Hi Amelie, @1: The </> mechanism is not hard coded but automatic. Thus we can get arbitrarily small anticipations.
@2: This is a chase of a Chord Name exception (diminished as root° insteat of root m b5), which are not yet properly supported here. @3: This is a case of a triplet, which again I’ve not yet done. @4: Yes, this was more or less a placeholder. Should such specifications be inline or above the chord names? Having it inline would probably be cleaner in terms of vertical spacing. @5: I’ve now changed the default to UP, but tie direction is overridable using ^~ and _~. The choice what chords to use them on is on to the user. Cheers, Valentin Am Donnerstag, 20. Jänner 2022, 09:30:03 CET schrieb Amelie Protscher: > Hi Valentin, all, > > this looks very good, but I have a few questions: > > (1) I'm sure nobody will use chords anticipated by 1/32, 1/64, and 1/128 > (bars 10, 12, 14). If they're just there for completeness's sake, that's > fine, but stuff like that just never happens. > > (2) I don't know what the symbol 7-° stands for (bars 16, 18, 22). > Either the chord is minor, then it has to get a -, or it is diminished, > then it gets a °. They both exclude each other. > > (3) Although we are in 4/4 time, bar 24 include 5 dots. That won't work. > If a measure requires dots because of uneven division, it has to get as > many dots as it has counts. A NNS reader would read this as a single > measure of 5/4 time and expect that measure to be surrounded by > parentheses – the usual symbol to denote a single bar of a different > time signature. > > (4) Key changes with flats or sharps (as before bar 27) aren't customary > in NNS. Rather, we should print "Key of G-" or "Key of Bb" as a > rehearsal mark. > > (5) Ties in NNS are usually only between diamonds, and usually on the > top, not the bottom of the chord symbol. > > That's it from my end. Thanks for everything you've done! I'd say 90% of > NNS functionality is present by now! > > Warm regards, > > Amy > > On 20.01.22 03:48, Valentin Petzel wrote: > > Hi Amelie, > > > > See here the current status quo. Alignment is still not done, and 3,4 are > > still missing. > > > > Cheers, > > Valentin > > > > Am Dienstag, 18. Jänner 2022, 14:25:56 CET schrieb Amelie Protscher: > >> Hi Valentin, > >> > >> I'm sorry. I thought it was a matter of course that time sig and key > >> were specified in the NNS environment, and thus accessible from there > >> because the whole system depends on it. Or is there a deeper > >> misunderstanding there that we haven't yet covered? > >> > >> As for the typical formatting of a NNS-only chart, it usually consists > >> of the NNS line, with linebreaks usually every 4 bars (for a 2-column > >> layout) or every 8 bars (for full width), rehearsal marks, dynamic > >> indications and repeats/alternatives. When a melody, a drum groove or > >> the like needs to be specified, there's also a regular staff. > >> > >> Key, time signature and stuff would usually be placed into the \header. > >> Time sig/key changes during the piece would have to be printed into the > >> chart, though. > >> > >> To visually separate the different sections of a piece, some also put a > >> horizontal line between two NNS lines. > >> > >> Hope that gives you an impression how this is supposed to look. If not, > >> I can handwrite an example. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Amy > >> > >> On 18.01.22 13:08, Valentin Petzel wrote: > >>> Hi Amelie, > >>> > >>> I mean exactly that. If the duration of a count is the denom of the time > >>> sig then there needs to be a way to specify it. The probably most > >>> obvious > >>> way would of course be simply including Time Sigs into the chart. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Valentin > >>> > >>> Am Dienstag, 18. Jänner 2022, 08:43:59 CET schrieb Amelie Protscher: > >>>> Hi Valentin, > >>>> > >>>> I'm not sure I know what you mean. Do you mean the time changes in > >>>> parentheses (for just one bar or a few) or a completely new time > >>>> signature specified by a fraction? And what do you mean by the base > >>>> duration – is it the duration of one count? That's the denominator of > >>>> the time signature. > >>>> > >>>> Oh, by the way: NNS by default does not support a harmonic tempo > >>>> greater > >>>> than one chord change per count. If we were counting fourths, then > >>>> there > >>>> could be 4 chord changes to a measure of common time, although these > >>>> could be displaced 1/8 ahead (<), 1/16 ahead (<<) or 1/16 behind (>>). > >>>> But a 4/4 measure with, say, 8 chord changes of 1/8 duration each would > >>>> break the system, unless we invent a new symbol (which we shouldn't, I > >>>> think). > >>>> > >>>> Another important thing are harmonic rests, when no chords are played. > >>>> They should receive the mark "N.C." (no chord). > >>>> > >>>> And we need to pay attention we make the rhythmic markings switchable. > >>>> Because if you print NNS chords above a staff containing the music, the > >>>> vertical alignment makes it clear at what point in time the chords are > >>>> supposed to be sounded and all the dots and underlines and > >>>> greater/smaller signs would just be visual clutter. > >>>> > >>>> However, if NNS is printed without a staff, the rhythmic markings > >>>> become > >>>> essential. > >>>> > >>>> Let me know if that makes any sense. > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> > >>>> Amy > >>>> > >>>> On 18.01.22 00:27, Valentin Petzel wrote: > >>>>> Yes, the ties are not yet done. I basically doing this in the order > >>>>> that > >>>>> is on your sheet, also these won’t be particularly hard to do. And I > >>>>> do > >>>>> know that some compositions on the sheet are not likely to be useful. > >>>>> > >>>>> When a time change occurs how do we specify what the base duration is? > >>>>> > >>>>> Cheers, > >>>>> Valentin
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