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- (c) 1988 Cardita Consulting & Development
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- │ 1.0 What is Scale Master ? 2 │
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- │ 2.0 Installation 2 │
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- │ 3.0 How to Use the menus. 3 │
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- │ 4.0 Program Features 3 │
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- │ 4.1 Tuning your guitar. 3 │
- │ 4.2 Selecting a scale and key signature. 3 │
- │ 4.3 Listening to a scale. 3 │
- │ 4.4 Adjusting the tempo. 4 │
- │ 4.5 Playing along with a Scale. 4 │
- │ 4.6 Printing a Scale. 4 │
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- │ 5.0 Hints and Suggestions 5 │
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- │ 6.0 Program History 5 │
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- │ 7.0 User Feedback Form 6 │
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- │ 8.0 Registration 6 │
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- Scale Master Users Manual
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- 1.0 What is Scale Master
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- Scale Master is a program that is designed to help a
- guitar player master musical scales. The basic concept is
- that the computer can figure out the proper note sequences
- and patterns quite easily where a person has to do it all by
- hand. Scale Master computes the notes for a given scale and
- a given key signature and displays the fretboard on the
- screen. At this point the guitarist can find a position to
- work with and play along with the computer at various tempos.
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- I originally created this program for my self as an
- aid to learning more scales. I showed it to a few guitar
- playing buddies and they encouraged me to make it available
- in the public domain.
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- I hope that by using this program your guitar
- playing will improve and that you will share it with your
- friends.
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- 2.0 Installation
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- The following is a list of files that you should
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- SCALMAST.COM - The executable program
- SCALMAST.DOC - Users manual (this file)
- README - Brief intro
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- This program is being marketed using the SHAREWARE
- concept. You are free to copy it and give it to your friends
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- a. The files are not changed.
- b. You do not charge them any money.
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- Many hours were put into this program and I am glad
- to be able to share it. This is a 'bare bones' version. If
- you become a registered user you will get the enhanced
- version , update notices, and news about other guitar
- software. If this program is helpful I encourage you to
- become a registered user and support the further development
- of software for the guitarist.
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- To install the program simply use the DOS copy command to
- copy SCALMAST.COM to your hard disk or any floppy.
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- To run it type SCALMAST from the DOS prompt.
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- 3.0 How to use the Menus
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- Scale Master is totally menu driven , the following is
- a list of keys that allow you to select menu items.
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- up arrow next selection up
- down arrow next selection down
- return/enter make a selection
- Escape leave the menu with nothing changed.
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- The inverse cursor wraps around from top to bottom and
- vise versa.
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- 4.0 Program Features
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- Scale Master has 20 scales in 12 key signatures for a
- combination of 120 patterns over 19 frets. You can print the
- fretboard for later reference, listen to the scale , and play
- along with it.
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- 4.1 Tuning your guitar
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- If you intend on playing along with your guitar then
- you should tune it to the computer. After selecting the TUNE
- GUITAR option you can press the numbers 1 through 6 to hear
- the 6 different tones that correspond to the six open strings
- on the guitar. Pressing any other key exits this option.
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- 4.2 Selecting a Scale and Key signature
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- When the program begins you are first asked to
- select a key signature and then a scale. Once this is done
- you are at the main menu. The first two selections are
- change scale and change key signature. You can change these
- at any time to explore other scale/key combinations.
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- 4.3 Listening to a Scale
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- This option plays and displays the notes as their
- at the set tempo once. This is normally used to quickly
- hear a scale in a particular key.
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- 4.4 Adjusting the Tempo and Tempo Adjustment
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- The tempo ranges from 1 to 100 , 1 being very slow
- and 100 being extremely fast. When you start the program it
- is initially set to 50. Whenever the tempo is changed it
- stays at that value even if you change scale or keys.
- The tempo adjustment is an increment/decrement value
- that is used in the repeat scale option, it can range from 1
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- 4.5 Playing along with the computer ( REPEAT SCALE)
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- This option is the heart of the program. It
- plays the selected scale in the chosen key over and over. It
- ascends the scale and then descends it. There are three
- options at this point.
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- a. By pressing the plus key + the tempo will increase by
- the tempo adjustment amount each time the scale is
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- b. By pressing the minus key - the tempo will decrease by
- the tempo adjustment each time the scale is played.
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- c. Pressing the space bar will hold the tempo at the
- present rate.
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- d. Pressing any other key will exit back to the main menu
- AFTER the scale has completed.
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- The way to use this is to find a comfortable
- tempo to learn the pattern. Once you have it down ,
- experiment with the +,- options at various adjustment rates
- to add variety and smoothness to your playing.
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- 4.6 Printing a Scale
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- To print a copy of the fretboard select the print
- scale option. The first time you select this option
- Scale Master will ask you if your printer can print IBM
- graphics characters. Scale Master uses LPT1: the
- first parallel printer port. If you have a serial
- printer you can use the DOS MODE command to re-direct
- LPT1: to the COM port of your printer. This must be
- done before running Scale Master.
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- 5.0 Hints and Suggestions
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- What are all of the numbers on the fretboard ?
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- The fretboard frets and open strings are labeled. if
- there is a symbol (R or number) on a fret then that note in
- part of the scale/key combination that you have selected.
- The R stands for the ROOT of the Scale , this is the same
- note as the key that you have selected. The numbers 2-8 are
- the remaining notes in the scale. The playing sequence is as
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- R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R R 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 R
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- To play a pattern start at an R and follow sequentially until
- you get to the next Root. You will see that there are many
- possibilities. You can go vertically, horizontally, and
- diagonally. Besides using the normal fingerings experiment
- with combinations of your own. ( Thats the fun part of
- guitar playing, Be creative !!!)
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- If you are a beginner use a very slow tempo to start out
- with. Its always better to play slower cleanly then to play
- faster sloppily. Once you are comfortable with the fingering
- increase the speed. Once you have mastered a fingering
- explore other parts of the neck.
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- One interesting use for this program is to have the computer
- play a scale and you play harmony to it .
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- 6.0 Program History
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- ver 1.0 - 12/02/87 - written for the Atari 8-bit
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- ver 1.1 - 1/25/88 - conversion to the IBM version added
- a few more features.
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- 7.0 User Feedback
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- For this product to mature and improve over time it
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- 1. YOUR Suggestions
- 2. YOUR Support ( more on this in a minute )
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- Your comments are welcome and wanted. I fully intend to
- support and enhance this product. I am also open to
- suggestions for other products. So lets here from you !
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- 8.0 Registration
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- Why Register , the programs free isn't it ?
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- Well.... not exactly , you ARE free to try it out and
- copy it for your friends. If you use the program you are
- expected to become a registered user.
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- What benefits do I get when I register ?
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- 1. You get the latest enhanced version which has
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- * more scales
- * multiple octaves
- * fretboard animation - shows you where to play
- * any bells and whistles that users suggest
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- 2. You support the further development for guitar /
- music orientated software.
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- 3. A guilt free conscience. ( They say registered users
- learn and progress faster and sleep better at nights)
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- 4. My appreciation and gratitude !
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- How do I become a registered user ?
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- Send a CHECK for $25.00 to
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- Ken Cardita
- Cardita Consulting and Development
- 41915 San Julian Place
- Temecula, CA 92390
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