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Note Terminology Follow-up, Issue #595

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- The SystemGuide.md file was omitted in the last commit.
- Corrected terminology in the comments of the sound drivers.
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@@ -2277,15 +2277,15 @@ using values that correspond to musical notes. The frequency will be
applied when the next SNDPLAY function is invoked. The returned Status
(A) is a standard HBIOS result code.
The Note (HL) values correspond to quarter notes. Increasing/decreasing
the value by 4 results in a full note increment/decrement.
The Note (HL) values correspond to eighth notes. Increasing/decreasing
the value by 8 results in a full note increment/decrement.
Increasing/decreasing the value by 48 results in a full octave
increment/decrement. The value 0 corresponds to Bb/A# in octave 0.
The sound chip resolution and its oscillator limit the range and
accuracy of the notes played. The typical range of the AY-3-8910 is six
octaves: Bb2/A#2 to A7, where each value is a unique tone. Values above
and below can still be played but each quarter tone step may not result
and below can still be played but each eighth tone step may not result
in a note change.
The following table shows the mapping of the Note (HL) value to the