MUSIC MAKER 2.0
        †MUSIC    MAKER‡   is   a   music   development    and
        experimentation  system˙that  allows  music  to   be
        written  in standard music notation on  the˙graphics
        screen. The music editor allows blocks  of  notes to
        be˙defined   and  then  moved,  copied,  erased   or
        transposed.  The  entire˙piece  may be transposed to
        any key.  Music  can  be  played  on  the˙computer's
        speaker and the  music  may  played  in  any musical
        scale.˙Thus it is  possible  for a piece of music to
        be written in a major˙key,  played  and  then played
        again in  a minor key. The scales are˙not limited to
        the  traditional  western  scales,  but  rather  may
        be˙any  possible  eight   tone   scale.  Accidentals
        (sharps and flats) may˙also be included  in  a piece
        of music  so that the user is not˙restricted to only
        the eight notes  of the particular scale˙chosen. Any
        music written with †MUSIC MAKER‡ can be saved on disk.

        An  independent but integrated tablature program  is
        also  part  of˙the  complete  †MUSIC   MAKER‡  system.
        Tablature shows the string and˙fret position for the
        notes  to be played on a fretted  string˙instrument.
        Any  tune  written  with  †MUSIC  MAKER‡  in  standard
        musical˙notation  can be saved as a tablature  file.
        The ˆTAB‡  package will˙then allow the user to see the
        tablature fingering for  that piece˙of music for ‚any‡
        fretted  stringed instrument  in  ‚any‡  tuning.  Pre-
        defined  tunings  are  for  Mandolin,  Mandola,  Six
        String˙Guitar  and  Twelve  String Guitar. Alternate
        tunings can be defined˙so that a musician may easily
        translate the fingerings  for a˙piece of music known
        on one instrument, say a six  string  guitar,˙to any
        other instrument, for example a cittern (tuned A D A
        D),˙mandolin  or for an open tuning on the guitar.

        The ˆTAB‡ program allows the  tablature  to  be edited
        and  transposed.˙Used  in  conjunction  with   †MUSIC
        †MAKER‡, ˆTAB‡ provides a powerful˙system for the string
        instrument player. Transcribe a jazz tune˙from sheet
        music,   translate  it  to  tablature,  select   the
        best˙tablature (key) for guitar fingerings, generate
        the fingerings˙appropriate to bass and mandolin, and
        produce your own tablature˙sheet music.

        ˆTAB‡ can function as a  stand-alone  program  and the
        user may  write˙music in tablature if that is a more
        convenient way in which to˙enter  a  piece  of music
        rather than in conventional music˙notation.

        The †MUSIC MAKER‡ system  is  designed  for  the Texas
        Instrument˙Professional Computer  and  requires 256K
        RAM,  one  but preferably˙two disk  drives  or  hard
        disk,  three plane  graphics  board  and  can˙accept
        input from  the  keyboard.  A  colour  monitor  is a
        useful˙addition  as  is a printer,  but  neither  is
        necessary.

The †MUSIC MAKER‡ system sells for $78.
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