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^4                             CONCERT BOX

^5                               LPD 090

^4                            COLIN NAYLAR

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^7 Colin  has  come up with the second program in his Music Box series.
^7Music Box was not reviewed in an earlier TA as the review written was
^7sent off and published in Peter Hickman's All About Amos magazine.

^6 Music  Box is an excellent introduction to the world of music with a
^6tutorial  on  music  theory  included  in  the  package.  Concert box
^6carries  on with more advanced music theory, by giving information on
^6sharps  and  flats.   Again it is all beautifully set out and clearly
^6explained.

^7 This  program  looks really professional and works well.  On loading
^7you  can choose to read the instructions, look at the music tutorial,
^7get  help  with  entering  sheet  music  into  Concert Box or go into
^7Concert  Box itself.  The sheet music instructions can be dumped to a
^7printer as IFF screens.

^6 This  program  allows  you  up  to  eight pages of music, introduces
^6sharps  and  flats,  supports  7  key  signatures,  allows the use of
^6semi-quavers,  and has a keyboard display option for you to tap out a
^6tune.

^7 The  main  program has a control panel which offers you buttons with
^7each  note  and  rest value, Page flip, delete note, step through the
^7key  signatures,  choose  instruments,  adjust tempo, play song, move
^7back or forward a page, start again, play keyboard, filter on/off and
^7add accidentals.

^6 The  panel  is  Workbench  2  style  with  a classy grey/blue colour
^6scheme.   The  notes  are put onto the page by simply clicking on the
^6one  you  want  and clicking again at the place you want on the page.
^6If  you make a mistake, then all you have to do is select delete note
^6and  'shoot' out your mistake.  Choosing your instrument mix is easy,
^6you  are given a list of the available instruments.  These are Clave,
^6strings,   guitar,   saxaphone,  bass,  syn'bass,  big  synth,  drum,
^6blowpipes  and  tea piano.  There are four columns of boxes alongside
^6the  instruments  and  you select one for each channel by clicking on
^6one  box  from  each channel.  You can then test the combination as a
^6single  note  or  by playing a song if one is in memory, this is very
^6useful  if  you  are  writing a piece of music and want to select the
^6best combination for the tune.

^7 This  is  a  very  worthwhile addition to your child's collection of
^7educational  programs,  it  would be useful also for older people who
^7need to know a bit about music in general.

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