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                         RECORDER TUTOR                     Version 1.1
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               * Copyright Sue Pardoe / Softsell 1992  *
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 INDEX
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 Authors Details & Limitations --------------------------  3
 Hardware/ Software Requirements ------------------------  3
 Program Overview ---------------------------------------  4
 Mouse/ Key selection -----------------------------------  5
 Running the Program ------------------------------------  6
 Using the Program --------------------------------------  7
          i ) Description of Main Heading ---------------  8
          ii) Selecting Tutorial Easy -------------------  9
          iii)    "        "     Medium ----------------- 10
          iv)     "        "     Hard/Expert ------------ 11
 Playing your First Notes ------------------------------- 12






                         RECORDER TUTOR
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 Authors Details:
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 This  program  is a product of Softsell,  if you enjoy using  this  program
 please  send  the registration fee of  £20 (UK) or $40 (U.S.) stating disk
 size. This will enable us to continue producing and updating software for
 the Shareware market.  In  return  you will be sent the registered version
 of the program. Which gives you mouse control, more tunes for each level and
 a music tutorial. Printed  documentation (in booklet form).  Details of any
 updates and  full list of other software available.
           Sue Pardoe,
           Softsell,
           65 Heol Rehoboth,
           Five Roads,
           Llanelli,
           Dyfed. SA15 5DZ
           U.K.
           Telephone [phone]


 Or available in U.S. from (Authorised dealer)
           Motes Educational Software
           P.O. Box 575
           Siloam Springs
           AR. 72761


 Hardware/ Software Requirements
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 This  program will run on any P.C.  with an EGA (64K+) monitor or above using  DOS
 version 3.3 or higher.





                         RECORDER TUTOR
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 Program Overview
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 Recorder tutor is designed to teach children and anyone else to make  music
 by playing the recorder. It will teach you how to hold the recorder, finger
 correctly,  breathe in the right way and give a sound understanding of  the
 principles of music.  You don't need to know how to read music before using
 this program but hopefully you'll learn along the way.
 The  program also is not intended as a comprehensive guide on how  to  read
 music  and younger recorder players especially may find they need a  little
 outside help.  The program shows how notes are written down and how to fin-
 ger the notes on the recorder in a pictorial way.



 Mouse / Key Selection
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 The registered version is mouse compatible and also accepts keyed  com-
 mands.
 When selecting with the mouse, click the option required on the menu-bar at
 the top of the screen. Mostly another menu will drop down. Select an
 item  by  moving the mouse pointer over the choice and  clicking  the  left
 mouse  button.  Clicking on the right mouse button or pressing Esc  on  the
 keyboard  cancels the menu without choosing an item and returns you to  the
 main screen.  When using the keyboard,  press the highlighted letter  of
 the main options to drop down the menus.  Then select an item by using the  up
 and  down arrow keys and pressing Enter when the item you require is  highlighted.


 Running the program.
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 a) Power on.
 b) Place disk in the appropriate drive.
 c) Run the program by typing in "recorder".
     For  unregistered  users  this  will bring  onto  the  screen  SOFTSELL
     information   giving details of how to register.  For registered  users
     there  will be a pause while the program is loaded and   then you  will
     be taken to the main screen.

 The options now available are:
 1) Learn.
 2) Change-Level.
 3) Play.
 4) Tempo.
 5) Options.
 6) Select Tune.
 7) Help.











 Using the program.
 ------------------
 Before  we start learning the notes and playing the recorder,  we ought  to
know a little about the instrument we are playing so to begin with we  shall
enter  the HELP option.  By either clicking the mouse pointer on Help or  by
typing on the keyboard H, a drop-down menu will appear showing you the main
headings, i.e.
 Types of recorders.
 Choosing a recorder.
 Holding the recorder.
 Starting out.
 How to blow.
 Pinched notes.
 Care of the recorder.
 Tuning the recorder.
 Tutorial


Selecting  CHOOSING A RECORDER tells you the full range/different  types  of
recorders available. The descant is the most popular of the range, is widely
available and more importantly, this program is written to suit.

Selecting  HOLDING THE RECORDER tells you how to hold the recorder  so  that
your fingers will be in the correct fingering positions.

Selecting  STARTING OUT you are ready to play your first  "proper" note, i.e., B. Before playing this note refer to the next  head-
ing so

Selecting HOW TO BLOW you are told the correct way to blow with the  correct
tongue position (tonguing).

Selecting  PINCHED  NOTES (which you will need to know about in  the  hard level) tells you how to play the notes in the hard level.

Selecting CARE OF THE RECORDER tells you how to warm-up the recorder  before
beginning to play, and how to clean it after use ready for another day.

Selecting TUNING THE RECORDER tells you how, should a few of you budding musicians get together, to go about tuning your  instru-
ments for group playing.


 Selecting TUTORIAL.
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 The  tutorial  is set out on each level of difficulty, i.e., Easy,  Medium,
Hard and Expert. When beginning the program you are automatically started at
the  easy level.  If you now select Tutorial, wait a few seconds,  on screen
will be shown Page 1 of 5 Pages of text.  To   change pages either click  on
the Page Up or Page Down  at  the  top of the screen or press the Page Up or
Page Down keys.  From page 1 use the "Page Down" only and from the last page
use the "Page Up" only.

 Page 1...gives advice on
          Holding your recorder
          Playing your first note
          Tonguing

 Page 2...gives advice on
          Reading music, the stave, treble clef and how to write notes.


 Page 3...gives information on
          Bars, bar lines, beats and time signatures.

 Page 4...gives information on
          Reading music - note lengths covering
          whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes.

 Page 5...continues with
          Note lengths covering eighth notes and sixteenth notes.

This concludes the easy tutorial level.



To get to the medium level tutorial
either  click the Right hand mouse button or press Esc, which takes you  back
to the main screen. Select change-level and select medium from the drop-down
menu.  The medium level will then load,  shown by a new tune  appearing.
Select  the  help menu again and click on the tutorial you should  now  have
page 1 of 4 pages where you are given information on the following.


 Page 1...Low notes

 Page 2...Rests,
          Whole note rest, half note rest, quarter note rest
          and eight note rest

 Page 3...Sharp notes and key signatures

 Page 4...Flat notes and key signatures

This concludes the medium level tutorial.



Hard level tutorial covers.

 Page 1...Pinched notes

 Page 2...The tie and dotted notes.

 Page 3...Sixteenth note and sharps and flats

This concludes the hard level tutorial.



The Expert level tutorial is a chart showing all the notes and fingering positions playable on the descant recorder and is included
for reference.

 Page 1...Fingering chart for notes from low C to A.

 Page 2...Fingering chart for notes from B flat to high F sharp

 Page 3...Fingering chart for notes from High G to high D

This concludes the Expert level tutorial.

Learning to Play your First Notes.
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If you are not in the main screen, or a drop-down menu is open press escape
or the right mouse button to get you back.
Now select the change level option and select Easy (if you are not already
in that level).
Then select the Learn Option on the screen a box will appear with the easy
selection of notes for you to learn. I.e.


                    B  A  G  C  D


Select each note by either clicking with the left mouse button or
moving the cursor arrow with the up or down arrow keys and pressing enter. You
will then hear the note sounded. You will see the  fingering position on the
recorder represented by the red dots showing, which holes to cover with your
fingers and see how the note is written on the stave.
We suggest that you practice these notes first, one at a time until you are
familiar with the finger positions and can blow them cleanly. Once
you feel you have done this try  playing some tunes.
To do this press Esc or click the right hand mouse button to return to the
main screen. There will already be a tune on the screen. To play this simply
press the space bar, a count in will start so you can be ready to play the
recorder. Listen to the tune first, play it again and try to play along.
You'll probably find that the tune is playing too fast for you to keep up!
To slow it down select the Tempo option and select SLOW. Play again and you
will find it much easier to play along. As you practice and become better at
playing the tune you can reselect the Tempo option and speed things up. With
the slow tempo it also becomes easier to follow the fingering positions
shown on the recorder picture. You can even follow this without reading the
music. Moving on. To select a new tune Click on the Select Tune or press the
S key to bring down the tunes menu and choose a tune from the list. Once
chosen the tune will be displayed and you can continue playing the new tune.
The alternative to pressing the space bar to play the tune is to select the
Play option from the menu-bar, there are two options; play through and play
along. Play through plays the tune with no count in, and play along plays
the tune with a count down.
To change levels select the Change level option from the menu-bar. There are
four levels Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert each with a different selection of
notes in the Learn option,  different tunes to play and a different lesson
on music in the tutorial. Don't worry if you haven't learnt to play all the
notes yet you can always listen to the tunes and get a feel for reading the
music even in the expert level.
As you get more experienced you may find that you don't need to look at the
fingering positions or have the note letters printed above the music. You
can turn these off by selecting the Options item.
Selecting Show fingering ON/OFF will toggle the fingering display on or off.
Similarly the show notes ON/OFF option will toggle the showing of the note
letters above the music on or off, but note that this will not be in effect
until a new tune is selected. Also in this menu there is the exit program,
selecting this option will return you to DOS, (but you will be asked if you
are sure in case you made a mistake).
That covers the main items of the program.



When you use this program for any length of time you will find that
you can move about the menus quite quickly.
As mentioned earlier, take your time so that you move your fingers to cover
the holes fully and practice until you blow each note cleanly.
We hope that this program is of great use to you and encourages you in your
music studies.