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Teach Me Piano Deluxe
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Interactive piano-teaching system
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www.voyetra.com Notices Teach Me Piano Deluxe - Users Guide; Version 2.0 Februry 2007 Software and documentation Copyright © 1996 - 2007 Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted by any means or in any form, without prior written consent from Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. (“VTB”). In no event will VTB be liable for direct, indirect, special, exemplary, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from any defect or omission in
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www.voyetra.com Introduction Welcome! Thank you for purchasing Teach Me Piano Deluxe! This program is one of Voyetra’s “Teach Me” music software series designed to bring educational and entertaining music products to multimedia computer users. Voyetra has been in the business of music hardware and software for more than 25 years. Whether you are a new acquaintance or a Voyetra veteran, you will benefit from our long-standing upgrade policy and our excellent technical support. Program Overview Te
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www.voyetra.com Progress Report shows you how you’re doing … Several students can maintain their own progress reports as they learn to play, so every member of your family can start at a different level and progress at their own pace. Song Book lets you perform what you’ve learned… Easily access the songs you’ve learned, by title, style, composer or level of difficulty. Choose a song and go either to the Trainer Screen to practice or to the Performance Screen to play with background accompanimen
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www.voyetra.com Music Games test your music skills… Reinforce what you’ve learned by playing these fun arcade-style games: Music Quiz™ tests your knowledge of general music topics. Note Blaster™ tests your music reading skills. Rhythm Master™ tests your ability to recognize rhythm patterns. Recording tools let you create your own songs… Recording Station This easy-to-use, MIDI and digital audio recording studio will let you create MIDI songs with your PC and MIDI keyboard. Record songs with
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www.voyetra.com Helpful Tips… Online help is always available… Just click the question mark (?) on the bottom of any lesson screen, or the Help key on the Master Lesson screen.. Keyboard Lessons will keep track of many students... Your entire family can use Teach Me Piano Deluxe and the software will maintain individualized records of each user’s progress. Just make certain that each user always signs in under his/her own name. (NOTE: To add a new student, you must close the program and re-open
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www.voyetra.com Getting Started Please register your software with us! As a registered user, you may be entitled to special discounts on our other products — but we can’t offer you these benefits if we don’t know who you are! So please take a minute to register your software. And welcome to the Voyetra family! Register on-line: http://www.voyetra.com What you’ll need to run the programs Here’s what you’ll need in order to use Teach Me Piano Deluxe: • A PC running Windows 98, ME, or 2000 and equ
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www.voyetra.com 2. When the Piano Room screen appears, choose “Piano Lessons”, then “Lessons”. Setting-Up Your MIDI Keyboard A MIDI synthesizer or MIDI keyboard is required to fully-utilize the Keyboard Lessons, Songbook and Recording Station. This keyboard must be at least four-octaves long in order to play all of the exercises and songs. A musical keyboard is not required for the Reference sections. To connect a MIDI keyboard, you will need a MIDI adapter cable, which can be purchased from our
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www.voyetra.com Piano Room Screen The Piano Room is the opening screen where you can access each section of the program. Click on the menu item associated with the program you want to use Keyboard Shortcut Keys The following keyboard shortcut keys can be used in the lessons: Spacebar Stops/Plays media elements as an alternative to clicking on the Clapboard (slate). Home Returns to Keyboard Lessons’ Contents screen. Right arrow Pages forward within the lesson. Left arrow Pages backward within th
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www.voyetra.com Keyboard Lessons To load Keyboard Lessons, click the “Piano Lessons” menu item on the Piano Room main menu screen, then “Lessons” on the following screen. In Keyboard Lessons, a professional music teacher introduces you to basic music notation, theory and playing technique through a series of video clips, exercises and songs. With more than 150 lessons and over 100 exercises, there is a full course of study. Beginners can learn basic techniques while intermediate players can rein
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www.voyetra.com Preparing to Play One of the most important factors in playing piano is how you sit at the keyboard. You should not have to strain to read the music. Sit on a comfortable chair and place your hands on the piano keyboard. Keep both feet on the floor — no dangling feet. For younger students, place a stool or a stack of phone books under their feet so they, too, can sit properly. When you place your hands down, the keyboard should be slightly lower than your elbows. This gives you a
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www.voyetra.com Keyboard Lessons’ Contents Screen The contents of the Keyboard Lessons are displayed in the full view of the Keyboard Lessons Training Handbook, as shown below. The lessons are divided into six main sections, each divided into chapters with individual lessons. Although you can open any of the Lessons at any time, we suggest that you move sequentially through the Lessons, since the content was specifically designed to build from one lesson to the next. As a New User As a new stud
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www.voyetra.com Keyboard Lessons Screens The screens in Keyboard Lessons are summarized in the table below. Pictures of the screens and a detailed explanation of each one is presented in the following sections. Contents Screen The main screen in the lessons section of Teach Me Piano Deluxe. This screen displays the Keyboard Lessons Training Handbook with Section Contents for the lessons. Information Screen Displays the Lesson’s content, including text, graphics, videos and animations. Video Scr
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www.voyetra.com Video Screen The Video Screen contains video examples and tutorials to help guide you through the lessons. So that you’ll have time to “digest” what you have learned, the Lessons do not advance automatically. After a presentation ends — when you are ready to continue on — click the Forward arrow to advance to the next Lesson. Trainer Screen From the Trainer screen, you can practice rhythm, pitch or rhythm and pitch together, with just the left or right hand or with both hands. Cl
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www.voyetra.com discouraged. If you find you are having a problem, try slowing down the tempo. As you improve, increase the tempo (see Lesson Tempo in the Performance Options dialog box). Practicing Pitch — Getting the Notes Right The more you practice playing pitches, the better your note-reading skills will become. The Enhanced Toolbar makes it easy to practice pitch. Fingering is very important when practicing pitches. Be sure to play each note using the finger numbers indicated on the musica
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www.voyetra.com Click Do It when you are ready to perform the song Click See It to hear the piece peformed for you Click Trainer to return to Keyboard Lessons Click the Metronome icon to display the Click the Printer icon to Performance Options dialog box print the score Performance Options Clicking on the metronome displays the Performance Options dialog box. Performance Options can be changed at any time in Keyboard Lesson. Using Note Names and Finger Numbers You will find that as the co
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www.voyetra.com Evaluation Screen The Evaluation screen is only displayed after training with Rhythm & Pitch. This screen shows how well you did when practicing. It breaks down the evaluation into specific areas to help you improve your playing. The “Trouble Areas” which you need to practice are listed from the most mistakes to the least mistakes. If you played the piece well, the Trouble Areas section will not display. Click Practice to practice the area the evaluation suggests you to work on
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www.voyetra.com Selecting a Range Sometimes, a section of a piece may be difficult to master. The Range button lets you practice that section as many times as you’d like. When you are practicing a section from the Evaluation Screen, you cannot change the Range. If you wish to practice only one measure, enter the measure number in both the “From and Thru” boxes. To set the range for the entire piece, click Entire Piece. The “From and Thru” boxes will no longer be available. Click Entire Piece to
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www.voyetra.com Chapter Review Screen A t the end of each chapter, the Chapter Review screen displays a Progress Report on how you’ve done so far. A summaryof what you’ve learned is displayed here Click the chart to view the Progress Report Click the book to return to the lesson’s Contents Menu To Continue to the next lesson, click the forward button Self-Paced Learning A s you study the lessons, remember that they are self-paced — you can move along as quickly or slowly as you’d like. Take
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www.voyetra.com Changing the Setup in the Keyboard Lessons During program installation, you were prompted to set up your MIDI configurations. Therefore, it is unlikely that you will need to open the Setup dialog box while going through the Lessons. However, if your MIDI keyboard is not responding when using Keyboard Lessons, check to make sure the settings in the Setup box are correct. See the Sound Check section for more information on setting up your MIDI keyboard. Base and Extended Lev
