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# == THE URL HAS CHANGED ==
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This **PianoBooster** repository has now been transferred to @pianobooster as the new owner.
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Please update all your bookmarks and [update](https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/using-git/changing-a-remotes-url) any existing local clones to point to the new repository URL https://github.com/pianobooster/PianoBooster
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![logo](logo/Logotype_horizontal.png)
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# INTRODUCTION
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**PianoBooster** is a MIDI file player that displays the musical notes AND teaches you how to
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play the piano.
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The difference between playing along to a CD or a standard MIDI file
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is that Piano Booster listens and reacts to what you are playing on a
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MIDI piano keyboard.
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You can play along to any track in the MIDI file and Piano Booster will
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follow your playing. Piano Booster makes learning to sight read fun!
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Piano Booster is a free (Open Source) program, available from: <https://www.pianobooster.org/>
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# FEATURES
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* The musical accompaniment follows your playing, if you stop then so does the music.
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* Play a single hand and Piano Booster will play the other hand in time with you.
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* Change the speed of playback to match your playing ability.
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* Transpose +/- 12 semitones without stopping the play back.
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* Plays any standard MIDI or KAR file.
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* Play along to any instrument in the MIDI file.
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* Adjust the volume of the current part or the volume of your piano part.
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* Measures the accuracy of your playing.
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* Timing markers show if you are playing ahead or behind the beat.
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* A different instrument sound is used for the right and wrong notes that you play on the piano.
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# GETTING STARTED
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Binary executable version of **PianoBooster** are available for Windows, MacOS and Linux, which can be downloaded from the [Piano Booster website](<https://www.pianobooster.org/>).
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Piano Booster now includes a built in version of the FluidSynth sound generator.
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In order for FluidSynth to work and to hear sound a `.sf2` (sound font) file is required which must be loaded using the MIDI Setup/Fluidsynth menu of Piano Booster.
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A recommended General Midi (GM) sound font file is the `FluidR3_GM.sf2`
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To play along with **PianoBooster** you will need a MIDI Piano Keyboard.
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If you don't have a MIDI keyboard you can still try out Piano Booster using the PC keyboard, 'x' is middle C - but a MIDI piano is highly recommended.
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After connecting the MIDI keyboard you need to setup the midi input device using
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the Piano Booster MIDI setup menu.
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**PianoBooster** now comes with a music teaching course called Booster Music.
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The MIDI files for this course are in a folder called `BoosterMusicBooks` located in the `Music` folder on your PC.
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The Booster Music teaching course is also available on the [Piano Booster website](<https://www.pianobooster.org/>).
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Use the File/Open from the Piano Booster menu to load the MIDI file ".mid" or a karaoke ".kar" file.
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Finally choose the skill level, if you want to
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just listen to the MIDI music - select 'listen', to play along with a MIDI keyboard with
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the music following your playing - select 'follow you' and then click on the Play icon to
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start.
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# TRANSLATIONS
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**PianoBooster** isn't translated in your language? Help us, and we will gladly ship
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new translations with it.
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Please see the [Web-based continuous localisation](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/pianobooster/) (Weblate) to contribute to the language translations.
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The translation required for the Piano Booster app are located [here](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/pianobooster/pianobooster/) and the translation for the Booster Music course are located [here](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/pianobooster/boostermusic/).
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# LICENSE
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**PianoBooster** is fully copyrighted by the authors and all rights are reserved.
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**PianoBooster** is free software (Open Source software): you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
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Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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**PianoBooster** is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
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without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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See the GNU General Public License in the file "gplv3.txt" or from the web site
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<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> or [gplv3.txt](gplv3.txt).
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The **PianoBooster** documentation and music are released under the Creative Commons License (CC-BY).
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[PianoBooster License](license.txt)
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# SOURCE CODE
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As part of GNU General Public License the source code for **PianoBooster** is available from
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the GitHub site <https://github.com/pianobooster/PianoBooster>. See the [BUILD.md](BUILD.md) for
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instructions on how to build the source code.
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This source code URL has recently changed so please update all your bookmarks and change any existing local clones to point to the new repository URL.
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# BUGTRACKER
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[Issues](https://github.com/pianobooster/PianoBooster/issues)
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# CONTRIBUTING
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**PianoBooster** is community developing project. You're welcome with patches:
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[Pull Requests](https://github.com/pianobooster/PianoBooster/pulls)
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We have many [issues](https://github.com/pianobooster/PianoBooster/issues) always.
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We are looking for musicians to make music for pianobooster. It can be educational courses or other melodies: [music sources](https://github.com/pianobooster/BoosterMusic).
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Thanks to everyone who has already made contributions to the Piano Booster project.
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