Chapter 3 - Search Results & Song Details:

This chapter of the tutorial contains the following sub-sections:

• Number of Songs Found
• Back and Forward Page Arrows
• Column Labels
• Keeper Checkboxes
• Listen Icons
• Titles
• Descriptions
• Scores
• Back, Start Over & Print Buttons
• Printing All Search Results
• The Lower Half of the Split Screen
• Printing the Details for Just One Song
• Displaying Other Songs on the Same CD

Let's take a quick tour of the Search Results screen - starting at the top line under the main navigation bar.

Number of Songs Found:

Back and Forward Page Arrows:

For 5 or fewer pages, click on the page numbers to move from page to page of search results.

If there are more than 5 pages of results (as there are here), use the arrows to move from one set of 5 pages to another. In other words, to view pages 6 through 10, click on the arrow at the right side.

You cannot use the arrows to move from one page to another - they will only take you from one set of pages to another.

Column Labels:

Keeper Checkboxes:

Listen Icons:

Titles:

To view all of the song details for a particular composition, click on its name in this column, and the information will now be displayed in the lower half of the split screen.

Descriptions:

You can search for other pieces of music that have these keywords in the Keywords search section of the MusicSource Finder section.

Scores:

If the score is 100%, then all criteria have been met.

This will always be the case if you only specified one criterion in your search - for example, if you only searched for music that included the acoustic guitar as an instrument.

But, if you used more than one criterion in your search request - for example, if you search for:

Genre = Easy Listening
Style = Pastoral
Instrument = Flute

a screen like this one might come up:

Note that the first two songs match all 3 of the criteria (so their scores are 100%), but that the next three only match 2 of the 3 criteria (so their scores are 66.67%).

Back, Start Over & Print Buttons:

	takes you back to the Finder screen, so that you can modify your request
	lets you start a brand new search and erases any criteria you have previously selected
	lets you print the complete results of your search results.

Back:
You can modify your request by editing your search criteria without starting over. The Back button will return you to the Finder screen, from which you can select the criteria you wish to change or add to your search request.

Once your changes are complete, click on the Search button, and a new set of results will be displayed.

If your search returns no results, you have most likely used too many criteria, or criteria that do not make sense together. For instance, searching for Beethoven and Hip-Hop probably will not return any songs.

Try removing extra criteria that may be interfering with your search and click the Search button to perform the search again, or ....

Start Over:
If you wish to perform a brand new search, click on the "Start Over" button and the criteria window will be completely cleared. There is no need to close MusicSource and re-open it to start a new search.

Printing All Search Results:

Choose which details you wish to have printed for each of the songs in your search result by selecting one of the choices in the drop-down menu at the top right of the screen.

Then click on the "Print" button to the far left of that menu.

The Lower Half of the Split Screen:

Change song details by clicking on a different song title in the top half of the split screen.

All of the song details for each composition are shown, including the details about which CD it comes from.

The right side of the lower split screen shows the CD number and name that this displayed song comes from, along with:

• the other tracks devoted to that composition,
• notes on versions,
• the times of each track and
• a Windows Media Player icon to let you listen to each track.

Printing the Details for Just One Song:

you can choose to print only the details for the song that is listed in the bottom half of the split screen (like "Lady in Waiting" in this example) by clicking on the "Print" button that appears to the far right of the heading that says "Song Details":

Here you will have the opportunity to click on the "Print" button in this screen and obtain a printed copy of just the details for this song.

These are the same details that are displayed on the bottom half of the split screen in the main search results.

Displaying Other Songs on the Same CD:

You can:

• assign any of these compositions to your Keeper file result (see the chapter on Using Keeper for more details),
• audition them by clicking on the Windows Media Player icon (see the chapter on Auditioning Music), or
• obtain more information about each song by clicking on its underlined name.

The track and time information for each song on this CD is also displayed in this lower half of the screen.

The next chapter of this tutorial explains some of the details about the Listen / Audition feature of the MusicSource interface.

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