Transcript Fallon`s Music Maker Power Point of Power

Adventure Maker Music Maker
Tutorial
by
Falloneus Braddidieus
Good news!
• This program does NOT
require a musical
background, but will
actually TEACH you
musical concepts like
notes, octaves, and
basic rhythm.
The Tool Bar
Write notes
Start/Insert Position
Select Area
Copy
Cut
Paste (Overwrite)
Paste (Insert)
Insert Space
Continued
Tempo, or speed
of the song.
Reverse, Play, Stop
Select your
instrument
Move all or
selected notes
one line up or
down.
Instruments
Select from
175
instruments
and synthetic
noises.
Each track
can be
assigned to a
single
instrument.
Notes and Octaves
Numbers
=
Octaves, or
intervals of
pitch.
Letters
=
Notes
Inserting notes
Click anywhere to insert a
note.
To make the notes longer,
click and hold the button,
then drag the mouse to the
desired note length.
To delete a note, right click it.
The thin vertical blue lines
help give an idea for
rhythm, as they fit four
little squares in each
section.
It’s important to play over the
notes you insert, to make
sure the rhythms match up
with your vision for the
song. If something sounds
out of tune or rhythm, this
will help you catch that.
Layering Instruments/
Making Chords
To change tracks, click one
of the numbers.
You can assign each track a
unique instrument.
The orange bars
correspond with track two.
You can liberally write the
orange notes without
interfering with track one’s
note layout. Just be sure
you check to make sure the
notes agree with one
another.
Select & Cut/Copy
Select the ___ button
and click and drag the
blue area to highlight
the desired area.
Click the __ button to
copy, or the __ to cut
the selection.
Paste
Copy
Select the __
button and
place the red
bar where you
wish to insert
the copied
selection.
Select the __ or the
__ to paste the
selection where
you desire.
Other things
• If you wish to copy and paste a
selection from a SINGLE track,
make sure to hide the other
tracks so that you don’t copy
them as well.
• You can use the TRANSPOSE
buttons to shift a selection or the
whole track up by single bars.
• If you want to add drums to a
song, you have to assign each
drum piece to an individual track
(drum kit sounds start at
Instrument 128). I would
recommend assigning snare,
cymbals, toms, and bass drum to
their own respective tracks.
• Experiment a lot to figure out
different rhythms, sounds, and
even song riffs.
Now create!