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1 Extremes within CMN Music 253/CS 275A Stanford University

2 Common Music Notation (CMN)  Pitch 8va indicators Ossia readings (ed.) Ornaments Articulation marks Finger numbers Lyrics  Durations (monophonic) Tuplets Dots not WYSIWYG Durations (polyphonic) CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field2 Simple within one program; often omitted in data translation Large number of complex situations http://www.ccarh.org/publications/reprints/ieee/

3 Duration and Alignment CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field3 Poly-sub-meters: 2:3, 3:4 Beethoven: “Harp” Quartet

4 Duration and alignment CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field4 4:5:6 (vertical) in 3/4 (triple meter) Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde: “Die Abschied”

5 Duration and Alignment CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field5 Szymanowski: Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin, No. 4 7:1, 6:1, 5:1 (horizontal) Lyrics=Polish, French, German

6 Aleatoric contexts CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field6 Irregular meters Irregular subdivisions Ad libitum passages

7 Text underlay: alignment CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field7 Bach chorale

8 Lyrics (and text) in non-Roman scripts CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field8 Masato Yako (1998): Shamisen intro for nagauta play Shamisen neumes: 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

9 Grammar of vocal and instrumental parts CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field9 Text extenders B. Marcello: cantata Multi-bar rest Incipit

10 Grammar of vocal and instrumental parts CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field10 Text extenders B. Marcello: cantata Multi-bar rest Beethoven: 7 th Symphony Clarinet No. 1 (in A) Multi-bar rests Cue-sized notes

11 Vertical spacing extras (basso continuo) CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field11 Basso continuo figuration Handel: Ottone, “Bel labbro formato Numerical shorthand for harmonization

12 Vertical spacing extras (ornamentation) CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field12 C. Ph. E. Bach Problems of simultaneity (affecting vertical space)

13 Stems and beams (non-coincident) CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field13

14 Slurs (collisions) CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field14 J. S. Bach

15 Slur and beam extremes CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field15 Left: very high slurs Below: very long slur Note the clef changes!

16 Slurs (multi-octave, inverted, et al.) CS 275A/Music 2532016 Eleanor Selfridge-Field16 Ravel: “Gaspard de la nuit”


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