Tutorial No.12.    Make a play-list of different tunes, assembled into a long tune.

It is very easy to use the composing board to create a string of tunes joined together. The only restriction in the current version of Musical Discovery is that all must share the same time signature, (but not necessarily the same tempo). In this tutorial we shall select an assortment of nursery rhymes, all in 4/4 time.

  1. Open the Composing Board from the main MENU  
    Create ->  Compositions -> Composing Board.
  2. Load the first tune into memory, either by hitting F4,  or using the main MENU File -> Load Musical Discovery File, which brings up the Open a Tune File dialog box.  Then check the box labelled Store as fragment in composing board. Then select Goosey Goosey Gander from the drop-down box.
  3. Click the pink button Refresh fragment icons at foot of screen.   You should see an A icon for Goosey Goosey Gander.
  4. Repeat steps 2-3 to load This Old Man, not forgetting to tick the check box for storing it as a fragment.
  5. Repeat steps 2-3 to load Three Blind Mice, not forgetting to tick the check box for storing it as a fragment.
  6. Drag all 3 icons (A B and C) in any order, onto the top row of the composing board.
  7. Click the orange button Assemble fragments on the board into a new tune, then click the Play button to hear the sequence of 3 nursery rhymes.
  8. If you wish to keep this play-list so it can be loaded from the database in the future, go to the main MENU, Edit -> Melody Data  and type in, at least, a title for your play-list, and a short file-name. Then save the new tune by clicking the green button save to disk (database).