[HANASHIR:1529] Re: code for melodies -Reply

[Michelle Katz <MICHKATZ...>]

I'm not really active on this list, but I've been intrigued by the idea of 
finding
a low tech way to transcribe notation.  I am currently sitting in my office in
the middle of writing a brief (I am a musician by avocation, alas, not
vocation) and I was able to "sight read" this melody in about 5 minutes. 
The first three minutes were spent making sure I understood the notation
method.

This is surprisingly easy.

>>> "Bailey, Kent R., Ph.D."  Kent Bailey <baileyk (at) mayo(dot)edu> 10/22/98
10:48am >>>



Here is an example of a well-known Shabbat melody in the code
I described in my other message.

It uses C8 to represent an octave higher than the starting C.
One count is an 1/8 note in this example.  Time signature is 4/4
Key signature is 1 flat, but if you write out all the notes you
don't really need the key signature for accuracy, just for
insight.

It uses dashes in an inconsistent way.  One could use those
to go with the musical patterns, or to link words together,
or just to emphasize the rhythmic patterns.

One way to represent notes carried across a measure bar might be to
put the note in both measures, but enclose it in parentheses in the
second measure, to show there is no new attack.

It took very little time to jot this down, particularly with the copy 
and paste function in my mail tool.


R(7) C(1) M  C(1)-F(1)-F(1)-G(1) A(2) Bf(1)-G(1) M 
 
C8(2) Bf(1)-Bf(1) A(2) G(2) M 

C(1)-F(1)  F(1)-G(1) A(2) Bf(1)-G(1) M

A(8) M


C8(3)-D8(1) Bf(1)-A(1)-Bf(2) M

A(3)-Bf(1) G(1)-F(1)-G(2) M

C(1)-F(1)-F(1)-G(1) A(2) Bf(1)-G(1) M

F(2) E(2) F(4)  M  


C8(3)-D8(1) Bf(1)-A(1)-Bf(1) Bf(1) M

A(1 1/2)-A(1/2) A(1)-Bf(1) G(1)-F(1)-G(2) M

C(1)-F(1)-F(1)-G(1) A(2) Bf(1)-G(1) M

F(2) E(1)-E(1) F(3)    



C(1) M  C(1)-F(1)-F(1) G(1)-A(2) Bf(1)-G(1) M  

C8(2) Bf(1)-Bf(1) A(2) G(2) M 

C(1)-F(1) F(1) G(1) A(2)-Bf(1) G(1) M

C8(1) C8(1) D8(2) C8(4) M



C8(3) D8(1) Bf(1)-A(1)-Bf(2) M

A(3) Bf(1)-G(1)-F(1)-G(2) M

C(1)-F(1)-F(1)-G(1)-A(2) Bf(1)-G(1) M

-F(2)-E(2)-F(4)  M  


(opt. repeat) 


C8(3)-D8(1) Bf(1)-A(1)-Bf(2) M

A(3)-Bf(1) G(1)-F(1)-G(2) M

C(1)-F(1)-F(1)-G(1) A(2) Bf(1)-G(1) M

F(2) E(2) F(4)  M  



Would someone who didn't know this tune be able to figure it out
 from this representation? Reactions?


Kent Bailey
Rochester, MN
baileyk (at) mayo(dot)edu