[HANASHIR:1563] Re: code for melodies

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I think so.  I'm not sure I knew it before, and I really don't do melody. 
Got the jist.  Emily

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> From: Bailey, Kent R., Ph.D.Kent Bailey <baileyk (at) mayo(dot)edu>
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:1526] Re: code for melodies
> Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 9:48 AM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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