12 SIMPLE WELL KNOWN PIANO PIECES PLAYED BY THE COMPUTER.

A SIMPLE RETRO PROGRAM THAT PRESENTS VOCABULARY WORDS. WORDS MARCH ACROSS TE SCREEN. WORDS E-M

A PROGRAM THAT MARCHES WORDS ACROSS THE SCREEN. A RETRO PROGRAM LIKE OLD VIDEO GAMES. WORDS A-D

VOCABULARY STORY 119 WW2 GENERATION VS. TODAY’S The WW2 generation had vigor. The judicious intrepid application of sustained power made it an inexorable force. Put them in juxtaposition to today’s reprehensible generation with its profusion of traitors and weaklings! Any idea of its victory in war is illusory. The WW2 generation had vitality. The wise bold use of continuous power made it an unstoppable force. Put them side by side to today’s disgraceful generation with its crowd of traitors and weaklings! Any idea of its victory in war is a pipe dream.

A PROGRAM THAT HAS WORDS MARCH.

A WAY TO STUDY PREFIXES, SUFFIXES AND ROOTS

YOU PICK THE LENGTH OF THE WORDS YOU WANT TO SPELL. THE PROGRAM SPEAKS A WORD. YOU SPELL IT OUT LOUD OR ON PAPER. THE COMPUTER SHOWS YOU THE CORRECT SPELLING. THE COMPUTER CHOOSES FROM ITS 17,000 WORD BANK.

Here are 130 talking stories to teach vocabulary.

HERE ARE 12 INSTRUMENTS TO PICK FROM PLAYING FAMILIAR SONGS.

THIS PROGRAM PLAYS OLD MCDONALD. IT SHOWS THE PITCH RANGE OF THE SONG. IT GIVES YOU 11 INSTRUMENTS TO CHOOSE FROM. IT SHOWS HOW MUCH YOU CAN RAISE OR LOWER THE PITCH OF THE SONG AND STILL BE PLAYED BY THE INSTRUMENT YOU PICK. IT PLAYS THE SONG AND PERMITS REPEATS. THIS PROGRAM DEMONSTRATES MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND THE RANGES THEY CAN PLAY IN.

HERE I HAVE RECORDED TEN STORIES USING TEN VOCABULARY WORDS EACH. I HAVE ALSO PROVIDED A TRANSLATION FOR EACH INTO SIMPLER WORDS.

A few stories read o you. The idea is to get a list of ten vocabulary words. Make a short story, then rephrase it is other simpler words. Included are sound files with these stories.

HERE ARE TEN VOCABULARY STORIES READ TO YOU WITH TRANSLATIONS INTO SIMPLER WORDS.

In this story I read the vocabulary story and the translation on an audio file.

WRITING A MUSIC SCANNING PROGRAM: A while back, I laboriously had my computer play music I got by finding the notes on sheet music. It would be nice to have a computer do this automatically. What it would have to do: The computer would have to find which note is written and how many beats it has. A COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC SCAN: The computer can scan an image and report changes of color for each dot it is made of. In this way, the computer can see. I tried this and started having problems. The computer can scan up and down and when it hits a big object it can report. An continuous object can be collected. Different notes have different numbers of dots so it is possble to tell which note it is. There are a few big problems with this. Pictures of scores can be of different sizes and qualities. A blurry image messes this up. Sloppy score lines messes this up. While I had some success and it was cool seeting the red scan line go across, it was not usable with new scores although I looked for solutions. A COMPUTER ASSISTED SCAN: Parts of the scan which are alsost impossible are easy with some help by the human user. You can tell it the first score line andthe last score line, where the notes are and what beat they have. THE MANUAL SCAN TASK: When I wrote down notes for the computer to play, I followed these steps: 1. I wrote down the note name, using the FACE EGBDF line names. 2. I then wrote the number of the piano key, using 37 as middle C. The simple songs I was dealing, amazingly used the same twelve note range. 3. I then put a number signifying the time each note would be held. This list of numbers was put into the program, where it could be read to play the song. THE COMPUTER SCAN TASK: 1. The computer must know where the staff line and spaces are. 2. The computer must know where the notes are on the staff. 3. The computer must know how long to hold the notes. THE HUMAN COMPUTER PARTNERSHIP: You must let the computer know where the staff lines are. You can click with the mouse the top line and then the bottom line,; then the computer can figure out were the lines and spaces are. You then point with the mouse at a note Andthe computer says which note it is. The computer shows the note aND WHEN IT IS CORRECT, YOU ACCEPT IT WITH A CLICK. The time is mostlt quarter notes, so if you move to the next note without a choice, it is a quarter note. You can specify other choices with leter presses. Each new line must be told to the computer. When done you save the data for playback. The Page of the score can be enlarged a nd moved right to help; a bigger score works better.

VOCABULARY STORY 100 WHAT WAS THE MEDICINE OF BYGONE DAYS WAS LIKE The precursor of today's medicine had equivocal results.It sometines debilitated and impaired more than nothing at all. To exonerate doctors of that era, it was done without enmity or hypocrisy; it was ignorance. Doctors had the fruits of materialism, eloquence and respect. They elicited symptoms and did their thing. The forunners of today's medicine had doubtful results.It sometines crippled and damaged more than nothing at all. To clear from blame doctors of that era, it was done without spite or knowingly; it was lack of knowledge. Doctors had the fruits of wealth, good speech and respect. They asked about symptoms and did their thing.

MUSIC PLAYED WITH RECORDED GUITAR NOTES. FANTASTIC!

MUSIC PLAYED WITH RECORDED ALTO SAX NOTES.

156 SIMPLE PIANO SONGS PLAYED BY THE COMPUTER. MANY NEW FEATURES AND CONTROLS. YOU’LL LIKE IT.

HERE ARE TWENTY PIECES OF RENAISSANCE MUSIC BY JOHN DOWLAND.