Thank you for the PDF giving an idea of the final output you would
like.
That first interval labelled "1" was supposed to be "8", octave higher.
Now comes the question of *process* for creating this.
>From what you wrote before, the process by which you would like to
create this is to start with a blank score with the two staffs, with
Two staffs is an option, but as far as I know, the script would work with as
many staffs as the writer is using. I haven't tested that, it is an assumption.
the cursor in the lower (Cantus) staff. You then decide on a note and
insert it. You may to want to choose a different duration for this
Cantus note.
The Cantus note may be a different duration, but the duration is chosen firstly
in the Cantus position.
Then you decide on an interval e.g. Major 3rd and (without thinking
about what note that would be)
"Without thinking" is kind of important, because there can be the ability to
write, without spending too much time processing exactly what those intervals
look like in the beginning phases of learning/experimenting with different
combinations. So the composer may write a few longer phrases and get encouraged
to put more effort into learning what combinations produce what outcomes. In
the beginning of counterpoint learning, there is just the use of consonant
intervals (unison/octave, min/maj third, per fourth, per fifth, min/maj sixth).
The first steps here are working with limitations, then as the learner is
progressing through different species, more intervals such as dissonant ones
are used, and the note duration is not necessarily equal on top and bottom,
with even the possibility of over-lapping (but I'm not sure the script needs to
address over-lapping, i.e. a whole note on bottom and a half rest then whole
note on top, then alternating -by two beats- all whole notes top and bottom, if
you can get the gist of how that could be called 'over-lapping').
you tell Denemo to add a major third in
the upper staff. At this stage you may want to decide on a duration
different and smaller than the default (which would be the duration of
the Cantus note), and you indicate that. Then you may want to add a
further note above that same original Cantus note, or you may wish to
go on to append a further note to the Cantus staff.
Yes, exactly. One bug I'm running into with the version I wrote, is that if I
have a whole note on bottom (for instance) and create the first half note on
the staff above, then I go to create the next note, because the note is a copy
of the whole note, the second note gets pasted as a whole note too, which makes
me have to use "split measure" and in some cases "join measure", which is
rather easy to do, but some would label it a bug, however it can at least be
easily worked around with split-measure command (although I'm pretty confident
that you could come up with something that would fix that if it was seen as
problematic from your point of view).
The point of this process would be to learn to think in terms of
intervals above the Cantus, rather than thinking in terms of which note
is needed.
You appear to have a solid grasp/understanding of what is trying to be achieved
here now.
If this is correct, then it seems like something for which a very
intuitive and efficient interface can be created in Denemo and I would
be happy to help create it.
I couldn't thank you enough!
One thing that would be useful for this
sort of thing is something I very recently created for the Swap
Passages command - when swapping passages it is necessary to switch to
the staff below going to the same musical moment in time - as you
observe the CursorDown command places the cursor at the start of the
bar.
I'm going to take a look at it. I did notice it the other day and it seemed
intriguing. Although I trust you will come up with something sufficient, I will
continue to pursue trying things out to compare and maybe make some suggestion
if I notice something that works differently for me.
So I think there is already all the components needed to make this
work. Firstly I would like to be sure that this is what you have in
mind and I think it would also be useful to create a list of all the
intervals that you may wish to use, starting from Perfect Unisson
upwards. There would have to be some limit as the theoretical
possibilities are infinite and do not have conventional notation (I
doubt you want a Diminished Second - C# - Db for example), but knowing
what needs to be accommodated would help design the interface.
Hmm... I started with all the intervals from the 'Add Note Above Base Of Chord'
part of the Chords object menu listings.
HTH
Very happy about it.
Richard
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