+ <-- previous page + + Table of Contents next page --> +
+ ++There are several optional attributes that can be specified for each note. +Any or all of these may appear on any note in any order +after the +letter, +accidental, +and +octave specifications. +They include: +
+A note specification can be followed by a "?" +to indicate the note is to be printed with a small note head, +rather than the normal +size. (Note: if you have several notes in a chord and want all of them to +be small, +the "cue" construct, described later, +may be preferable.) +
+
+Examples:
+
+// print the "e" as a small note +1: 1c e? g; +bar + +// make the second note small +1: f; ?; g; ; +bar +
+A "~" can be used to indicate the note is to be tied +to the note of the same +pitch in the following chord. That following chord need not be in the same +measure, but it must contain a matching note. +(Note: if a chord with several notes is to have all the notes tied +to the following chord, +the "tie" construct +described later may be preferable.) +The ~ may be preceded by the word 'dotted' or 'dashed' if you want +a dotted or dashed tie; otherwise a normal, solid tie is drawn. +The ~ may be followed by the word 'up' or 'down' to specify the +direction for the curve's bulge. If neither is specified, Mup will +determine an appropriate direction, so you only need to give a direction +if you wish to override Mup's choice. +
+
+Examples
+
+1: d~; 8; e~; ; f; +bar + +// tie the g (which also happens +// to be a "small" note) +1: 2g+g?~; 4eg?; +bar +
+A note can also be followed by a list of notes to be slurred to,
+enclosed in angle brackets.
+A slur will be drawn from the note to each of the notes
+listed in the angle brackets. The notes inside the brackets
+are specified by a pitch and optional octave. No
+accidentals
+are specified, even if the note to be slurred
+to has an accidental. Examples:
+
+// slur from c of first chord to e of second chord +1: c<e>; e; f; g; +bar + +// slur from c+ of first chord to a& of second chord +// and from c+ of first chord to d&+ of second chord +1: 2cc+<ad+>; a&d&+; +bar +
+If there is only one note in the following chord, it isn't necessary to
+explicitly state it within the angle brackets; "<>" will suffice.
+
+// slur from c to d, and f to g +1: c<>; d; f<>; g; +bar +
+The < may be preceded by the word 'dotted' or 'dashed' if you want +a dotted or dashed slur, otherwise a normal, solid slur is drawn. +The > may be followed by the word 'up' or 'down' to specify the +direction for the curve's bulge. If neither is specified, Mup will +determine an appropriate direction, so you only need to give a direction +if you wish to override Mup's choice. +
+
+There are four special "slurs" which are really slides to/from an
+indefinite note. They are most commonly used on
+tablature staffs,
+but are allowed on ordinary staffs too.
+They are: </n> <\n> <n/> and <n\> for sliding upward into the note,
+downward into the note, upward out from the note, and downward out from
+the note respectively. These have to be in angle brackets by themselves,
+so if you want to have both one of these slides and another slur on the
+same note, multiple sets of angle brackets must be used, as in
+
+1: 2c</n><d>;d; +
+Sometimes you may want to mix head shapes on a single stem.
+For example, you might want to use a diamond to designate a harmonic,
+with other notes in the same chord being normal shape.
+There is an entire
+section on head shapes,
+so only a simple example is given here.
+To make a single note have a different head shape,
+use hs followed by the name of the shape in quotes.
+
+1: 2e e+ hs "diam";g; +
+Finally, a +"location tag" +can be associated with a note. This would +enable you to draw things relative to the note. +A note location tag +is set by using an "=" followed by a name. The name can be either: +
+// associate tag p with note e& +3: 2c; e& =p g; + +// associate tag _end with note f +2: 1f =_end; +