MEDIA NEEDED

What Media Do You Need To Access This Site?

Screen Resolution:

1024 x 768

Browser Type :

Either Internet Explorer 4.0 and above, or Netscape 4.0 and above. The site was tested in both and will work in both.

Download the latest Internet Explorer here

Download the latest Netscape Browser here

Sound Format :

Example songs are in two formats:

	MIDI File (as shown by this symbol) * this is a smaller file to download
	Mp3 Audio (as shown by this symbol) * larger file to download
	By clicking this you will download an MP3 of Danny Poole playing the exercise or song
	By clicking this you will download an MPEG movie of Danny Poole playing the exercise or song

All computers with a sound card will play MIDI files. The only change from one computer to the next is the quality of the sound.

The midi song examples will sound great if you have an expensive sound card with a built in Sound Canvas chip or some other module emulator entirely for synth on midi music. Also, if you are using an external keyboard module, I would suggest you use midi for the examples.

If you are using a cheaper or older sound card using FM synth sounds, then the songs will sound like an old computer game. If this is the case, use the Mp3 Audio examples. The song examples will sound the same from one computer to the next.

The latest version of media player will play Mp3s, but the most popular is Mp3 player is Winamp.

Graphics :

Graphics are either in Jpeg, Gif or Animated Gif Format. Despite my best efforts to keep file sizes to a minimum, some pages are heavy on graphics which makes it slower to download. Graphics are an important part of this learning process, so while the pages are slightly slower, just remember you will ultimately be a better player!

Print pages are also set up from the pages that have animated Gifs.

Please Note: Some pages have audio examples as well as animated Gifs on them, and when selecting the audio it may stop the Gifs from playing. If this happens, simply refresh the page to restart the animations.

Movies :

The movies on this site are in Mpeg Format. Windows Media Player will support this format, but if you have a very old version of media player that won't play Mpegs, then you can get the new version from Microsoft.