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MUSICIAN I V 1.5 HELP UPGRADE
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SETUP


Connect Staves : To connect staves in desired groups select
this option from the F8 Staves -menu or
press CTRL+R. To produce the bracket use
computer keyboard arrow -keys. Active drawing
by pressing the space key. Arrow left produces
the tip of the bracket and arrow right produces
the endings of the bracket.


ENTERING NOTES



2. Using Mouse

To Active
Mouse Keyboard : CTRL+C
F6 Edit menu On/Off

Note Height : Move cursor on the mouse keyboard and
select note as single finger playing. To
produce chromatic notes click the left side
of a black key to enter a sharp and the right
side for a flat.


Note Value : Click the piano key on the desired
point reading note value from the
left side note bar. Scroll the
bar with clicking up and down arrows.

Rests : Double click on desired value.

Scrolling
Keyboard : Change octaves on the keyboard by
clicking small keyboard icons on the
lower ends of the keyboard.

Moving : Step left / right = Arrow left / rigth
Bar left / right = Arrow+line l / r
Screen l / r = Arrow+corner l / r
Song begin / end = Arrow+double line l / r

Auto Moving : Select desired step value for quater note
from the number bar ( 0 - 6).

Playback : Left Speaker icon = Play all
Middle Speaker icon = Play screen
Right Speaker icon = Play selected voices

Triplets : Click Triplet icon On / Off

Dotted note : Click Dot icon On / Off

Tie Up / Down : Click Tie Up or Down -icon On / Off

Beam : Clich Beam Icon On / Off

Delete : To Delete a mark or a column move staff cursor
on the desired mark or column and click the
DEL icon.
Insert : To Insert a column move staff cursor on
desired column and click the INS icon.

Selecting : To select a voice scroll voices with
Voice Voice Selecting icons (arrow up / down).

Accidentals : To produce an accidental click the
desired icon. Double click produces
a double accidental.

Steam : To change the steam direction move
Direction staff cursor on the desired note and
click the Steam Direction icon.

Bar Line : Toggle desired bar line by clicking the
Bar Line icon. Double click moves the staff
cursor automatically two steps forward.
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Endings : Click the Ending icon. The number of
endings can be selected from the computer
keyboard.

3. Using MIDI Keyboard

To Active : CTRL+W
MIDI Keyboard F6 Edit menu On / Off
Musician asks you to press the
lowest C-key on your MIDI keyboard to
scale the note producing are of the
keyboard. The lowest octave of the keyboard
is reserved for producing notes. All following
command are produced from these keys.

Moving : CIS = Cursor left
DIS = Cursor right

Note and Rest : C = Whole note 1/1
Values D = Half note 1/2
E = Quarter note 1/4
F = 8th note 1/8
G = 16th note 1/16
A = 32nd note 1/32
B = 64th note 1/64

Note Height : By pressing the desired key on the MIDI
keyboard.

Note / Rest : FIS-key
Toggle

Bar Line : GIS-key on a free column

Delete Mark : GIS-key on a mark


AIS-key is a special key for following operations. These options can
be selected with AIS-key.

Selecting : Scroll octave changes (-3 to 3) with
Octave CIS and DIS -keys. (GIS = Enter)

Playback : Select playback modes with CIS and DIS
-keys. Begin playback with GIS-key.

Auto Steps : Select Auto Step Value (0-6) for a quarter note with
CIS and DIS -keys. (GIS = Enter)

Accidentals : Select desired accidental (sharp/flat/off) with
CIS and DIS -keys. (GIS = Enter)


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F5 - FILES -menu :

To laser printer ctrl-L Prints Song to Hewlett Packard Laserjet or
compatible printer

Load bank ctrl-B Loads the new instument bank from the disk.


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F6 - EDIT -menu

Keyboard On / Off : CTRL+C. To active the mouse keyboard.
See: F10 Help Menu:Entering Notes (with mouse
keyboard)

Show Text Y/N : Shows or hides the lyrics produced with Text
Editor. With the No-option the graphic is
faster.

Text Editor : CTRL+T. To active the text editor.
See : F10 Help Menu: Text Editor.

MIDI In : CTRL+W To Active the midi keyboard.
See : F10 Help Menu:Entering Notes (with MIDI
keyboard)

Block : CTRL+U To active the block operation mode.
Select the desired area with computer keyboard
arrow keys. Spacebar starts marking.

Copy : Transfers the selected block to memory.

Del : Deletes the selected block.

Insert : Inserts the block from memory to selected
point on the staff.

Transpose : Transposes the selected block. Musician asks
the numeber of half-steps to transpose up or down
and whether the new key is to be overwritten or
not.

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Text Editor :


To Activate : CTRL+T Or F6 Edit Menu On / Off


Fonts : Two fonts are available. Toggle with F1-key.

Cursor moves : SPACE BAR = Step forwards
Overwrite

ARROW RIGHT = Step right / left+
LEFT

ARROW UP = Line up / down
DOWN

INS On/Off = Toggle Insert/Overwrite mode to
insert columns or characters.

DEL = Deletes a column or a character.
BACKSPACE = Deletes a column or a character
left to the cursor and moves the rest
of text one step to the left.


HOME = Moves cursor to the begining of
the line.

PAGE UP = Moves cursor to the previous screen.

PAGE DOWN = Moves cursor to the next screen.



To Save F2 saves the text under the name of the current song.

To Load F3 loads the text of the current song.

To Exit Text ESC or CTRL+T
Editor