Beat Effects
There are various effects that can be applied to a beat. All beat
effects are specified in braces after the beat.
Beat{Effects} Multiple effects are simply separated by spaces like 3.3 {f v}
Simple Effects
Please find the list of support effects in the example below.
// fade in
3.3{f}
// vibrato
3.3{v}
// tap
3.3{tt}
// slap
3.3{s}
// pop
3.3{p}
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// dotted
3.3{d}
// double dotted
3.3{dd}
// pick stroke (su => up, sd => down)
3.3{su}
3.3{sd}
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// grace (on beat)
3.3{gr ob}
3.3
// grace (before beat)
3.3{gr}
3.3
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// Tuplets (supported variants: 3,5,6,7,9,10,11,12)
3.3{tu 3} 3.3{tu 3} 3.3{tu 3}
3.3{tu 5} 3.3{tu 5} 3.3{tu 5} 3.3{tu 5} 3.3{tu 5}
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// tremolo picking (tp duration - where duration can be 8,16 or 32)
3.3{tp 8} 3.3{tp 16} 3.3{tp 32}
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// Crescendo / Decrescendo
3.3{cre} 3.3{cre} 3.3{dec} 3.3{dec}
Dynamics
Dynamics are beat effects with the indicator dy followed by one of the supported dynamics values FFF, FF, F, MF, MP, P, PP or PPP
1.1.8{dy ppp} 1.1{dy pp} 1.1{dy p} 1.1{dy mp} 1.1{dy mf} 1.1{dy f} 1.1{dy ff} 1.1{dy fff}
Tuplet Ranges
You can also specify the tuplet as part of a ranged duration. This makes writing tuplets a bit easier if there are many. To reset the tuplet range, a new duration range can be started. For individual notes other tuplets can be specified too. 1 can be used to specify no tuplet while a tuplet range is active.
:4{tu 3} 3.3 3.3 3.3 :8 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 | :8{tu 3} 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3.16 3.3.16 3.3.16 3.3.2{tu 1} 3.3.16{tu 1} 3.3.4 3.3.4 3.3.4
Tremolo / Whammy Bar
The tremolo/whammy bar effect is a bit more complex than the others.
You can specify a number of values which are evenly distributed over the
time when the note is played. The values indicate the number of quarter notes
increased or decreased on playing. tb (value1 value2 ...)
3.3.1{tb (0 4 0 8)} |
3.3.1{tb (0 -4 0 -8)} |
Chords
If you want to specify chords on top of your beats this can be done via the ch "ChordName" effect. This will annotate on the beat the chord name.
(1.1 3.2 5.3 3.4 1.5){ch "A#add9"} (1.1 3.2 5.3 3.4 1.5) (1.1 3.2 5.3 3.4 1.5) (1.1 3.2 5.3 3.4 1.5) |
(4.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 4.5){ch "C#"} (4.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 4.5) (4.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 4.5) (4.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 4.5) |
(6.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 6.5){ch "D"} (6.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 6.5) (6.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 6.5) (6.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 6.5) |
(0.1 0.2 1.3 2.4 2.5 0.6){ch "E"} (0.1 0.2 1.3 2.4 2.5 0.6) (0.1 0.2 1.3 2.4 2.5 0.6) (0.1 0.2 1.3 2.4 2.5 0.6)
Chord Diagrams
You can also define chord diagrams for each chord. For this a global metadata chord can define the details for each chord. The format of this metadata is \chord <ChordName> <String1> <String2>.... For all strings a value must be defined, x annotates that the string is not played.
Additionally there are 4 properties which adjust the chord details:
FirstFret Number- shifts the first fret shown in the diagram higherBaree Fret1 Fret2..- defines on which frets a barré should be played (joins the dots to a bar)ShowDiagram True/False- enables/disables whether the chord diagram should be shown.ShowName True/False- enables/disables whether the chord name is shown above the diagram.
// Simple Chord
\chord "C" 0 1 0 2 3 x
// With barré
\chord{barre 1} "A#add9" 1 3 4 2 1 x
// First Fret higher
\chord{firstfret 6 barre 6} "D#" 6 8 8 8 6 x
// Hide diagram
\chord{showdiagram false} "E" 0 0 1 2 2 0
// Hide name and multiple barre
\chord{showname false barre 1 3} "Special" 3 3 3 1 1 1
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\ts 2 4
(0.1 1.2 0.3 2.4 3.5){ch "C"} (0.1 1.2 0.3 2.4 3.5) |
(1.1 3.2 5.3 3.4 1.5){ch "A#add9"} (1.1 3.2 5.3 3.4 1.5)|
(6.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 6.5){ch "D#"} (6.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 6.5) |
(0.1 0.2 1.3 2.4 2.5 0.6){ch "E"} (0.1 0.2 1.3 2.4 2.5 0.6) |
(3.1 3.2 3.3 1.4 1.5 1.6){ch "Special"} (3.1 3.2 3.3 1.4 1.5 1.6)