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- :LIMPROVISE DEMO
- :C11
- :S235|157
- :OFC
- @VT
- // Clear
- :#SUC
- .S
- Welcome to IMPROVISE !
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- :#SUC
- You will explore IMPROVISE in ten minutes.
- Remember that you can stop this self training
- at any time by clicking on on the Stop button in any dialog box.
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- :#SUC
- Now let's get on with the lesson...
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- :LTITLE
- :*LUC
- Choose one option:
- 1KEYB|PC Keyboard use
- 2SPLIT|Sounds managing
- 3SCALE|Scales
- 4VOICING|Chords
- 5MIDI|Play along with a Midifile
- 6FILE|Save and load configuration
- 7END|End
- *
- :LKEYB
- :M77|10|1
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- .S
- PC KEYBOARD USE
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- :#SUC
- IMPROVISE normally uses an external midi keyboard.
- If you don't have a keyboard or if you want to play in stand alone mode, you
- can use the PC keyboard.
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- :#SUC
- Just click on the button that shows a keyboard.
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- :M0|0|1
- :M115|10|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- The PC keybord's keys QWERTYUIO are mapped to the normal
- right hand white keys.
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- Above these keys are mapped the black keys.
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- :#SUC
- Have a try a few times, after clicking on the Continue button.
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- :C00
- :I10
- :W15
- :I01
- :C11
- ]!
- :#SUC
- Keys AXCVBN are also mapped to white keys for the left hand.
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- Keys just above are mapped to the black keys related to the white ones.
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- :#SUC
- Try now all the keyboard's key after a click on Continue.
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- :M115|10|1
- :BL1:BL0
- :C00
- :I10
- :W15
- :I01
- :C11
- ]!
- :#SUC
- Remember you can use this virtual keyboard by a hit on the space
- bar.
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- :#SUC
- In some topics, you will get the hand from time to time to
- play on this virtual keyboard.
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- :GTITLE
- :LSPLIT
- :M77|10|1
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- .S
- THE SPLIT
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- :#SUC
- Your MIDI KEYBOARD is divided
- in two parts. The red line is the frontier
- between this two parts.
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- :#SUC
- Please, play some notes on the right part.
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- :#SUC
- You can change tone.
- Just click on the Tone combolist.
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- Let me show you how to do so ...
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- :M0|0
- :M150|100|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M150|130|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- Now, play some notes on the right part. Do you ear the new tone ?
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- :#SUC
- Please, play some notes on the left part.
- You have two tones on your keyboard !
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- :#SUC
- You can change the split (the frontier) by pressing the split button...
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- :M0|0
- :M55|10|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- Now you can choose a split point by pressing a note on your midi Keyboard.
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- :#SUC
- Test your Midi Keyboard now to see where is the new split.
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- :#SUC
- At any time you can return to the default parameters.
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- Let me show you how to do so...
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- :M0|0
- :M77|10|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- You can change tones for right and left sides.
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- Let me show you how to do so ...
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- :M0|0
- :M70|100|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M70|130|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M150|100|50
- :BL1:BL0
- TTTTT
- ]!
- :#SUC
- You have five memories available.
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- Let's switch to the second memory.
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- :M0|0
- :M115|100|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M115|112|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- You can play to ear the piano (left and right sides).
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- Now, let's switch back to the first memory.
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- :M0|0
- :M115|100|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M115|105|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- You can play and ear the previous tones (left and right sides).
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- :#SUC
- Now, let's have a look to an other feature.
- You can change patch with the velocity...
- To do this just click on the
- LAYERING SWITCH...
- Let me show you how to do so.
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- :M0|0
- :M12|90|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- You are facing now two tones left and two tones right.
- Let's change these tones.
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- :M0|0
- :M70|110|50
- :BL1:BL0
- ST
- :M150|110|50
- :BL1:BL0
- BB
- :#SUC
- Now, please play "loud" (fortissimo) ...
- and then play "soft" (pianissimo).
- (The velocity switch level could be changed by selecting the SETUP
- option).
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- :#SUC
- When soft, you just play a trumpet, but,
- when you play hard, trumpet AND brass are playing simultaneously
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- :#SUC
- But you can also switch
- between this two tones.
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- Let me show you ...
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- :M0|0
- :M210|105|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- If you play "soft", this is a Trumpet. If you
- play "loud", it is brass section !
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- :#SUC
- You can now assign a switch key on your MIDI keyboard
- by pressing the TONE button.
- With this remote control, you can switch between the memories.
- Let me show you how to do so.
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- :M0|0
- :M220|90|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- Now press the rightest white KEY (for example) on your MIDI keyboard.
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- :#SUC
- This key is now the "TONE-SWITCH-1".
- Now we shall do the same thing with the second memory.
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- :M115|100|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M115|112|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M220|90|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- Now press the rightest black KEY (for example) on your MIDI keyboard.
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- :#SUC
- Try to play notes,
- then press the "TONE-SWITCH-1", and play the same notes, and press
- the "TONE-SWITCH-2", and play again.
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- :GTITLE
- :LSCALE
- :M77|10|1
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- .S
- THE SCALES
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- :#SUC
- Now, please play a scale (C-D-E-F-G-A-B) on the right side
- of your MIDI keyboard.
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- :#SUC
- This is a classic scale .
- Now you are going to play a blues scale. Let me show you how to do so.
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- :M0|0
- :M170|65|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M170|77|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- Please play again the same scale (C-D-E-F-G-A-B) on your MIDI keyboard.
- Would you believe it !!
- Yes, it is your first blues ! GREAT !!!
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- :#MUC
- Now you can assign a switch key on your MIDI keyboard.
- With this remote control, you can switch between playing on a
- Blues scale basis and playing on a normal scale basis.
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- Let me show you how to do so.
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- :M0|0
- :M215|40|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- Now press the leftest key (for example) on your MIDI keyboard.
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- :#MUC
- This key is now the "SCALE-SWITCH". Try to play a scale
- (C-D-E-F-G-A-B),
- then press the "SWITCH", and play the same notes.
- This way you will be able to switch between melody playing and
- impro-assisted mode.
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- :#SUC
- There are three modes to play scales:
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- * a professional mode
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- * a confirmed mode
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- * a novice mode
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- :#MUC
- In the confirmed mode, IMPROVISE just corrects the notes you will play
- wich would not match the Harmony rules, based on the note you play
- with your left hand, and the associated notes of the scales you should
- play with your right hand (either white or black keys).
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- :#SUC
- Try to play C, then G, then F, then C with your left hand, while
- you are playing C, E, F, G (many times)
- with your right hand.
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- :#MUC
- If you are not skilled enough, you can play only white keys and
- IMPROVISE will correct on the fly all the necessary half tones.
- You could as well use this function of IMPROVISE to learn non computer
- aided impovisation. But you could prefer IMPROVISE should help you
- much further on !
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- This is the novice mode.
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- Let's test this !
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- :M0|0
- :M180|58|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- Now try to play again C, then G, then F, then C with your left hand
- (left part of the keyboard), while
- you are playing C, E, F, G (many times)
- with your right hand.
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- :#SUC
- When you play always on the same place
- (the same chord or pattern) with the right hand,
- IMPROVISE will translate this accordingly the left hand.
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- :#SUC
- If you don't know how to play music, you can now improvise very
- simply!
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- IMPROVISE is great for you!
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- :GTITLE
- :LVOICING
- :M0|0|1
- :M77|10|1
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- .S
- THE VOICING
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- :#MUC
- Please, play now a C, then a G, then a F, then C on the left side of
- your MIDI keyboard.
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- Let me show you that we can include chords embellishments...
- (Jazzmen call these 'voicings')
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- :M0|0
- :M70|50|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M70|70|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- Play again a C, then a G, then a F, then C on the left side of
- your MIDI keyboard.
- It could sound greater!
- Let me show you now how to do so!
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- :M0|0
- :M70|50|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M70|87|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- Play again on the left part of your Keyboard. Great, isn't it?
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- :#SUC
- You can now assign a switch key on your MIDI keyboard.
- With this remote control, you can play with or without
- voicing.
- Let me show you how to do so.
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- :M0|0
- :M140|40|100
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- Now press a KEY on your MIDI keyboard.
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- :#SUC
- This key is now the "VOICING-SWITCH".
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- :GTITLE
- :LMIDI
- :M77|10|1
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- .S
- Play along a MIDIFILE.
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- :#SUC
- You can play along with a Midifile (it is a
- standard midifile having an added track imbeding the harmony).
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- :M0|0
- :M10|27|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- You can now load a Midifile. Let
- me show you.
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- :M0|0
- :M135|60|50
- :BL1:BL0
- IMPRO02.MID
- :W2
- ]!
- :#SUC
- You can now play the file by pressing the Play button...
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- :M0|0
- :M45|58|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- ... and you can now improvise on your keyboard.
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- :#SUC
- You can now stop the file.
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- :M0|0
- :M45|58|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :GTITLE
- :LFILE
- :M77|10|1
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- .S
- Loading and saving configuration.
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- :#SUC
- At any time, you can save the configuration with all the parameters you
- have defined.
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- :#SUC
- Let's enter some parameters ...
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- :M0|0
- :M70|100|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M70|130|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M150|100|50
- :BL1:BL0
- TTTTT
- ]!
- :M170|67|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M170|77|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M70|50|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :M70|78|50
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- As a first step I shall name and save the current configuration.
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- :M0|0
- :M35|10|50
- :BL1:BL0
- DEMOCONF
- :W2
- ]!
- :#SUC
- Now I shall return to the default parameters.
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- :M0|0
- :M77|10|100
- :BL1:BL0
- :#SUC
- I could as well load the previous configuration.
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- :M0|0
- :M15|10|50
- :BL1:BL0
- DEMOCONF
- :W2
- ]!
- :#SUC
- Now you have the previous configuration!
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- :GTITLE
- :LEND
- :#SUC
- Thanks for achieving with us this IMPROVISE training!
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- All functions of IMPROVISE are not included in this training, please
- read the help file and the documentation.
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- :L__STOP__
- :M77|10|1
- :BL1:BL0
- :Z