Welcome to Guitar Master Demo, a demonstration of Spartan Software
Systems Music Series product, Guitar Master.  Guitar Master is an IBM
PC, XT, AT and PS/2 compatible software program that combines the
powerful features of a sequencer with the flexibility of MIDI to create
a comprehensive guitar exploration and learning environment.  Guitar
Master is to the guitarist what the word processor has been to the
writer.

Guitar Master teaches you how to play any standard MIDI file format
song with simplicity using a computerized, graphical fretboard.  Guitar
Master visually shows you where to play every note in the song,
stepping forward and backward through complex leads and chords.  In
addition, Guitar Master can calculate, display and print hundreds of
different scale and chord charts.  You can create custom scale and
chord charts using the edit option, easily turning notes on and off and
adding custom fingerings.  Custom charts can be saved as image files
and later recalled.  Guitar Master handles any type of alternate tuning
you might want to use as well as providing support for four fretboard
notations ranging from simple dots to the actual note value.

With a Roland MPU-401 attachment, Guitar Master becomes a 64 track
sequencer capable of recording, playing or overdubbing to any track.
Since Guitar Master supports Standard MIDI Files, you can share songs
with other music program that also support this standard.

Guitar Master's intuitive user interface coupled with mouse support and
context sensitive help screens make it an incredibly easy program to
use.  Guitar Master also provides an extensive "profile" feature which
allows you to customize many aspects of the program.  From teaching to
composing your own songs, Guitar Master has the power and flexibility
you need to get the job done!

Guitar Master Demo is intended to provide you with an excellent idea of
the full capabilities of the actual Guitar Master product before you
buy.  This demonstration program provides all the function found in
Guitar Master with the following exceptions.  Guitar Master Demo can
only display scale and chord charts in the key of C Major.  Guitar
Master Demo can only play the MIDI File provided on the program
diskette (GMDEMO.MFF).  Recorded sequences and image files cannot be
saved to disk.  Other than these exceptions, Guitar Master Demo
functions exactly like the actual product.

In order to realize the full integration of Spartan Software products,
the installation program, INSTALL.BAT, should be used to install Guitar
Master Demo.  The installation program will create a "common area" on
the disk (or diskette) of choice where Guitar Master Demo will be
installed.  Then as you purchase other Spartan Software products, they
can be added to this common area via their installation programs to
assure you of complete integration between products.

The installation program will create a master directory called \SPARTAN
which contains a unique subdirectory for each Spartan Software product
that you purchase.  These subdirectories house the actual program files
needed to run that particular application.



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The following procedure will install Guitar Master Demo on your fixed
disk.  If you wish to install Guitar Master Demo to a disk other than
your C drive, substitute its drive letter everywhere you find the
letter "C" in the following steps.  If you wish to install Guitar
Master Demo from a drive other that your A drive, substitute its drive
letter everywhere you find the letter "A" in the following steps.

     Insert the Guitar Master Demo diskette into drive A:
     A:
     INSTALL C:
     Check for the message "Installation successful"

To execute Guitar Master Demo use the following procedure.

     CD \SPARTAN
     GMDEMO









































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