7. What is the “essence” of a song? Philosophical implication
8. What can we do with a score? storage storage performance SCORE distribution analysis editing SOFTWARE ? DIGITIZATION !
9. Is CMN suitable/appropriate for the notation of pop music? How about software? File formats Applications for viewing, editing, playing, … Core questions
10. Full score (fragment) -complex rhythm (syncopation) -microtiming -microtonality (e.g. blue notes, glissandi, …) -timbre, sound effects Hard to read
29. Are common music formats appropriate/suitable for partial scores? Are common software applications up to the task? If not, what should be changed? Core questions (2)
35. Space alignment (monospaced font!) Very popular on internet(OLGA, napster, ultimate-guitar, …) - Alignment not always clear - Editing is awkward - Not standardized hard to handle for computers Text-based
39. Develop software and file formatsfor handling partial scores Avoid note- and measure-centricism Allow untimed information Allow flexible combination of separate streams … Our research
40. = online lead sheet editor Chord labels, lyrics, structure, metric, notes Wiki workflow To be used in wikifonia.org Ched
41. = XML-format and API for the representation of complex time structures Applications: Pop, jazz, folk, … Karaoke Contemporary music Pre-classical music Non-western music Poetry Choreography, movement Light show Robot control Scheduling, planning … Chronicle
44. Pop music uses “partial” scores Most formats and software applications are Note-centric Measure-centric Conclusions
45. thoughts System breaks versus line breaks ex: lied om lied (intro): difference between classical and pop? Pop: composer is performer Pop: audio, not score How well does software cope? (partial info, non-CMN like chord labels ..) How well do formats cope? Nomenclature badly standardized (chord sheet, leadsheet, tab, …) Notations by amateurs: errors, inaccuracy (inherent??) Software / usability: Transpos. Chord reduction Auto fingering… TUBS, tracker notation, module file Integer notation Transpositie wordt veel gevraagd. Bestaat ook in tekstfiles Fret diagram = chord grid