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"These packages, which run on the BBC B and Electron, are more suited to the school music department, where may pupils could use them, rather than to the individual."
Electron User

"Given its limitations, the £14.99 price is a little high, despite the original approach and the high quality of the backing tracks."
The Micro User

Introduction

Micro Maestro brings music alive - makes practice a pleasure and performances real!

Use your musical instrument and your micro-computer to play top hits with full studio accompaniment! Ghostbusters, Happy Xmas (War Is Over), Chariots Of Fire, Superman, Dress You Up and Hello can be played on your trumpet, cornet, clarinet, trombone, tenor sax, euphonium, flugal horn, bariton horn, Bb bass, French horn, Eb horn, Eb bass, Alto sax and Baritone sax!

Practise With

The Program

  • Displays the music scores on screen
  • Scrolls the music
  • Plays the music simultaneously
  • Gives a continuous guide to the rhythm
  • Changes the tempo
  • Selects the bars of the music
  • Repeats selected bars

Perform with

The full professional studio accopaniments on the audio-cassette - now you are the lead player!

This pack contains a booklet with full operating instructions and practical advice from experienced musicians

Note: Parts transposed for Eb horn, French horn, Alto sax, Baritone sax.

Introducing Micro Maestro

We know you can't wait to try the Micro Maestro program on your micro ... but before you start, a few words to help you get the best from Micro Maestro. As a keen young musician, you'll already be aware of the advantages that Micro Maestro can offer you - it will make practising your instrument a pleasure, and will lead to the opportunity to perform up-to-date material to exciting backing tracks.

Micro Maestro has been designed to put the fun back into music. As experienced musicians ourselves, we know how it feels to practise in the old-fashioned way, alone in your room with nothing but a music-stand and silent sheet music for company. We don't claim that Micro Maestro contains any magic formula - if you're learning a musical instrument, it won't make you a virtuoso overnight, because there's no substitute for practising.

That's why we've made the program as flexible and instructive as possible. With its unique ability to 'scroll' the music onto the screen of your micro, together with the wide range of practice aids it offers, you'll discover that practising your instrument will be transformed into an exciting and rewarding experience - and your technique will quickly improve too.

But practising and perfecting your instrumental skill is pointless unless you can perform - which is why we provide you with a separate audio cassette containing exclusive professionally-recorded backing tracks of the tunes you've been practising. Now you become the soloist in a realistic and exciting performance. Micro Maestro brings music alive for you, and helps you to become the skilled musician you want to be.

Before using Micro Maestro, we recommend that you read the operating instructions carefuly - only then will you be confident that you are using all the facilities that it offers.

We hope that Micro Maestro will give you hours of entertainment, and help you to fulfil your musical ambitions.

Loading

On side one of the program cassette, you'll find the operating system followed by the data for Ghostbusters, Happy Xmas (War Is Over) and Chariots Of Fire.

On side two of the program cassette, you'll find the operating system followed by the data for Superman, Dress You Up and Hello.

Bb Instruments - How To Use The Program

Select Version
Your computer has already automatically loaded the version of the first song. To obtain the appropriate version for the and instruments:

Select first song, and then select version. The songs for each clef are grouped together, so we have provided this easy-to-follow reference code:

Clef Side One Side Two
  Ghostbusters Happy Xmas
(War Is Over)
Chariots Of Fire Superman Dress You Up Hello
Bb S1 S2 S3 S1 S2 S3
Eb S4 S5 S6 S4 S5 S6
F S7 S8 S9 S7 S8 S9

You will find it useful to use the tape position counter on your cassette player to make a note of the position of the clefs on the program cassette.

Now you are ready to familiarise yourself with the way Micro Maestro works, and we suggest that you start by looking at the music.

Press 3 to "View Music". You are now seeing Page One. Press the right arrow key to view forward through the song. You will notice that the bars of the music are numbered. Press BREAK to return to the menu.

Press 4 to "Play Music". To start/stop, press SPACE. Press BREAK to return to the menu.

Press 2 to obtain "Practice Aids". Press Y for Yes, N for No. The options appear in the following order:

VOLUME ON?

Listening is an essential part of playing a musical instrument. The computer plays the melody line, and this will help you to learn the tunes. When you feel confident enough to play the music on your own, turn the volume off.

BEAT COUNTER ON?

This provides you with a visual reference to the number of beats in a bar, and the relationship of the rhythm groupings to the beat of the bar.

BOUNCING BALL?

The Bouncing Ball indicates precisely the notes to be played. In the early stages you will find this very helpful - no danger of losing your place. When you are familiar with the tunes you can turn the Bouncing Ball off.

CHANGE TEMPO?

When you are learning the tunes you can adjust the tempo - start off by playing slowly, and gradually build up to the correct tempo.

Press 5 to "Play Section". Type in the bar number/s you want.

You may have difficulty playing a particular bar or section of a tune - now you can pick out and practise those parts.

How To Select Song

From the menu, press 1. The list of songs will appear. Choose your song and proceed as for "Select Version" above.

Using The Audio Cassette

When you have learnt to play a song, you can become the lead player in a realistic and exciting performance. Insert the audio cassette in your cassette player - if you're using the same cassette player you used to load the program, make sure the headphone socket is disconnected. Again, you will find it useful to note the tape counter positions at the beginning of each performance.

There are two versions of each song: the first is a performance which includes the melody line, and the second leaves the melody line out so that you become the soloist.

If you wish to read the music from the screen while you perform, turn the volume off on the program, and return to "Performance Tempo" as displayed on the screen. To synchronise audio cassette and graphics, press SPACE as the music begins.

Credits

MUSIC
Executive Producer Cenfyn Evans
Engineering and Production Andre Ktori, Cenfyn Evans
Keyboards Andre Ktori, Cenfyn Evans
Guitars Arthur Owen, Andre Ktori
Bass Arthur Owen, Andre Ktori
Trumpet Cenfyn Evans
Trombone Gareth Dunley
Recorded at Mupados Studios, October 1985
Arrangements by Cenfyn Evans, © 1985 Mupados Ltd
 
SOFTWARE
Program written by Chris Davies
Program © 1985 Mupados Ltd
 
Ghostbusters - by Ray Parker Jr : (c) 1984
   Golden Torch Music Corp./Raydiola Music/
   WARNER BROS. MUSIC LTD
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - by Yoko Ono/John Lennon : (c) 1971
   Ono Music Ltd/Northern Songs Ltd/
   WARNER BROS. MUSIC LTD
Chariots Of Fire - by Vangelis : (c) 1981
   Spheric BV.
   WARNER BROS. MUSIC LTD
THEME FROM Superman - by John Williams : (c) 1978
   Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./
   WARNER BROS. MUSIC LTD
Dress You Up - by Peggy Stanziale & Andrea LaRusso : (c) 1984, 1985
   House of Fun Music/
   WARNER BROS. MUSIC LTD
HELLO - by Lionel Richie : (c) 1984
   Brockman Music/
   WARNER BROS. MUSIC LTD
Design - Roger Jones Photography - Pete Davis

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Cover Art Language(s): English
Compatibility: BBC Model B, BBC Model B+, BBC Master 128, Acorn Electron
Release: Professionally released On Cassette
Original Release Date: 1st Jun 1986
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