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Consider the following piece of music.
These 6 measures of music can be
expressed textually in MelCom language as
follows:
**n[A-B-C]
*t[100]
4: 8g 8a 4g 4a
8: 4a 8cc 8b- 8a 8g 8f
8e 8d 8c 8d 16e 16f 16e 16d 4e
8d 4e 8f 8g 16e 16f 4g
8a 4g 8f 8e 8d 8c 8d
8.e 16d 8c 8d 16c 16B- 16B- 16A 4A |
Here are some initial explanations of
this MelCom representation:
- The first line is a header line
specifying that English note names (a,
b, c, d, e, f, and g) will be used.
- The second line says that the tempo
from now on will be 100 quarter-notes
per minute.
- Each of the next 6 lines represents the
notes in a measure of the given piece.
Each note starts with a number that is
the reciprocal of the duration; for
instance, 8 means an eighth-note. The
colon (:) represents a rest. Hence, "4:"
means a rest of a quarter-note duration.
It is not necessary that each measure be
on a separate line. One can have many
measures on the same line, and one may
spread a single measure over multiple lines.
For readability purpose only, one may use a
vertical line (|) as a bar line. As an
example, following is an alternative layout
of the same piece of music.
**n[A-B-C]
*t[100]
4: 8g 8a 4g 4a |
8: 4a 8cc 8b- 8a 8g 8f |
8e 8d 8c 8d 16e 16f 16e 16d 4e |
8d 4e 8f 8g 16e 16f 4g |
8a 4g 8f 8e 8d 8c 8d |
8.e 16d 8c 8d 16c 16B- 16B- 16A 4A |
For those who would prefer using the
French note names: d, r, m, f, s, l, t (for
Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La , Ti or Si), The
header line and the notes need be changed as
follows:
**n[D-R-M]
*t[100]
4: 8s 8l 4s 4l |
8: 4l 8dd 8t- 8l 8s 8f |
8m 8r 8d 8r 16m 16f 16m 16r 4m |
8r 4m 8f 8s 16m 16f 4s |
8l 4s 8f 8m 8r 8d 8r |
8.m 16r 8d 8r 16d 16T- 16T- 16L
4L |
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