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WELCOME TO MUSIC-ED! by Bill Morgan
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This is a simple music editor for IBM PC type computers and
compatibles. It is written with Borland's Editor Toolbox and
is alot of fun to play with. You can make up little tunes, transcribe
the works of your favorite composers, study the timings of notes,
and get very good at the BASICA "Play" command, which this editor
uses.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| To get started, load this file into ME, if you have not already |
| done so, by typing "ME tutor" at the DOS prompt. |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
NOW, once you are in the editor, hit F1 to see some of the commands
you will be using. To use this TUTOR file you will be scrolling
around in it and trying the commands.
Since we are at the bottom of the screen, use CtrlZ to scroll down,
or PgDn, or even the down-arrow key.
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You can see from the help screen that you use F5 to play the line
the cursor is on. The program will try to play any line, even this
one, so it is best to press the PLAY keys (F3-F6) only on lines of
text which are really music. In any case, before playing anything,
it is good to set up the TEMPO, note LENGTH, and note STYLE.
Example: Put the cursor on the next line and press F5
T220 MN L16 O1 ; (you can put comments after a semicolon)
You have just set the tempo to 220 beats/minute, the note length to
sixteenth notes, music style to normal, and the octave to one.
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Now put the cursor on the next line and press F5
p8 ms o1 bbb8 bbb8 bb o2e8 f#8 g#8 o1 bb b8bbo2e8g#g#f#8d#8o1b8
ME will play the line and return to editing. Press Alt-F1 and
look at the music commands. This is the same set of commands used
by MS-BASICA.
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Try F5 on the next line. It shows the ML (legato) command and fast speed
T220 ML o2 l16 c d e f g a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g o3 l16 c d e f g a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g
Try the END and HOME keys on the line above. As you can see,
the line can be longer than you see on the screen.
( YOU can STOP the play sequence by pressing CTRL-U )
Try F5 on the next line. This is staccato!
t220 MS o2 l16 c d e f g a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g o3 l16 c d e f g a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g a b- a g
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If you put the cursor under this "A" here and press F3 you will just
play the note A in whatever octave you were in last, and at the
last tempo. F3 plays whatever chunk is near the cursor and will play
until it comes to a space. So you can arrange your music in logical
phrases on the line and play sections til you get then right.
Try playing just this chunk: [t200O3L8CDE-FE-DCO2B-] with F3.
======================================================================
Some text like the following at the top of your file would let you
change tempos and octaves easily while working on your latest song.
T60 T160 O0 L4 (Put cursor at tempo or octave. Use F3 to
T80 T180 O1 L8 set it, then move cursor to scale below
T100 T200 O2 L16 and press F5 to play the scale. Scale
T120 T220 O3 L32 at right will not play because it is
T140 T240 O4 L64 commented out by the semicolon.)
C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B ; C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B
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F4 is like F5 except that it only plays the part of the line
which is to the right of the cursor. Play the line below with F5
(to set octave and tempo) and then move the cursor around on the
line and play it with F4. You will see how it works. This is useful
when composing.
t220 l8 o3 C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B o4 C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B
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====================== BLOCKS =====================
The keys F3-F5 are useful while composing to hear fragments of
the piece, but what about playing larger chunks, or the whole thing?
For this we use the PLAYBLOCK feature. Move the cursor to the top
of the block below and press F7. This marks the beginning. Now move
to the end and press F8. The block is marked! Now press F6...
--------- BACH ----------
t120msp8o5l16ED#l8eo4bg#b
l16ef#ed#l8eo3bg#b
mll16ebf#bg#babg#bf#b
eo4 ed#c#o3bo4ed#c#o3bag#f#
msl16ebf#bg#babg#bf#b
eo4ed#c#o3bo4ed#c#o3bag#f#
mlef#g#abo4c#d#ef#g#af#
g#bef#g#abo5c#d#ec#d#
eo4babg#babg#bf#be
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; circular thing also by bach
T188
O2L8GF+GD O3DO2AB-G F+EF+D O3DO2AB-G O3E-O2AB-GF+O3DO2AO3C
O2L4B-O3DC+DEAC+D
O3L4GL8AB-AFGEDEFGFE-DCO2L4BO3GO2GB
O3L8CDE-FE-DCO2B- L4AO3FO2FAL8B-O3CDE-DCO2B-A
O2L8GB-O3CDCO2B-AGL4F+O3DO2DF+GO3E-O2AO3D
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... thus you can play your whole song, or a number of songs, up to
the filesize limit of this editor which is about 60K or so! To STOP
playing in PLAYBLOCK you can use CtrlU or ESC.
If you want the editor to pause between songs, just put in the pause
with the pause command (P1, P2, etc.) :
T60 P4 ; this is a pause of 1 beat @ 60 beats/minute = about 1 second
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OTHER EDITOR COMMANDS : The editor has the same basic commands as
the Sidekick editor, Turbo Pascal editor, etc.
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DIRECTORY FEATURE : If you press Alt-F3 you can load a new file. If
you press Alt-F4, you will see a directory listing and you can pick
a file by moving the cursor keys. The chosen file will be automatically
loaded up. If you choose a sub-directory (marked by brackets) then
you will move to that sub-directory and be given a new list of files.
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I hope you have fun with this program. Feel free to pass it on.
THANK YOU to Borland for making this Editor program available!
If you make up any music or transcribe any songs I would love to
hear them! Just press F9 to get my address and look for new and
improved model coming soon!
yours truly,
Bill Morgan
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Try this one !
MS T200 O2 L8 C L4 F L8 A O3 C O2 AF L4 G L8 B- L4 O3 D
L8 C O2 B O3 CF L4 D L8 O2 B- L4 G.. P16
L8 C L4 F L8 A O3 C O2 AF L4 G L8 B- L4 O3 D
L8 C O2 B O3 CFD O2 GE L4 F.. P8
O3 L4 A L8 A L4 G. L8 FGF L4 E- L8 EDE-EFGG+ L4 A.. P8
O1 L4 G L8 G L4 F. L8 EFE L4 D- L8 DDEFG O2 G O1 G O2 C O1 B-AG. P16
O2 L8 C L4 F L8 A O3 C O2 AF L4 G L8 B- L4 O3 D
L8 C O2 B O3 CF L4 D L8 O2 B- L4 G.. P16
O3 L8 C L4 F L8 A O4 C O3 AF L4 G L8 B- L4 O4 D
L8 C O3 B O4 CFD O3 GE L4 F. L8 O4 F