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<H1><A NAME="SECTION00100000000000000000">
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Introduction</A>
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<P>
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This document is provided as an aid for the new
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> user to get
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started in a easy, gentle manner. It is a supplement to the main
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reference manual.
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> is a complex and powerful program. We don't intend to show each
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and every possible command in this tutorial; we'll be quite happy if
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we show enough of the basics to get you started! And, please, read the
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reference manual!
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We hope to cover the following topics:
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<LI>Installing
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> on your system,
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</LI>
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<LI>A step-by-step example showing how to create a simple backing
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track,
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<LI>An example showing how to create a library file.
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The examples may include songs which are probably <SPAN CLASS="textbf">not</SPAN> in the
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public domain. Certainly “Happy Birthday” should be public domain,
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but isn't. User's should note<A NAME="tex2html1"
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HREF="#foot213"><SUP><SPAN CLASS="arabic">1</SPAN>.<SPAN CLASS="arabic">1</SPAN></SUP></A> that the
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copyrighted songs in this document are examples only. It is probably
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not legal for you to copy it or play them. If this document is
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violating copyright by including any of the sheet music used in the
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examples, please let us know and it will be removed.
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The example files in this text are included in the distribution in the
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<TT><SPAN CLASS="textbf">egs/tutorial</SPAN></TT> directory.
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This is a <SPAN CLASS="textbf">draft</SPAN> document.
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<BR><HR><H4>Footnotes</H4>
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<DT><A NAME="foot213">... note</A><A
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HREF="node1.html#tex2html1"><SUP><SPAN CLASS="arabic">1</SPAN>.<SPAN CLASS="arabic">1</SPAN></SUP></A></DT>
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<DD>Bad pun intended!
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