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- Note Tester version 0.1
-
- by
- Chris Wesley
-
- What the program does
- ---------------------
- I wrote this program to help me learn the music notes in the treble and bass
- clefs. It simulates "flash cards" - on which notes are written. In use, these
- are shown to the student in rapid succession, who must then name the notes
- being displayed. Through many such "flash tests", instant recognition of notes
- can be learned.
-
- The program simulates this process. It will time you over a trial which
- consists of a number of flash tests. Each incorrect guess incurs a 3 second
- time penalty, which should discourage successive rapid guessing.
-
- Note that as soon as you start a trial you are being timed. If you pause to
- change options, the time you take is added into your trial time. Set options
- right at the start of a trial to avoid this.
-
- At the end of the trial, the program will tell you the average length of time
- you took to recognise each note in the trial. This should reduce as you get
- better, and you'll have an objective measure of progress. The trial time is
- calculated to the nearest second, so trials with fewer tests will be less
- accurately timed.
-
- Options
- -------
- You can instruct the program to test you on both treble and bass clefs - or
- on just one. You can also set the number of tests in each trial, and you
- can select or deselect sound effects. You can make all of these selections
- permanent until you change them again, by saving to file.
-
- Installation
- ------------
- Unzipping will give you the following files:
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- NOTETEST.OPA 4822 The application
- BASS.PIC 420 A picture of the bass clef
- TREB.PIC 440 A picture of the treble clef
- README.TXT 2362 This file
-
- Place the application in any \APP directory and install in the usual way.
-
- Place the .PIC files under \OPD.
-
- The program makes a small file called CLEFDEFS.ODB under the \OPD directory
- which is used to save your options preferences.
-
- Conditions of Use
- -----------------
- 1. This program is a lash-up ! Use it at your own risk.
- 2. I retain copyright.
- 3. You can use freely and you may distribute further, but only in its original
- and complete form.
- 4. I welcome feedback.
- Email me (for the time being) at chris.wesley@tiuk.ti.com or phone in the
- evenings on (0234) 347836.
-
- Chris Wesley - August 1994