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on activateSlider
on nextVerse
  -- play next verse, update with transition
  set gStanza = gStanza + 1
  
  puppetTransition 1,6,24
  
  if gStanza = 6 then 
    set gStanza = 1
    set the memberNum of sprite 34 = the number of member  ("verse1")
    STOP ( member "cbpa" )
    go to frame 1
  else
    set the memberNum of sprite 34 = the number of member  ("verse" & gStanza)
    updateStage
  end if  
end

on strum
  -- switch verses every 20% played
  if the percentPlayed of member "cbpa" >= 20 * gStanza then nextVerse
  
  -- animate the strings
  set numStrings = random(6)
  
  repeat with i = 1 to numStrings
    set curr = 20 + random(6)
    set the locV of sprite curr = the locV of sprite curr + 3 - random(5)
    updateStage
  end repeat
end

The on strum handler is a frame script to animate quickdraw shapes as guitar strings which are each moved vertically a random ampunt of pixels. On each pass through, we check the portion of the shockwave audio streamed, the percentPlayed, to display the next screen of lyrics.

lingo era = v5 A few things here are hardwired to a song of siz verses, sprite numbers are hardwired as well.