6 Other Musical Concepts
5.1 \glissando
\glissando<style>
\glissando<style>
Marks glissandos, affects both playback and graphic appearance.
>>>add dx1,dy1,dx2,dy2 (thickness)
(text via \text tag)
Parameters (in the order of their default positions):
-
style - graphic apperance of glissando indication
standard values:
-
"line" - mark glissando with straight line
-
"wavyLine" - marks glissando with wavy line
default value: "line"
Range: obligatory
Semantics:
-
Indicates a glissando between the outermost notes of its range; if the
range contains more than two notes, the inner notes are interpreted as
transitory notes in a glissando chain.
Remarks:
Examples:
(...)
open issues:
- playback?
5.2 \arpeggio
\arpeggio
Marks arpeggiated chords, affects both playback and graphic appearance.
>>>add speed (=1/32), dx (=??) (thickness)
Parameters:: none
Range: obligatory
Semantics:
-
Indicates that all chords within the range are arpeggiated. The arpeggio
is indicated by a vertical wavy line beside the chord. Single notes (which
are not part of chords) are not affected.
Remarks:
Examples:
(...)
open issues:
- playback?
5.3 \vibrato
>>>just text
5.4 \nonVibrato
>>>just text
5.5 \ringoffs
>>>like tie (problem: somtimes not assoc with chords etc)
always well-defined duration
more a shorthand for tied chords / held notes)
5.6 \indefRingoffs
>>>like tie
(really need that??)
- vibrato, non vibr, ringoffs, indef ringoffs
5.7 \orn
This tag marks general ornaments
\orn<style,speed,dx,dy,size>(chords)
Parameters (in the order of their default positions):
-
style - graphic apperance of ornament
standard values:
-
"turn"
-
"invTurn"
-
"mord"
-
"invMord"
default value: "turn"
-
speed -
-
dx - horizontal distance between center of symbol and center
of note head, in halfspaces of the current system.
default value: 2.0
-
dy - vertical distance between center of symbol and center
of note head, in halfspaces of the current system.
default value: none, see Semantics.
-
size - of the symbol, as a factor relative to the size
of the note head.
default value: 1.0
Range: chords
Semantics:
Remarks:
Examples:
(...)
5.8 \fingeredTrem
\fingeredTrem(chords)
\fingeredTrem<i>(chords)
\fingeredTrem<n,dy>(chords)
\fingeredTrem<i,n,dy>(chords)
This tag marks a fingered tremolo
Parameters (in the order of their default positions):
-
i -
-
n -
-
dy - vertical distance between center of symbol
and center of note head, in halfspaces of the current system.
default value: none, see Semantics.
Range: chords
Semantics:
Remarks:
Examples:
(...)
5.9 \cluster, \bCluster, \wCluster
This tags mark chromatic clusters, black clusters and white clusters.
\cluster(chord) % chrom cluster
\bCluster(chord) % black cluster
\wCluster(chord) % white cluster
Parameters (in the order of their default positions):
Range: chords
Semantics:
Remarks:
Examples:
(...)
5.10 \alter
This tag marks microtonal alterations.
\alter<detune>(notes)
Parameters (in the order of their default positions):
-
detune - detuning in semitones as int or float
Range: notes
Semantics:
-
notation: alt in semitones above note
Remarks:
Examples:
(...)
5.11 \figured
This tag marks figures bass notation.
\figured<fig>(notes)
\figured<fig,dy>(notes)
Parameters (in the order of their default positions):
-
fig - a string containing a number of the following
symbols, seperated by commata:
-
n (1,2,...)
-
n/ (slashed n)
-
&,#,n (flat,sharp,natural) and combinations of those
-
"-" to indicate dash for corr figure on that note / range
-
n+
e.g.: "3,5" "-,5/,6&" "4,-,n"
-> 3 is extended over first two chords,
5 over last two chords
Range: notes
Semantics:
Remarks:
-
% notation: symbols fig under first note, extended hor
-
% line to end of range
Examples:
(...)
jk>This tags belong to other chapters
+ extended tempo indications:
e.g., \tempo<str, "1/4=1/8">
+ "empty" rests
notename "blank" (and "rest"="_"?)
- proportional notation: (noteheads with vertical lines)
-> \noteFormat<"proportional",size>