding hot-key, or clicking in the icon's window with the mouse. Global settings are saved in a configuration file upon program exit. Hot-keys: N Chord Note Length A Chord Arpeggio T Tutor Auto Delay 3 3D drawing Chord Note Length ──────────────────── This parameter specifies the duration of individual notes of a chord, when sounded in the EZPNO Editor or Tutor. The allowable range is 0 to 480 ticks. (120 ticks = 1 Quarter note) Chord Arpeggio ──────────────────── Arpeggio specifies the delay in ticks between individual notes of a chord, when sounded in the EZPNO Editor or Tutor. (120 ticks = 1 Quarter note) Tutor Auto Delay ──────────────────── This parameter is used for timing purposes in the Auto function of the EZPNO Tutor. Increasing this value improves the musical timing but slows the automatic stepping. If timing is less important, decrease this value to improve the speed of the automatic stepping. 3D drawing ──────────────────── Setting 3D draw will enhance the three- dimensional quality of the piano images in the EZPNO Tutor. However a math coprocessor (DX chip) is recommended for acceptable speed. <** END **> ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Text Window ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ With the keyboard, move the highlighted bar to your selection using < >,< >, <Page Up><Page Down>,<Home>,or <End>, and then press <Enter>. With the mouse, move the highlighted bar to your selection by clicking or dragging the mouse within the window, or by moving the slidebar. Make your selection by double clicking the mouse on the highlighted bar. <** END **> <** INDEX **> 1 44 94 109 243 270 323 336 365 390 497 555 666 702 782 834