Master Flatpick Guitar Solos
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Master Flatpick Guitar Solos Table of Contents PG MUSIC INC. LICENSE AGREEMENT 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW 5 Welcome to Master Flatpick Guitar Solos Learn how to solo like a master! How to use the program Includes Band-in-a-Box Files About Marty Cutler CHAPTER 2 : INSTALLATION Before you run the Program Installing to Windows Running the Program in Windows 95/98/NT Running the Program in Windows 3.
Playing The Pieces CHAPTER 5: OPTION PANELS SETTINGS General Options MIDI Options Audio Options CHAPTER 6: GUITAR OPTIONS SETTINGS Guitar Options… CHAPTER 7: NOTATION MODES MIDI Notation Window Notation Window Options 24 28 28 30 34 36 36 38 38 39 CHAPTER 8: PULL DOWN MENU ITEMS 42 APPENDIX A: KEYSTROKE SHORTCUTS 47 APPENDIX B: TROUBLESHOOTING & DRIVERS 48 Section 1: Troubleshooting Memory Hard Drive MIDI SOUND 48 48 49 51 Section 2: Setting up Wave/MIDI Drivers Checking Drivers Installing W
Chapter 1: Introduction & Overview Welcome to Master Flatpick Guitar Solos The Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program is a fully-featured interactive music program with professional flatpick arrangements of 50 songs. Each song features a flatpick guitar solo played by top studio musician Marty Cutler, as well as accompanying piano (comping), bass, drums, and strings. There are almost 3 hours of flatpick guitar soloing in this program.
How to use the program This program contains flatpick guitar solos covering various styles, from easy-toplay to advanced phrases. We suggest that you learn the phrases by first watching the On-screen guitar fretboard, while the notation scrolls by. You'll notice that the notation also contains TAB. To study a particular phrase, the program includes advanced looping features. You can loop a number of bars, what you see on the screen, or the entire song.
Chapter 2 : Installation Before you run the Program Make sure that the WAVE AUDIO and MIDI drivers for your computer's sound system are already installed into the Windows Operating System. (In other words, does your computer already make sounds?) If not, you may need to install the support software for your sound card (i.e. Creative Labs, Yamaha, Turtle Beach, etc.) and/or MIDI card (MPU401,MQX, SC-7, etc.) into the "Windows Control Panel | Multimedia | Drivers" section before using this program.
Selecting Your Sound or MIDI Driver THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU RUN THIS SOFTWARE, the program will attempt to automatically detect and configure your computer's Sound and MIDI setup. The program will use your system's default Wave Output Device (i.e. from the Windows Control Panel | Multimedia |Audio Playback Output Device Settings) for outputting Digital Audio, and then attempt to use the "best" MIDI Output device from your system's list of installed MIDI Output Devices (i.e. Windows Multimedia MIDI Settings.
You will then be presented with a dialog like the one below: Select MIDI Input and Output Driver dialog. The program will play the MIDI music using the driver you specify here. In this example, we have selected the Creative MIDI Instrument Mapper (shown in the right-hand column), which is a common MIDI device driver setting for the Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE32/64 line of sound cards.
Once you have selected the driver preferences, the program's Main Screen will appear and you will be ready to use the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program. The quickest way to get started is to read the following tutorial which runs through the major features of the program. If you just can't wait a second longer, press the PLAY ALL button now to begin song playback and to ensure that your driver selection is working properly.
Chapter 3: Tutorial Exploring the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos Features This tutorial assumes that you've already installed the program and your output drivers are installed into the Windows Control Panel (see the Installation Instructions in the previous chapter and Appendix B for detailed instructions.) This is the main screen for the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos.
This area also allows you to set specific LOOP POINTS by clicking above and below the desired section. The top loop point marker sets the loop BEGIN point, and the bottom marker sets the loop END point. (In this example the middle section would be the looped region.) As the lesson plays, the piano keyboard displays the notes.
This listbox allows you to select songs from different Songlists (see below) based on the category selected here. To use the songlist which contains the entire list of songs available on the CD-ROM, choose the ALL SONGS category list, as shown above. Songlist Select a piece that you would like to hear by MOUSE CLICKING once to open the list of songs available in the currently selected Songlist, and again over the title of the piece. Playback Starts Automatically.
Allows you to quickly change the Key at which the piece is played back. Note: Changing the Key will affect the tempo of the digital audio playback and if the playback mode is Au/MIDI, or Au/SMIDI an adjustment is made to the tempo of the MIDI playback to remain in synch with the Digital Audio. Mute Button This button allows you to quickly mute or unmute the part currently selected by the Part Selection list box. Press once to mute the part, and press again to unmute.
This button launches the opening chapter of the program's Help Topics, which contains full descriptions of all the features and functions available in the program. Loop Button and Section/Bars Selector The Loop Button and Section/Bars selector work together to allow you to quickly select a section (using the section selector --verse, chorus1, etc.), loop points (using the overview window), a number of Bars (i.e. 1,4,8,12,24, etc.), or the entire song.
The PLAY Buttons Play Button Play a single piece by using the play button or selecting from the song list The PLAY button will play the piece that is currently selected (highlighted) in the LIST Window). You can also use the mouse to select a piece; a piece will load and play automatically as soon as it is selected from the SONGLIST drop-down box. Stop Button Stop the music by pressing the stop button. When playback is resumed the song will start from the point at which it was stopped.
Previous/Next Piece buttons. These buttons move to the previous or next piece when you are playing more than one piece.
Check out the Main Program Screen The left-hand pane of the Content/Text screen provides easy navigation throughout the program. Navigation Buttons ! ! ! ! ! ! The BACK and FORWARD buttons let you navigate to previously viewed pages. The Main Menu button displays the main screen of the program, visible on startup. Quick Start provides the basics of operating the program. The Overview button displays the program overview, containing information and tips on studying with the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos.
Click on the speaker icon to launch/hear the lesson. Click on the notes icon to play the lesson described in the text to the right of the icon. This will also automatically launch the Notation mode so that you can see as well as hear a given example. Selecting the Song Memo button will display a short memo about the song. First, let's play the songs one at a time. Select the ALL Category List to ensure that you are displaying the list of all the titles in the program.
MIDI Notation Window displaying the guitar part and tablature. As you can see, this notation mode provides you with an excellent view of exactly which notes are being played (noteheads are highlighted in red.) You can step through each note or chord one-at-a-time by pressing the NUMPAD period (.) and zero (0) keys on your computer keyboard, or by mouse-clicking on the ARROW buttons shown at the top of the MIDI Notation window.
Now when you press the PLAY button, you will hear the Tenor Sax patch for that part. Pressing the SPACEBAR will also STOP or START the Song. THE MINUS KEY '-' backs up by 2-seconds. THE ENTER KEY Starts the song from the beginning. SLOW DOWN OR SPEED UP THE PIECE (TEMPO CHANGE) 1) Use the [ and ] (square bracket keys) to slow down or speed up the piece by 5 beats at a time. 2) Use the Tempo Box up/down arrows to change the tempo or speed at which the piece is played back.
set these loop markers by mouse-clicking above the Wave Overview Window to set the start marker, and below to set the end marker. Then, all you have to do is press the LOOP button (shown below) to hear the section you have marked loop continuously until you press the loop button again. Print Out a Hardcopy of The Sheet Music For Further Study! By now, you have seen some of the program's powerful MIDI playback features. But we still have a few more things to do.
(If you prefer sequential order, try setting Random to No/Off in the General Settings Panel.) Use the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos as Background Music while you work in other programs. Note that the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos will continue to play even while you work in other programs. So for example, you can start the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program playing ALL songs and then switch over to your Word Processor.
Chapter 4: Using the Program Selecting and Playing Pieces Selecting Pieces You first use the CATEGORY list to select a LIST of pieces to appear in the Songs List Window. Then, you will see a list of songs displayed in the List Window. To select songs in the List Window: Use the mouse to click on the title of the Song that you want to play.
These buttons move to the previous or next piece in a given Songlist. Playback starts automatically. Favorites Files This program allows you to maintain files of your favorite pieces. Normally you would just want one list of favorite pieces, but if several people are using the program you might want to have different favorites files. For example, you may have mastered Songs 1-14. You could deselect these songs and save your own favorites file to help you recall the solos you still have to master.
will not be transposed. You can, however, transpose the MIDI Notation parts by using the MIDI Notation | OPTIONS Button and entering a transpose value in the space provided. Looping The Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program offers very flexible looping capabilities, allowing you to practice or study specific sections easily. The loop capabilities are enabled by selecting a region to loop and pressing the LOOP button. To deactivate the looping feature, simply click on the LOOP button a second time.
Changing MIDI PLAYBACK Instruments (Patches) If you have a General MIDI compatible instrument, you can use the Patch names to change patch by name. Use the MIDI OPTIONS button (or click on any of the OPTIONS buttons (AUDIO,GENERAL, etc.) and click on the MIDI OPTIONS tab) to enter the MIDI SETTINGS PANEL. Once you have chosen this option, you can then click on the part that you want to change (for example the Bass Part). Then, change the patch.
Chapter 5: Option Panels Settings General Options This panel allows you to control the program's general settings. The General Options Settings are saved and stored for subsequent program sessions. These settings can be changed as often as required, and at any time. NOTATION SCROLLS AHEAD - DEFAULT=OFF This feature, when enabled, instructs the program to "preview" or "read ahead" the next bars and display the next bars of notation as the music is playing.
Note: This feature will affect the tempo of the music; a positive number will increase the tempo, and a negative number will decrease the tempo. ALWAYS SWITCH TO MIDI AT HALF SPEED DEFAULT=ON This feature, when enabled, will automatically set playback to be heard through your computer's MIDI setup. This allows for 1/2 speed playback without affecting the original pitch of the music. This is very useful for learning pieces or sight-reading the music.
MIDI Setting Panel MIDI Options This Panel allows you to change MIDI parameters for a single part (instrument ) or all the instruments. PART SELECTION Click on the desired instrument (part) that you want to change. Once you click on it you will notice that the Part Settings (below) will change to reflect the current settings for the part that you have chosen.
PART SETTINGS MIDI CHANNEL The MIDI channel is the channel used for output of the program's MIDI data. Your synthesizer, sound card or digital piano must be set up to receive on the channel that the program is outputting on - otherwise the output will be silent. Changing this setting instantly changes the Channel, so you can quickly try all 16 channels to see which channel your synth is responding to. PATCH - Bank MSB - Bank LSB - DEFAULT=0 A Patch is the instrument selection for your synthesizer.
VOLUME - DEFAULT=100 Volume affects the loudness of a given part. If you want to change the overall loudness of all the parts, use the ALL VOL knob instead. REVERB - DEFAULT=40 Reverb is a nice sounding effect which "warms up" the sound. Typical setting is=40 which is about 11 o'clock on the reverb knob. CHORUS - DEFAULT=0 Chorus is a nice sounding effect which make the sound "more lush". Typical setting is=40 which is about 11 o'clock on the reverb knob.
sound card doesn't support brushes. When disabled, drum parts that contain brushes will be silent.
Audio Settings Panel Audio Options This panel allows you to change AUDIO parameters for each part (instrument) or track. It also offers controls for setting up your computer's audio system for best performance and playback synchronization. DMA SETTINGS BUTTON This button launches a DMA settings dialog which contains settings for DMA buffers and Offset. These parameters are normally set automatically when the program is first installed and run, or by pressing the ANALYZE SOUND CARD button.
SYNTH LATENCY OFFSET This setting is used to configure proper synchronization of your computer's MIDI output with the program. If your computer uses a "Software Synth" for MIDI playback (i.e. The Roland Virtual Sound Canvas), a setting of around 420 (milliseconds) can be used to accommodate any MIDI-latency inherent in such devices. Refer to the documentation that came with your "software synth" for specific latency figures, if applicable.
Chapter 6: Guitar Options Settings Guitar Options… This menu item launches the guitar options panel, in which you can change settings for the display of the on-screen guitar fretboard. On-Screen Guitar Fretboard Guitar Fretboard The on-screen guitar fretboard is a graphical representation of a guitar neck, displayed with the highest strings (notes) of the guitar at the top, and the open position of the guitar (headstock) on the left.
Guitar Options Note Display Options If MIDI Thru is selected (default=on) , the Guitar will display the music played from a MIDI keyboard/Controller. Fretboard Color The on-screen guitar fretboard color can be brown or black. (default=brown) Use Inlays If you elect to not display guide notes, you can select "Use Inlays" and a Guitar inlay will be displayed along the neck. Show Notes at Aeolian Position This setting enables guide-note display at the Aeolian Position.
Chapter 7: Notation Modes MIDI Notation Window The MIDI Notation Window displays the notes of a MIDI track on a staff and also offers high-quality printout of the music to your printer. MIDI Notation Window displaying the guitar part and tablature. The primary purpose of the MIDI Standard Notation mode is to provide a convenient way of displaying and printing a single track as highly readable music on a staff within the program and as hardcopy practice-sheet music.
resolution of 4 will cause the program to round each note and duration to the nearest 16th note when displaying the music (in 4/4). A resolution of 3 will cause the program to round each note to the nearest 8th note triplet (in 4/4). A resolution of 2 will cause the program to round each note to the nearest 8th note (in 4/4). Hint: If you're displaying Jazz swing or shuffle music that has a triplet feel to the eighth notes, make sure to set the resolution to =3 (triplets).
The Bars Per Line - From This Beat On setting lets you change the horizontal resolution of the screen from this beat on. This will cause the program to insert a special Bars Per Line marker (Controller Event) into the sequence. This is useful if you have some sections of the song that you would like to be displayed with a different number of Bars Per Line than the overall Song setting. The notation window will then display the bars you selected from the current screen on.
The Tick Offset lets you display the music ahead or behind the beat. If the music style dictates that the music is played slightly ahead of the beat, you can specify a setting from 1 to 120 to have the music displayed forward in time. A setting from -1 to -120 will cause the music to be displayed ahead of the beat (but not before the beginning of the song). Generally you won't need to use this setting since the notes are rounded when being displayed in standard notation.
Chapter 8: Pull Down Menu Items PROGRAM MENUS FILE MENU Options…- launches the GENERAL SETTINGS panel, where you can change various program settings and parameters. (See Chapter 5 for additional details.) Guitar Options – Launches the guitar options panel, in which you can change settings for the display of the on-screen guitar fretboard.
Save Favorites File…- instructs the program to save the songs currently marked as "Favorites" for use in subsequent program sessions. Favorite songs are selected by opening/loading a song and clicking on the Favorites Checkbox beside the song title on the main screen's toolbar. All items selected as "favorites" will appear with an asterix(*) in the song list-boxes. Save as Default Favorites - saves the currently active or marked list of "Favorites" as the Default Favorites list.
PLAY MENU Play Favorites - plays the songs marked as "Favorites". These are indicated with an asterix(*) beside the song title displayed in the songlist box. The songs are played either sequentially or randomly, depending on the status of the Random Playback Checkbox located on the GENERAL SETTINGS panel. Play All - plays all the songs from the currently open songlist. The songs are played either sequentially or randomly, depending on the GENERAL SETTINGS panel | Random Playback Checkbox.
Alternate/Normal Tempo (F5) - toggles between an alternate (i.e. 3/4 speed) and normal (i.e. native) tempo. Half Speed (H) - toggles between half speed and normal (i.e. native) tempo. Advance One Chord -(Numpad ‘.’) advances the song ONE CHORD at a time. Backup One Chord - (Numpad 0) backs the song up ONE CHORD at a time. Decrease Tempo by 5 - ( [ ) decreases the playback tempo by 5. Increase Tempo by 5 - ( ] ) increases the playback tempo by 5.
Choose List - pops up the song list combo box. Choose Song - pops up the song combo box. Backup 1 Bar - (Ctrl -) backs the song up ONE BAR at a time. Advance 1 Bar - (Ctrl +) advances the song ONE BAR at a time. Backup 1 Section - (Alt -) backs the song up ONE SECTION (from the current section) at a time. Advance 1 Section - (Alt +) advances the song ONE SECTION (from the current section) at a time. Play Song # - (Ctrl + F5) displays a combo box which allows you to choose a particular song.
Appendix A: Keystroke Shortcuts Most of the Master Flatpick Guitar Solos commands can be accessed by the mouse and/or pull down menus. Here is a list of Keyboard shortcuts that are also useful. PLAYING /STOPPING SONGS SPACEBAR MOVING TO A SECTION OF A SONG Move back 2 seconds Move forward 2 seconds Chord Advance Chord Back Move Back 1 bar Advance 1 bar Backup 1 Section Advance 1 Section Minus key (-) Plus key (+) Numpad "." Numpad "0" Ctrl Ctrl + Alt Alt + CHANGING TEMPO Change by 5 beats per min.
Appendix B: Troubleshooting & Drivers Section 1: Troubleshooting The following topics cover some of the most common technical problems that can occur when running this (or any) program and some helpful solutions. Lockups/Crashes/Incompatibilities, etc. Most problems will occur when Windows is under "stress" of some kind. This means that Windows spends most of its time on memory management or hard disk file operations. If you are having reoccurring problems, ensure that : Available RAM is at least 8,000K.
2) Use on an "uncompressed" hard drive. Make sure you have at least 50MB of available hard drive space at all times. 3) Disable any screen savers, wallpaper, or other programs before running the program. 4) Reduce the number of displayed "group icons" if using Windows 3.1. Each ICON that is displayed on your system uses a small amount of main memory (about 1K each). Reducing the number of ICONS would increase your system memory. 5) Reduce the number of Colors displayed by your Windows System (i.e.
Run the Defrag Program from the SYSTEM TOOLS Menu " If you click on the ADVANCED button, you can avoid the separate step of running SCANDISK by turning the CHECK DRIVE FOR ERRORS checkbox 'on' (shown below.) You should also ensure that the defrag program will perform a FULL DEFRAGMENTATION (as shown here). Ensure Drive error checking and Full defragmentation options are set.
MIDI SOUND MIDI Input Driver Not Working If MIDI output is not working, then you must resolve that problem first, otherwise, you won't be able to tell if you fixed the INPUT problem. If Output is Working but Input is not working: If output is working then your port address setting is definitely correct. The cause of no input in this situation is an IRQ problem. The IRQ handles input from a MIDI device to your MIDI interface.
The program will display the list of drivers that are installed into the Windows | Control Panel. The list is displayed in the FILE | OPTIONS| MIDI DRIVERS Dialog. If you don't see your driver displayed, it may mean: The driver has NOT been installed into your Windows System. Run the Settings |Control Panel | Multimedia Drivers program. There you should see a list of the drivers installed. If your driver is not on that list, then you may need to install it using the disks that came with your soundcard.
Section 2: Setting up Wave/MIDI Drivers The Master Flatpick Guitar Solos program uses Windows' Wave Audio drivers for proper playback of the program material. Normally, these drivers are installed and configured properly for use with the program without any additional configuration. If you hear any sounds from your computer when it starts up or is shut down, this usually indicates that your soundcard is working correctly (for audio playback.
Check the operation of your Sound Card by viewing the Device Manager Properties. If the soundcard drivers are not all installed and/or functioning correctly according to the Windows Device Manager (shown above), you will notice a small yellow exclamation mark (!) next to the driver description (highlighted above.
Alternatively, you can try to adjust one or more of these settings manually by double-clicking on the troubled driver's icon (marked with an exclamation or an X through it), choosing the "Resources" tab, clearing the "Use automatic settings" checkbox, and clicking the "Change Settings" button (see below.
Installing a New Driver In Windows 95/98 The following section is intended only as a guide to supplement and enhance the documentation provided by Windows and/or your soundcard/MIDI interface manufacturer. In the case of any discrepancy between this documentation and the sources noted above, refer to the documentation provided by your hardware manufacturer for explicit instructions. Note also that many of the newer soundcards (post-Dec. '95) are 'Plug-and-Play' compatible (e.g.
Note(b): If you are unsure if the drivers provided by your hardware manufacturer are compatible with Windows 95/98: check the driver in question's file creation date for a date later than 21/8/95, contact your hardware manufacturer or use the drivers included with your Windows package. For further instructions, see the examples below: Example 1: Installing Windows 95/98 Soundcard Drivers. Example 2: Installing the Windows 95/98 MPU-401 Compatible driver.
4) Windows will tell you when it has finished detecting your hardware and will prompt you to 'finish' the installation. If the drivers are not found on the hard drive it will ask you for a drivers disk. 5) Choose 'Finish' to complete the installation. If you have not yet installed your soundcard or don't want to wait for the search you can install your drivers manually. 1) Click on 'No' to the Search option, then click on 'Next'.
6) From the list of manufacturers choose 'Microsoft'. Under 'Models' choose 'MPU-401 compatible'. Then, click on 'Next' to continue. At this point Windows may ask you for your original Windows Disks or CD-ROM. Insert the appropriate disk or CD-ROM to continue. 7) Windows will then display conflict-free settings for the MPU-401. Make a note of these and press the 'Next' button to continue. 8) Windows will prompt you to finish the installation. Then press the 'Finish' button.
6) Exit back to Control Panel, then select Shut Down and Restart the computer from the Start button. 7) From the Start menu, choose 'Settings' and open Control Panel. 8) In Control Panel double click on the 'Add New Hardware' icon. 9) Press the 'Next' button to proceed. 10) If you want Windows to install your driver automatically say 'Yes' to the Search option, choose 'Next', and follow the on screen help. If you want to install the driver manually say 'No' to the Search, and choose 'Next' to continue.
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Index —1— 1/2 Speed Button, 13, 21 —A— Analyze Soundcard, 34 —B— Bars Per Line, 39, 40 —C— Chord Vertical Position, 40 Clean Mode, 39 Clefs Split At, 40 Controller, 9 —E— Exit, 43 —F— Favorites File, 42 File Menu, 42 —G— General MIDI, 51, 52 GM-Mode On.
—I— Input Driver, 9 Interface Card, 59 Introduction, 5 IRQ, 51, 57 —K— Key Signature, 40, 44 —L— Looping, 21 —M— MIDI, 8, 45 MIDI Drivers, 8 MIDI Notation, 38, 43 MIDI Output Devices, 8 Minimize Rests, 40 MPU-401, 59 Mute, 45 —N— Non-Concert Instruments, 40 Notation, 43 Notation Window Settings, 38 —O— OEMSETUP.INF File, 59 —P— Parts, 39 PGMUS.
—R— Resolution, 39 —S— Software Synthesizer, 9 Solo, 45 Swapfile, 48 —T— Tempo, 45 Text/Content, 43 Tick Offset, 41 Transcription Notation, 43 Transpose, 40, 44 Troubleshooting, 48 Tutorial, 11 —U— Using The Program, 24 —W— Wave Output Device, 8 Wave/MIDI Driver Setup, 53 Windows Control Panel, 11 78 Index
