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1 - Do you play in a Night Club? No, Luciano's Piano Bar only exists on the web and I don't play commercially anywhere. 2 - Can you send me or sell me the score of the songs I find in the Piano Bar? Sorry about that! I play almost all those songs by ear and don't have the music for them. But you may try at where they carry a large selection of popular and classical music, or at Studio RE for a small booklet of puertorrican danzas. 3 - I can't hear the sounds. That might be due to one or more reasons. Check these: - Do you have a sound card? Is it well installed? - Do you have speakers? Are they on? - Have you installed a sounds program? I recommend Crescendo which you can get FREE by pressing HERE - Is your MIDI player properly set up? Check that the "MIDI device" coincides with the one you have installed. - Is your volume set to On? Double-click on the speaker in the task bar (bottom right corner) and check that the MIDI settings are not set to Mute or the level is too low. Also, right-click on your console and check the Options to set the volume level. 4 - Can I download these MIDI files in my computer? Yes, only if they are for personal use. Click HERE and right-click over the MIDI that you want to download. A pop up window will open with the option of "Save Target as..." and it will allow you to save it to your computer. 5 - Can I use some of these MIDI files in my pages? If it is a non-commercial, nor political nor immoral or controversial page you can use some of my MIDI files for Free. I would allow the use of one or two files in your pages and require that you put a credit line with any of the small illustrations shown below linked to the Piano Bar. I would appreciate that you let me know and send me the link to your page. I DON'T allow the use of my MIDIS for you to make "your own" MIDI page.
6- Can I put a link from my site to yours? Of course you can.... and you don't have to ask for permission to do so. 7- Is there any way that I can listen to the songs while visiting other sites? You can open additional windows in your Browser while you play your favorite song in the Piano Bar. In the File Menu there is an option to Open a New Window. You can shuttle back and forth by using the mouse or pressing Alt-Tab. 8 - Is there any way that I can play several songs in a row, without having to come back every time to select them one by one? Yes! Now I have designed the main page in a way that a new window opens each time you select a song. So, you can go back to the main page and select several songs and they will play sequentially! Follow these simple steps: A - Select a song in the Main Page - a new window will open with that song... B - Go back to the Main Page by pressing Alt + Tab, or by clicking with your mouse on its tab in the task bar. That will take you back to the Main Page. C - Go back to step A and select another song. Repeat as many times as you want. 9 - How can I send these pages to my friends? - The easiest way is to send them the URL http://www.piano-bar.com and they can come here and enjoy all the songs they want. There is a form at the bottom of the Main Page that does that for you very easily and automatically! - Another way is to use the "Send Page" option in the File menu of your browser. You just go to the page you want to send and select that option. A new message window will open up for you to send an e-mail to the person you want to send the page to. Just write their address and send in the usual manner. When they receive it, the song will begin playing automatically. That is a great way to send a "serenata" (love song) to a loved one!!! 10 - Can you notify me when you add more songs? Sorry about that, also! My mailing list is so big and I am busy with other things that I am not able to do that. 11 - Can you play songs requested by us? If I know it, I will certainly try to please you. But, please, don't offer to send me MIDIS, MPGs, cassetes or whatever of songs I don't know, for me to learn them and play them. I don't have the time to do that, and I like to play songs I already know, so I can play them with feeling. 12 - When will you be adding more songs? That depends on my free time. Sometimes I add several songs in a week, and some times many weeks go by without me adding any other songs. I just can't tell. Sorry! 13 - Why don't you play merengues or salsa? The Piano Bar is a place for romance and boheme. I try to play music that fits that category. Maybe later I'll make another site for other types of music. I'll let you know! 14 - Do you have a CD recording of those songs? Are you going to make one? I have not recorded those songs. Many people are asking me to do it. I am seriously considering it. Maybe soon! 15 - Can I make a recording of these songs for my personal enjoyment? How can I do it? If it is for personal use and enjoyment, I authorize you to record any or all of these songs (as far as my rights as performer allow me). Just plug the cables that go to your speaker to a tape recorder and record them as you normally do. If you have a keyboard, you can plug the keyboard through MIDI cables and have the sound come out from the keyboard. Plug your tape recorder to it and record as you normally do. The sound quality with this method should be somewhat better (the sounds of your keyboard). I understand that there is a MIDI to WAV conversion program that would allow you to convert your MIDIS into CD's. It is for sale HERE (Note - I have not used it nor I am endorsing them). 16 - The piano sound I hear now is different from the sound I heard before. What happened? I have not made any changes to my MIDIS and there is nothing I can do that causes this. So, the problem is in YOUR system. Check your MIDI setup, especially your MIDI device. Most probably you have several MIDI devices installed and assigned an inferior one to your MIDI player. Just change it. If you have Crescendo, right click in the console, select "options" from the pop up menu, then select "MIDI device" and select the best one from the list that appears. 17 - How can I support the Piano Bar? The Piano Bar is Free for all and I intend to keep it this way, but I do have costs to cover, specially an annual license for copyrights that costs me $274. You can make a donation to help me defray the cost of that license using or a Credit Card by just clicking below: 19 - I am listening to an echo or a second song. What can I do? Until I correct that, you can just push the stop button on your browser or in your console, and one of the songs will stop.

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