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Preface

12/26/97 - This online document is in the final editing stages, in preparation for use in January 1998 as the text for an online Music 10 course offered through the Foothill College FGA program. The first editing pass has eliminated dozens of typos and clarified some of the language. Special thanks to Evelyn Berger for her efforts. This document needs a browser capable of JavaScript 1.1 to use the features found in the Table of Contents and MIDI examples. Anyone who is so inclined to point out spelling errors, grammatical errors, etc. can email comments to Mike Sult. I thank you in advance, as I will probably not respond to all comments.

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Browsing the document

Each chapter in this book begins and ends with links to:

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The links are placed at the beginning and end of each chapter, they look like the following (these are fake links, however):

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Use these links to navigate through the material by either:

Moving sequentially from beginning to end using the [next] link at the end of each chapter or,
Use the link to return to the [Table of Contents] and jump to a different chapter from there.

Using the Table of Contents

The table of contents requires a Javascript enabled browser to work properly.

To reveal a chapter's subtopics, click on the chapter's 'plus' icon at the beginning of the line.
To hide a chapter's subtopics, click on the chapter's 'minus' icon at the beginning of the line.
To reveal the subtopics for ALL of the chapters, click on the Expand All button.
To hide ALL of the subtopics, click on the Collapse All button.
A line with a 'square' icon has no subtopics.
To jump to a chapter or subtopic, click on the words that are underlined.

Playing the MIDI files

The sound files used in this document are in Standard MIDI file format. To hear these files you will need a plugin capable of playing MIDI files. Below are links to Apple's Quicktime and Yamaha's MIDPLUG sites.

Most of these MIDI files were tested using Yamaha's MIDPLUG MIDI player. MIDPLUG contains its own software synthesizer with a complete GENERAL MIDI instrument palette. Apple's Quicktime instrument library also contains a complete GENERAL MIDI instrument palette. Each of these two software synthesizers has its own unique qualities. The volume balance between the instruments using Quicktime is different than the volume balance using MIDPLUG. Since these files were tested using MIDPLUG it is suggested that you use MIDPLUG also.

The frame environment used for the MIDI examples requires a JavaScript enabled browser. The frame environment has been tested successfully with the following plugins.

MIDI examples using Yamaha's MIDPLUG plugin
MIDI examples using LiveAudio plugin (usually comes with Netscape)

The LiveAudio plugin uses the Quicktime musical instruments library.

Select the MIDI file link in the Table of Contents that is appropriate for your plugin configuration.

If you are experiencing problems trying to play the MIDI files, consult the following:

PROBLEMS, BUGS AND QUIRKS

Here are links to both Apple's Quicktime and Yamaha's MIDPLUG sites. (They're Free!)

However, Winter 1998 students should not download MIDPLUG until class begins in January because this plugin will expires after 3 months (after which you will have to download a new copy)

Quicktime for Mac
Quicktime for Windows 3.1
Quicktime for Windows 95/NT
Yamaha's MIDPLUG site This plugin is available for both Mac and Windows platforms.

Problems?

If you are unable to use the frame environment then you will have to use the MIDI link page (11/17/97 - not yet assembled) which contains links to all of the MIDI files used in this book.

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