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Special Situations in CMN. Music 253/CS 275A Stanford University. Common Music Notation. Pitch 8va indicators Ossia readings (ed.) Ornaments Articulation marks Finger numbers Lyrics. Durations (monophonic) Tuplets Dots not WYSIWYG Durations (polyphonic). Large number of
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Special Situations in CMN Music 253/CS 275A Stanford University
Common Music Notation • Pitch • 8va indicators • Ossia readings (ed.) • Ornaments • Articulation marks • Finger numbers • Lyrics • Durations (monophonic) • Tuplets • Dots not WYSIWYG Durations (polyphonic) Large number of complex situations Simple within one program; often omitted in translation http://www.ccarh.org/publications/reprints/ieee/ 2013 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Duration and Alignment Poly-sub-meters: 2:3, 3:4 Beethoven: “Harp” Quartet 2013 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Duration and alignment 4:5:6 (vertical) Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde: “Die Abschied” 2013 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Duration and Alignment Szymanowski: Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin, No. 4 7:1, 6:1, 5:1 (horizontal) 2013 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Aleatoric contexts Irregular meters Irregular subdivisions Ad libitum passages 2013 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Text underlay: alignment 2013 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Lyrics (and text) in non-Roman scripts Shamisenneumes: Shape: presence/absence of pitch or vocal quality Direction of curvature: pitch variation Angle between neumes: pitch change Length of neume: duration Thickness: voice intensity, tone Masato Yako (1998): Shamisen intro for nagauta play 2013 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Grammar of parts Multi-bar rest Text extenders B. Marcello: cantata 2013 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Vertical spacing extras (basso continuo) Handel: Ottone, “Bel labbro formato Basso continuo figuration 2013 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Vertical spacing extras (ornamentation) 2013 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Stems and beams (non-coincident) 2013 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Slurs (collisions) 2013 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Slur extremes Left: very high slurs Below: very long slur 2013 Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Slurs (multi-octave, inverted, et al.) Ravel: “Gaspard de la nuit” 2013 Eleanor Selfridge-Field