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| 2 | <HEAD><TITLE> | |
| 3 | Tuplets | |
| 4 | </TITLE></HEAD> | |
| 5 | <BODY> | |
| 6 | <P> | |
| 7 | <A HREF="ichdattr.html"><-- previous page</A> | |
| 8 | ||
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| 10 | </P> | |
| 11 | ||
| 12 | <H3> | |
| 13 | Tuplets | |
| 14 | </H3> | |
| 15 | <P> | |
| 16 | Tuplets are specified by giving a list of chords within curly braces. | |
| 17 | The ending brace is optionally followed by a side ("above" or "below"). | |
| 18 | This is followed by a number or pair of numbers, and a semicolon. | |
| 19 | </P> | |
| 20 | <P> | |
| 21 | The "side" tells Mup whether to print the tuplet number and bracket above | |
| 22 | or below the chords. It only applies on voice 1 or 2 | |
| 23 | when the other voice (1 or 2) is nonexistent or a space. | |
| 24 | If there are at least two voices, the number and bracket | |
| 25 | will always be put above on voice 1 and below on voice 2. | |
| 26 | You can always force the side on voice 3. | |
| 27 | If you don't specify a side for a tuplet, | |
| 28 | Mup will choose the side that seems best. | |
| 29 | </P> | |
| 30 | <P> | |
| 31 | The first number is the number that should be printed with the tuplet. | |
| 32 | If it is followed by an "n" the number (and bracket) will not actually be | |
| 33 | printed. | |
| 34 | If it is followed by a "y" the number and bracket will always be printed, | |
| 35 | unless there is only a single chord in the tuplet, in which case only | |
| 36 | the number will be printed. | |
| 37 | If it is followed by "num" the number will always be printed, | |
| 38 | but the bracket will never be printed. | |
| 39 | If none of those modifiers are are specified, | |
| 40 | the number will always be printed, but | |
| 41 | the bracket will be omitted in cases where all the notes in the tuplet | |
| 42 | are beamed together and the beam does not include any notes not in the tuplet. | |
| 43 | </P> | |
| 44 | <P> | |
| 45 | The second number, if any, is separated from the first by a comma, | |
| 46 | and tells the time unit that the tuplet is to | |
| 47 | take up. This number can be dotted if necessary. | |
| 48 | It can also be a time expression, like 2+8, | |
| 49 | although that is very rarely likely to be useful. | |
| 50 | If no second number is given, the default is to fit in the next shorter | |
| 51 | un-dotted note. For example, three eighth notes would be fitted into | |
| 52 | the time of a quarter note, or five eighth notes would be fitted into the | |
| 53 | time of a half note. | |
| 54 | </P> | |
| 55 | <P> | |
| 56 | Occasionally in music, as a shorthand, | |
| 57 | a single note or chord is printed with a tuplet number to | |
| 58 | indicate the note or chord is to be repeated several times as a tuplet. | |
| 59 | Mup will allow this; simply use a tuplet with only one chord, and add | |
| 60 | one or more | |
| 61 | <A HREF="chrdattr.html#slashes">slashes.</A> | |
| 62 | </P> | |
| 63 | <P> | |
| 64 | Here are some examples of tuplets: | |
| 65 | <BR><PRE> | |
| 66 | // This has a triplet, where 3 eighth | |
| 67 | // notes take as much time as a | |
| 68 | // normal quarter note. | |
| 69 | 1: { 8ce; df; eg;}3; 4fa; | |
| 70 | bar | |
| 71 | ||
| 72 | // This has a dublet, in which 2 quarter notes | |
| 73 | // take the time of a normal dotted quarter | |
| 74 | 1: { 4f; g; } 2, 4.;8a; | |
| 75 | bar | |
| 76 | ||
| 77 | // A quarter note and eighth note that | |
| 78 | // make up a triplet the length of a | |
| 79 | // normal quarter note, | |
| 80 | // with the 3 printed above the notes | |
| 81 | 1: { 4c+; 8b; } above 3; 4c+; | |
| 82 | bar | |
| 83 | ||
| 84 | // A septuplet in the time of a half note | |
| 85 | // with the "7" printed below the notes | |
| 86 | 1: { 8c; b-; c; e; d; f; a; } below 7; | |
| 87 | bar | |
| 88 | ||
| 89 | // single chord tuplet | |
| 90 | 1: { [slash 1] 4.ceg;}3; 4; | |
| 91 | bar | |
| 92 | </PRE><BR> | |
| 93 | <IMG SRC="mugex30.gif" ALT="Picture of Mup output"><BR> | |
| 94 | </P> | |
| 95 | <HR><P> | |
| 96 | <A HREF="ichdattr.html"><-- previous page</A> <A HREF="index.html">Table of Contents</A> <A HREF="altinp.html">next page --></A> | |
| 97 | </P> | |
| 98 | </BODY></HTML> |