Music GUI

Download: Music GUI Demo

Requirements: Matlab 5.2

HOW TO USE MUSIC GUI

1. Help is available under the menu entitled "HowTo." Look for the option called "How to Use MusicLab." A menu of Demos is also provided to give pre-programmed songs to study.
2. Enter a melody into the box labeled "Enter a melody:".
   
   Use the following format for each note, separating the notes with spaces:
   All notes must have a note name and an octave number, but accidentals (sharps and flats) are used only when necessary. The note name must be a capital letter A,B,C,D,E,F,G or R for a rest; the octave number must be an integer 2,3,4,5,6. Use a lower-case "b" for a flat and a pound symbol "#" for a sharp. All entered notes must be within the range C2 through C6. Please consult the Staff Note Diagram and the Keyboard Diagram to see the range of notes possible.
3. Enter the corresponding note durations in the box labeled "Enter the note durations:".
   
   Use the following format, separating the entries with spaces:
   The note duration is required; the time adjustment is optional. You must type a duration entry for every note you entered in the melody box. The table below summarizes the possible duration entries:
   

   Duration Entry	Type of Note	Number of Beats
   W	Whole note	4 beats
   H	Half note	2 beats
   Q	Quarter note	1 beat
   E	Eighth note	1/2 beat
   Hd	Dotted Half note	3 beats
   Qd	Dotted Quarter note	1.5 beats
   Ed	Dotted Eighth note	3/4 beat
   Ht	Triplet Half note	4/3 beat
   Qt	Triplet Quarter note	2/3 beat
   Et	Triplet Eighth note	1/3 beat

   Please consult the Note Diagram to see what each type of note looks like. In MusicLab, triplet notes will look just like their standard notes; for example, the triplet eighth note "Et" will look the same as the regular eighth note "E." (In professional sheet music, triplet notes are usually indicated by grouping them under brackets labeled with the number "3.")
4. Once you have entered all of the notes and durations, click the button labeled "Apply." The melody you have entered will appear in the upper display box, and a spectrogram of your melody will appear in the lower display box.
5. You can add a second melody or harmony to your composition. To do this, first delete the notes from your first melody. (Delete them manually -- not with the "Clear" button.) Now, follow steps 2 and 3 again, this time with the notes from the second melody. Once you have entered all the notes and durations, click the "Add Harmony" button. Now, both melody lines will appear in the display windows. As before, you can listen to your song or scroll through it.
6. You may add as many melody lines as you like by repeating step 5. When you are finished working with your song, you can click the "Clear" button to clear both display windows and to remove all notes from memory.
   IMPORTANT: "Clear" will clear all notes from all melodies, not just the notes from the last melody entered.