Introduction
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The Menu Bar  

Located at the very top of the main window, the Menu Bar contains eight menus:

File Edit Graphics PlayRooms Catalog Options Scales CD Help

File The File menu contains the usual commands for working with files, such as, opening and saving tunes and Log files, and quitting Impromptu. The File Menu also includes a command for saving an Impromptu tune file to a MIDI file.
Edit The Edit Menu includes cut-and-paste operations, "Improvise," for making new melodies and rhythms, and as well as "Empty Clipboard" and "Empty Trash," and "Clear Voices," which clears all the Blocks currently in the Playroom Area.
Graphics  

The Graphics menu provides options for how the music is represented in the Graphics Area . There are four kinds of graphics. Two for melodies: Pitch contour and Piano roll; and two for rhythms: Rhythm bars, and Rhythm roll.

The Graphics menu also includes a sub-menu for adjusting the "Scale" of the graphics (horizontal, vertical), for adding a "Grid" behind the pitch graphics, and a "Color" sub-menu for selecting voice colors or block colors. The graphics menu can also be accessed by clicking in the graphics area.

PlayRooms  

The Playrooms menu allows users to select one of the different environments in which they may work: Tuneblocks, Drummer, Rounds, Harmonize, Four Voices . This action also changes the selection of music files in the Catalog.

Options  

The Options menu includes MIDI Options, Wait Times, and Key Settings.

Catalog  

Selects the source or sources of the files displayed in the Catalog List .

Scales  

The Scales menu provides access to Practice Scale, Define Scale, and Show Scale.

CD  

The CD menu has one option, which brings up CD player controls used for playing the recorded examples on the CD.

Help Holds items that open Impromptu help.

   
Impromptu 2.0 beta 1 © 2004 Jeanne Bamberger