Tutorial No.12.
Make a play-list of different tunes, assembled
into a long tune.
It is very easy to use the composing board to create a string of tunes joined
together. The only restriction in the current version of Musical Discovery is
that all must share the same time signature, (but not necessarily the same
tempo). In this tutorial we shall select an assortment of nursery rhymes, all in
4/4 time.
- Open the Composing Board from the main
MENU
Create -> Compositions ->
Composing Board.
- Load the first tune into memory, either by hitting F4, or using
the main MENU File -> Load Musical Discovery File, which brings up
the Open a Tune File dialog box. Then check the box labelled Store
as fragment in composing board. Then select Goosey
Goosey Gander from the drop-down box.
- Click the pink button Refresh
fragment icons at foot of screen. You should see an A
icon for Goosey Goosey Gander.
- Repeat steps 2-3 to load This Old Man, not forgetting to tick the
check box for storing it as a fragment.
- Repeat steps 2-3 to load Three Blind Mice, not forgetting to tick
the check box for storing it as a fragment.
- Drag all 3 icons (A B and C) in any order, onto the top row of the
composing board.
- Click the orange button Assemble
fragments on the board into a new tune, then click the Play
button to hear the sequence of 3 nursery rhymes.
- If you wish to keep this play-list so it can be loaded from the database
in the future, go to the main MENU, Edit -> Melody Data and
type in, at least, a title for your play-list, and a short file-name. Then
save the new tune by clicking the green
button save to disk (database).