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Jeff Bonser 07-25-2006 09:55 PM

Hi, Firstly, I am a starter r
 
Hi, Firstly, I am a starter really when it comes to getting around a computer.

I have spent many hours reading and trying to achieve my goal, but am now starting to become a little frustrated.

I have a Roland KR115 PME. I am organ trained and therefore need to left hand chords.

I am trying to carry out a number of tasks.

1) Show Chords - Managed to do this although I sometimes lose the changes.
2) Remove music relating to other instruments.

Any help for a struggling "hobby" musician would be very much appreciated.

Thank You


Sherry Crann (sherry) 07-26-2006 05:59 AM

Howdy Jeff, Quote: -------
 
Howdy Jeff,

Quote:
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I am trying to carry out a number of tasks.

1) Show Chords - Managed to do this although I sometimes lose the changes.
2) Remove music relating to other instruments.
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For showing chords and "losing the changes", do you mean that the chord names disappear entirely, or that your changes don't "take"? If it's the former, please be sure that the little eyeglass icon in the palette box is "on". If it's the latter, please let us know the steps that you do just prior to the problem.

For removing other instruments, you can either hide them, mute them, or totally remove the staves that you desire. The commands for doing any of these actions is under the top menu listing "Staff". For hiding and/or muting, you can use the "Staff Setup" dialog, and for deleting a staff, you can use "Delete Staff."

ttfn,
Sherry


Jeff Bonser (jeff_bonser) 07-28-2006 06:00 PM

Hi Sherry, I have a 115mpe
 
Hi Sherry,

I have a 115mpe Roland.

I have existing midifiles which I am perfectly happy with the format at this time except they do not show chord symbols. I am unable to read left hand music therefore I need the chord symbols showing.

I am now able to remove instruments I do not require.

Do you think that this program is too complicated for what I am trying to achieve with such basic computer knowledge.

Thank You.

Jeff



Sherry Crann (sherry) 07-28-2006 06:28 PM

Howdy Jeff, I'm glad yo
 
Howdy Jeff,

I'm glad you were able to remove the instruments that you don't want.

If you have MIDI files that you want to show chord symbols for, you do need something like Musician at least. Musician and Composer analyze not only the particular notes that are played together in one spot, but also analyze the key of the piece as well as the note progression up to and following the note grouping to give a very accurate "best guess" when they analyze the music for chord names. So, unless you know what the chord names are in order to enter them yourself, then you will benefit from this feature that is in both Musician and Composer. If you don't need to add notes, then Musician should do everything you need. Chord symbol information is not a part of the standard MIDI file format, so you need something like Musician or Composer to get those chord names.

Also, you've probably already figured this out, if you're planning to just delete any "extra" staves or notes, you should probably leave them in until _after_ you've done your chord analysis. Also, please remember that if you're using Musician and you delete a staff (or just a few notes), you won't be able to re-enter notes. Therefore, you may simply want to hide and mute the staves that you don't want, so that you'll keep the MIDI information for any possible later use.

I think you will do fine with Musician. I might mention also that if you do decide to purchase it now, you will be entitled to a free upgrade to version 2.0 when it is released later this year. The ease of use for version 2.0 is even better than for the current 1.1 version http://www.notation.com/discus/clipart/happy.gif

Have fun with your organ! And feel free to share your arrangements in the "Share your music" section of the forum. It's always nice to hear and see what other musicians are doing http://www.notation.com/discus/clipart/happy.gif

ttfn,
Sherry




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