Kapelle Intervals 1.0

User Manual

Copyright © 1998 by Scott L. Foglesong

Table of Contents

I. Introduction................................................................................................................................................. 1

The Kapelle Series of Eartraining Applications....................................................................... 1

A Description of Kapelle Intervals.................................................................................................... 1

The Underlying Apollo Library............................................................................................................ 3

II. The Kapelle Intervals Window..................................................................................................... 4

The Parts of the Window............................................................................................................................. 4

The Main Window Components................................................................................................................. 7

III. Opening an Exercise............................................................................................................................. 9

Understanding the Exercise Selection Pane............................................................................... 9

Opening an Exercise...................................................................................................................................... 10

What an Exercise Actually Is............................................................................................................... 10

What Happens After You Open an Exercise................................................................................... 12

IV. Working Your Way Through an Exercise........................................................................ 13

Requesting a New Interval..................................................................................................................... 14

Determining the Interval Task........................................................................................................... 14

Determining the Key.................................................................................................................................... 15

Playing the Interval................................................................................................................................... 15

Notating the Interval............................................................................................................................... 16

Identifying the Interval.......................................................................................................................... 17

Playing the Tonic Triad............................................................................................................................. 18

Playing the Tonic Pitches........................................................................................................................ 18

Signifying That Your Answer is Ready............................................................................................ 19

Comparing Your Answer to the Correct Answer................................................................... 19

When the Exercise is Over....................................................................................................................... 20

V. Entering Notes.......................................................................................................................................... 21

Basic Techniques for Note Entry....................................................................................................... 21

The Location of Note Entry Commands.......................................................................................... 23

VI. Editing Notes.......................................................................................................................................... 24

Selecting a Note for Editing.................................................................................................................. 24

Locked Notes versus Unlocked Notes............................................................................................. 24

Deleting Notes.................................................................................................................................................. 24

Moving Notes..................................................................................................................................................... 25

Adding Accidentals to Notes................................................................................................................. 25

VII. Identifying Intervals...................................................................................................................... 27

Using the Interval Identify Dialog Box........................................................................................ 27

VIII. Playback..................................................................................................................................................... 29

Playing the Interval................................................................................................................................... 29

Playing Your Notated Interval.......................................................................................................... 29

Setting the Tempo for Interval Playback.................................................................................. 30

Playing the Tonic Triad............................................................................................................................. 31

Playing the Tonic Pitches........................................................................................................................ 32

IX. Stopping an Exercise........................................................................................................................ 34

Stopping Automatically........................................................................................................................... 34

Stopping Before the Exercise is Complete................................................................................... 34

X. Evaluations.................................................................................................................................................. 36

Enharmonic Considerations.................................................................................................................. 37

XI. Progress Reports................................................................................................................................ 38

Accessing Your Progress Report........................................................................................................ 38

The Contents of Your Progress Report.......................................................................................... 38

Understanding the Progress Report Window............................................................................ 39

Sorting Entries................................................................................................................................................ 39

Selecting Entries........................................................................................................................................... 40

Deleting Entries............................................................................................................................................. 40

Filtering Entries............................................................................................................................................ 41

Removing Filters............................................................................................................................................ 43

Printing Your Progress Report............................................................................................................ 43

Exporting Your Progress Report........................................................................................................ 44

Closing the Progress Report Dialog Box...................................................................................... 44

XII. Saving and Restoring Your Place........................................................................................... 46

Saving Your Place in an Exercise....................................................................................................... 46

Restoring Your Place in an Exercise............................................................................................... 46

XIII. MIDI Playback Settings................................................................................................................... 49

The MIDI Settings Dialog Box................................................................................................................. 49

Setting the MIDI Input and Output Ports....................................................................................... </