Sega MIRACLE User Manual

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MIRACLE

PIANO

TEACHING

SYSTEM

SEGA"

GENESIS'· USER'S

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The

Miracle

Piano Teaching System

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TABLE

OF

CONTENTS

TABLE

OF

CONTENTS

Getting Started

What's

Rear Connectors on The Miracle .................................................. 2

Connecting The Miracle to

Starting the Program ....................................................................

Using

the

Game Controls .............................................................................. 5

Administration ............................................................................... 6

Using the Miracle Conservatory .................................................... 7

Classroom ..................................................................................... 8

Chalkboards

Activities .................................................................................. 9

Practice Room ............................................................................. 1

Performance Hall ..........................

Arcade ......................................................................................... 14

on

Your

Sega Genesis

in

the Package .................................................................. 1

in

Store for the Future ....................................................... 2

Your Sega Genesis System ............... 3

Sega Genesis System Software ..................................... 5

'"

......................................................................... 8

System

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............................. 1

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................. 12

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Common

Index

Questions

................................................................................................. 17

and

Answers

................................................. 15

TABLE

OF

CONTENTS

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CREDITS

The

Miracle

Piano

Teaching

CREDITS

System Project Piano

Method

Program

Software

Sega

Genesis

Music

Design

Music

Transcription

Testing

Manager

Design

Development

System

Conversion

Dave Ross

Gary Davenport, Jon Mandel

Norman Worthington Michael Duffy

David Grenewetzki Aodrew Iverson Don Laabs Henrik Markarian Vicki Sidley

Peter Stone

Sculptured Software Inc. FredWemer Debbra Freeman

Thomas Munsell Tara

Patterson

Ralf

Schipke Jacob Smith William

Robin Rittenhouse

Todd

DMA

Documentation

Manual

Design & Production

Illustrations

Anne Schwimer Darilyn Kotzenberg Cory Haibloom

Carol Dickason Russ Lee

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CREDITS

The

Miracle

Keyboard

Copyrights

Hardware Design

Chuck Monte Mike CoIlins John Dirkson Anne Graham Ray Livingston

Paul White

Hardware Production

Val Garcia

Peter Gilligan

Okawa

Ben

Drew

Sound Design

Neumann

reserved.

The

Software

trademark

Toolworks·

of

The Software Toolworks, Inc.

Piano Teaching System are trademarks This Game is Licensed

by

The

Software Too1works, Inc. All rights

is a registered trademark

The

Miracle and

of

The

Software Toolworks, Inc.

Sega

Enterprises Ltd. for Play on the

of

and Toolworks is a

The

Miracle

SEGA-

GENESIS'" SYSTEM. SEGA

and GENESIS are trademarks

of

Sega Enterprises Ltd.

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This official seal is your assurance that this product meets the highest quality standards they are compatible with the SEGA

The

TEACHING SYSTEM OWNER'S MANUAL are used

of

SEGA

photographs

N.

Buy games

in

the chapter HISTORY

and

accessories with this seal to be sure that

N

GENESIS-

OF

SYSTEM.

THE

PIANO in THE MIRACLE PIANO

by

permission

of

The

Bettman

Archive.

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CREDITS

Song Copyrights

The following are Original Musical compositions written and orchestrated by

Sharps

'n

Flats, Treble Teaser, Black & White,

Sad Story, Woodbird, Treble Explorer,

For

Denise, Dots, Eighty Eight, For Jessica, Top Ten, Carefree, Gina's Lament, Rose Bud, Bull Frog, Chimp, Chopstick,

Renaissance, For Ana, Clouds, Technotron.

The following music is used with pennission:

Let's

Go Crazy

Space Cadet, Frightnight,

Channelll,

Toccata,

(Prince Nelson)

All Rights on behalf

of

Controversy Music for the USA & Canada

Used By Permission.

Star Wars

Used By Permission.

Hound Dog

(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)

All Rights on behalf

& Co.

of

Gladys Music for

Used By Permission.

fhe

USA Administered by Chappel

My Funny Valentine

Puff

(The Magic Dragon)

& Co. (Renewed)

Used By Permission.

(Peter Yarrow, Leonard Lipton)

Used By Permission.

Evergreen

(Barbara Streisand, Paul Williams)

& First Artists Music Co.

Used By Permission.

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CREDITS

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Celebration

(Ronald Bell, Claydes Smith, George Brown, James Taylor, Robert Mickens, Earl Toon, Dennis Thomas

Robert Bell, Eumir Deodato)

©

1980 Wamer-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.,

Second

All rights on behalf

Decade Music Co. & WB Music Co.

of

Theme from M.A.SH.

Corp.

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Moondance

Corp. &

Caledonia Soul Music All rights administered

by

WB Music Corp.

The Rose

(Amanda McBroom)

Used By Permission.

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