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T A B L E   O F   C O N T E N T S
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1. - Controls
2. - Object of the Game
3. - HUD Explained
4. - Ins and Outs
5. - Disclaimer
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1. - C O N T R O L S
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D-Pad  - Move cursor on keyboard
A      - Play Single Note
B      - Special Effect
Start  - Play Beat
Select - Change Cursor From Control Board To Keyboard
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2. - O B J E C T   O F   T H E   G A M E
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The point of this game seems to be either to encourage music upon gamers to
help them enter the music world or simply to mix some neat songs for gamers.
I'll begin with the first. I can't think of a single person that doesn't like
any type of music at all, it's a way for us to express ourselves. Saying you
hate all music is like saying you hate all paintings, no human can hate it all.
Japan at least takes some inititive but trying to introduce music to a broader
audience by making this game. It's pretty simple to use once you learn how to
use it and can be a lot of fun.

The second possible point of making this game is just to help aspiring
musicians try to get motivated. It seems rather simple and dull at first but
you don't even need to know too much about music to make something that sounds
even decent, at least not to you. This is why I love this game, you can sit
there and just play for as long as you want and make it sound good without
actually knowing anything about music, the only thing you need is to not be
tone deaf which I have never come across a tone deaf person so you should have
no problem picking this game up.

You get to go into the game and you will see what seems to be an incredibly
complicated HUD. The bottom is the keyboard which is pretty obvious but the top
half of the screen is the control panel, or the mix board. This part can seem a
bit complicated but isn't too bad. Just check out the HUD explained section
below to learn what all of those buttons and gauges mean so you know how to
truly enjoy this great game.
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3. - H U D   E X P L A I N E D
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For the HUD, we will start from the top all the way to the bottom. The top line
is mostly for design except for the big red arrow and the blue circle. The Blue
Circle doesn't change the actual sound to the game, it just changes what
appears on the score in the right next to the treble clef. Without the ball
flashing, all notes will appear as eighth notes. With the blue ball flashing
slowly, nothing will appear on the score but you will see bubbles come out of
the notes you just hit on the keyboard. With it flashing rapidly, you will see
bunnies on the score instead of eighth notes. I suggest having the eighth notes
or bubbles since there will only be two bunnies on the score at a time.

The arrow will allow you to change the beat a bit. All of the beats are built
into the game and allow you to play along with them. They are mostly famous
songs you have heard of or at least will recognize when hearing them. It shows
a world map, which zooms in on Japan, with several dots that will show the
different beats. The name of the beat is on the bottom of the screen. The bunny
dancing shows the tempo to each song as they play. Move with the D-Pad and
press A or B to play the beat. You can press Select to actually select the beat
to add it to the game so you can start adding your own riffs.

The line with all of the gauges is to toggle each instrument on and off. Each
number represent a type of instrument. The first gauge is your sound. The
instruments vary, which will be described in the next paragraph, but if you
leave this one off, you won't hear anything you do. The second gauge is that of
the lead treble instrument, think of a lead guitar. The third gauge is the lead
bass instrument, think of a bassist. The fourth gauge is treble percussion,
think high hat and snares on a drum set. And the fifth and final gauge is that
of the bass percussions, think of the bass drum on a drum set. The fourth and
fifth gauges are best used to tell the measure and the beat of the song that
may be playing in the background.

Below the gauges is the most obvious part of the HUD, it's the most confusing
to the ear though. The first choice is a violin, the second is a flute, the
third is a trumpet, and the fourth is a piano. It's obvious by seeing it, but
it's not obvious by sound. They really don't sound like the instruments they
show but there is a pretty obvious difference just by sound. To the right of
the instrument selection is a bar with a treble clef to see the notes that you
are playing. For some more information check out the first paragraph in this
section to learn about the blue button to change the note icons.

Right below that and above the keyboard is different effects for your keyboard.
The left most icon will give a rising tone effect. The next icon is a tremolo
effect. The third icon will put quick rest notes in between each note. The
fourth is a dropping tone effect. The fifth changes riffs. The sixth will
activate the song and will repeat forever, which you can also do by pressing
start. The seventh and final icon will play the beat for one bar and then shut
off after it completes the bar.
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4. - I N S   A N D   O U T S
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This section is going to be a little difficult to write for but I will do my
best, I'm not a music professor so it's hard for me to explain some of this.

Here is a quick list of songs. Most of the songs are traditional music you'd
expect from that region. For example, Scotland's song is Cadence to Arms, the
famous song that pretty much everybody has heard on the bagpipes at least once
in their life. Other songs are famous such as Kanon which is Pachelbel's Canon.
The rest are just simple beats such as Rock or Blues.

Rock
Scotland
Spain
Kanon
Techno
Arabia
Russia
India
China
Japan:
 -Okinawa
 -Matsuri
 -Okesa
 -Shonan
 -Enka
Pops
C&W
Blues
Mambo
R&B
Boogie
Jazz
Tango
Bossa
Rio
Samba

Here I will further explain the bottom row of the HUD that is right above the
keyboard. These icons can be used by pressing the B Button on the keyboard. The
first icon is a rising tone. If you hold the B Button, you will start a few
notes below the key you are on in the keyboard and it will rise up to that
note. The next icon is the tremolo effect. At first when you hold the B button
you won't notice anything, but after a few seconds you will hear the notes go
up and down.

The next icon is one that will give you an effect that will put sixteenth note
rests in betweeen all of the notes. What this does is give a noticable break in
between the notes you play. The next icon is a dropping tone. It will start out
a bit above the note you play on the keyboard and drop down to it. The next
icon plays special riffs that can be a bit complicated so I will try my best to
explain it.

Each number will play a different riff but they will always be the same. Each
riff is very fast so I will just list each note listed for each riff:

Riff #1:
5 Half Steps Up, 5 Half Steps Down, The Same Note 3 Times, 3 Half Steps Up, 3
Half Steps Down, and repeat.

Riff #2:
3 Half Steps Up, 3 Half Steps Down, The Same Note 5 Times, 3 Half Steps Up, 3
Half Steps Down, 3 Half Steps Up, 2 Half Steps Up, 5 Half Steps Down, 6 Half
Steps Up, 6 Half Steps Down, 5 Half Steps Up, and then repeat.

Riff #3:
6 Half Steps Up, 6 Half Steps Down, 3 Half Steps Up, 3 Half Steps Down, The
Same Note 4 Times, 5 Half Steps Up, 5 Half Steps Down, Same Note Twice, 5 Half
Steps Up, 5 Half Steps Down, Five Half Steps Up, 5 Half Steps Down, and then
repeat.

If you listen to a lot of rock music, you will notice similar licks done in
solos and in some metal songs even done as regular riffs for part of songs.
This will allow you to be able to quickly play something that's easy to do but
sounds pretty cool if played right.

Other than those tips, the rest is really up to you. This game has a lot of
possibilities but it's not something you should try to study into. If you know
a lot about music, than this game might be interesting to play with to try to
make something pretty cool. Even if you don't know anything about music, this
game is still pretty fun to play just to mess around with. Anyways, the
possibilities is endless so it's really up to you on how each song sounds!
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5. - D I S C L A I M E R
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