Help with MP3 files

There are different kinds of digital music files. MP3 files are currently the most common.

To play these files, you will need special software in your computer. Popular free players are QuickTime, RealOne, Windows Media Player, and iTunes. If you have more than one audio player on your computer, you will need to set, in your browser's preferences, which player will play your music files. You can also set this preference from within your player's preferences. (Since browsers and players are all different, check the preferences of whatever you are using.)

To listen to a digital music file, you have a choice: you can 1) listen to a music file online without downloading it, or 2) you can download it onto your hard disk (if you have permission) and play that copy. You set this in your browser's preferences. You can override this setting with keystrokes depending on your operating system. E.g. Option/click on the Mac, downloads an mp3 file to your hard drive; click (w/o Option key) plays the mp3 file without downloading it to your hard drive.

If you play the song without downloading it, you will need to tell your browser the connection speed of your internet connection (i.e. dial-up, or broadband).

If you download the song, your browser will place that song in some folder on your hard drive. You can choose where songs placed on you hard drive in your browser's preferences.

Help with PDF

PDF (Portable Document Format) files are a handy way to share graphic and text information (like a leadsheet) so that it looks the same no matter what operating system you have and regardless of what fonts you have installed on your computer.

To download a free copy of Acrobat Reader to open up pdf files by click here.

Help with Scorch

Scorch is a free browser plug-in that allows you to listen to a leadsheet, transpose it, etc. Worship Schools highly recommends it. To download your free copy, click here.