> I would find it much better to write the music voice after voice. It
> is not really possible to read the four voices in parallel in the abc
> text anyway
Not unless the source is laid out helpfully, but for this sort of
music it can be quite easily. I haven't changed a note in Frank's
transcription, or made any changes to the generated staff notation,
to do this. It does need a wider-than-80-column screen but nothing
very exotic. You can see exactly which chord is being played at
every point. I have yet to see a four-part hymn setting for which
this layout methodology won't work.
X:5
T:La mourisque
T:(Basse dansse 5)
C:Tielman Susato
S:Tileman Susato: Danserye (1551)
Z:Transcribed by Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com
%This is a temporary version - please don't redistribute yet
N:adapted by Jack Campin to regularize the layout for vertical reading, use more
N:reasonable clefs, and to employ instruments that sound better on a small Mac
V:1 Program 1 68 alto % oboe
V:2 Program 1 68 alto % oboe
V:3 Program 1 70 bass % bassoon
V:4 Program 1 57 bass % trombone
R:Basse dance
M:4/2
L:1/2
Q:1/2=210
K:C
V:1 E/ F/ G G G |G3 F |E C C D |B,2 G,2 |E/ F/ G G G |G3 F |E C C D
|G,2 G,2:|
V:2 C/ A,/ C C C |C3 A,|C A, A, A,|G,2 B,2 |C/ A,/ C C C |C3 A,|C A, A, B,
|C2 C2 :|
V:3 G,/F,/ E,E,E,|E,3 F,|C, E, E, F,|D,2 D,G,|G,/F,/ E, E,E,|E,3 F,|C,>D, E,/C,/G,
|E,2 E,2:|
V:4 C,/D,/ C,C,C,|C,3 D,|A,,A,,A,,D,|G,,2 G,,2|C,/D,/ C, C,C,|C,3 D,|A,,A,,A,,
G,,|C,2 C,2:|
%
V:1 z E E C |C D E C |F D E C |C D B,2 |G, E E C |C D E C |F D E C |C D
G,2:|
V:2 z E, G,A, |A, E, G,C, |A,B, C C,|E, D, D,2 |D, E, E,A, |A, D, G,C, |A,B, C G,|A,
G, E,2:|
V:3 z G, E,E, |F, F, E,A, |F,G, E,E,|A, F, G,2 |G, G, E,E, |F, F, E,A, |F,G, E,E,|E,
D, C,2:|
V:4 z C, C,A,,|A,,B,,C,A,,|D,G,,C,C,|A,,D, G,,2|G,,C,
C,A,,|A,,B,,C,A,,|D,G,,C,C,|A,,B,,C,2:|
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This second example goes further, lining up corresponding beats both within
and between sections so you can compare chord progressions between them:
X:38
T:Mille regretz
C:Tielman Susato
S:Susato1551
Z:Transcribed by Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com
%This is a temporary version - please don't redistribute yet
N:adapted by Jack Campin to regularize the layout for vertical reading
N:and to employ instruments that sound better on a small Mac
V:1 Program 1 74 % recorder
V:2 Program 1 46 % harp pretending to be a lute
V:3 Program 1 46 alto % harp pretending to be a lute
V:4 Program 1 33 bass % electric bass guitar pretending to be a theorbo
R:Pavane
M:C|
L:1/4
K:Am
V:1 E4 |A2 A2 |G3 F/E/|D C D2 |C c c c |B2 A> B |c>B A2 |^G2
z2:|
V:2 B,4 |A,2 D2 |B,3 A, |B, C A,2 |C>D E F |G2 F2 |E E> C D | E2
z2:|
V:3 E4 |C2 F2 |E3 D/C/|B, E FD |E3 C |D E C2 |A,B, C A,| B,2
z2:|
V:4 E,4 |F,2 D,2 |E,3 F, |G, A, D,2 |A,2 A, A,|G, E, F,>G, |A,G, F,2 | E,2
z2:|
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V:1 c2 B A |G A A A |G E F2 |E2 zB |c2 A2 |B2 e2 |d c B A |^G2
z2.|
V:2 G2 G E |E E F D |E E D2 |G,2 G,2 |A,C> B, A,|G, G, C> B, |A,G, G E | E2
z2:|
V:3 E2 D C |B,C C A,|B,C2 B, |C2 B,2 |E2 E2 |E3 E |F E D C | B,2
z2:|
V:4 C,2 G, A,|E,A,, F,F,|E,C, D,2 |C,2 E,2 |A,,2 A,,2 |E,2 C,2 |D,E, G,A,| E,2
z2:|
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V:1 E2 G G |D d d d |c2 B2 |A A A A |G2 F2 |E E G E |G2 E>F | G2
z2:|
V:2 G,2 G, G,|D> E F G |E2 E2 |E F F F |E2 D2 |C C B, C |B,2 C2 | B,2
z2:|
V:3 C2 B, G,|B,>C D B,|C A,2 G, |A, C C C |C2 A,>B,|C A, G, A, |G,2 A,2 | G,2
z2:|
V:4 C,2 E,>F,|G, G, D,G,|A,2 E,2 |A,,F, F,F,|C,2 D,2 |A,,A,,E, A,,|E,2 A,,2| E,2
z2:|
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W: the Internet center for free sheet music downloads.
> and it is complicate to extract parts for playing.
This is a pretty trivial editing task, BarFly has most of this
functionality built in already, and it can't take more than a few
lines of some scripting/patternmatching language to achieve it.
Where do you get MIDI programs 2, 3 and 4 from? Are they part of
Quicktime 5 or something?
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