[HANASHIR:1530] Re: code for melodies -Reply

[Judy Caplan Ginsburgh <jerd...>]

I belong to another list which sends out children's songs in a form of music 
notation
each day.  It is much easier to read than this, but very similar and comes with 
a key
at the top of each mailing.  If I can find an example, I will zap it to you.

Judy : )

Michelle Katz wrote:

> 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



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