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Author: w0lfie
Posted: Jan 03 2006 - 04:49 AM
Subject: re: multiple Parsons codes per entry?
I look forward to the new search algorithm. Let us know what changes if any we need to make to our .ly files. Presumably I would need to index the variants as individual search sections.
Sorry about your car. Let's hope the New Year is more peaceful for us all.
Author: rt
Posted: Jan 02 2006 - 12:02 AM
Subject: re: multiple Parsons codes per entry?
I haven't addressed this issue lately because I am working on a better search method that can find a theme anywhere in a piece, not only if the query begins at the same point where the stored melody begins. That will make it possible to include - and find - multiple themes in one Lilypond file, so this issue should be automatically solved as a side effect.
The new search method will take into consideration rhythm and exact intervals, but it will still tolerate deviations (the distance measure will be continuous, that is, if you get the query just a little bit wrong, the search result will also be just a little bit wrong and you should still find the result you are looking for). Of course, this method won't work with Parsons Code. I still intend to leave the old method in place as an additional option. The new keyboard (see that thread) is intended for the new search method.
Unfortunately, today I was busy dealing with the mess caused by some (presumably) drunken Dutch people with anti-German feelings. On normal days, they just spit on my car, but yesterday night they set off fireworks on it and smashed a window, so I had to go to the police and deal with my insurance instead of implementing nice new search algorithms.
Author: w0lfie
Posted: Dec 31 2005 - 10:37 PM
Subject: re: multiple Parsons codes per entry?
I have a similar question, so I didn't want to open a new thread.
What is the preferred method of entering multiple melodies for the same song? As Carl pointed out, there are legitimate variants even to tunes as simple as Mary had a Little Lamb. This is especially true for folk tunes, where sometimes the chord structure and rythm is all that remains constant between variants. Would it be best to have separate entries for different variants? Would it be better to notate the variants some other way? In the .ly perhaps?
Author: Soma
Posted: Nov 06 2005 - 04:57 PM
Subject: re: re: multiple Parsons codes per entry?
Author: cwitty
Posted: Sep 22 2005 - 09:03 PM
Subject: re: multiple Parsons codes per entry?
Author: ivo
Posted: Sep 20 2005 - 08:36 PM
Subject: re: re: multiple Parsons codes per entry?
either way, it would be nice if it were possible to add info to the parsons code, such as "intro", "chorus", "verse", "famous fragment", etc.
btw, alternative melodies could, in turn, also have parsons codes for "chorus", "verse", "famous fragment", etc...
so the first solution (bundling) might indeed be more practical.
Author: rt
Posted: Sep 19 2005 - 12:01 PM
Subject: re: multiple Parsons codes per entry?
Author: Carl Witty
Posted: Sep 14 2005 - 11:06 PM
Subject: multiple Parsons codes per entry?
I think it would be good if you could have multiple Parsons codes per entry. I can think of at least two uses for such a thing:
I tried to look up "Mary Had a Little Lamb". The version in your database is not the same one I learned; but I hesitate to "fix" it, because it's easy to believe that the tune in the database is a legitimate variant.
For many songs (I'm thinking particularly of hymns), it would be good to index multiple sections (for instance, the verse and the refrain) separately -- sometimes I can remember the refrain but not the main verse, sometimes vice versa.
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How to insert music:
Add a bit of sheet music, along with a MIDI file, simply by entering note names in Lilypond syntax between the [L] and [/L] tags.
For example, you can try what happens if you enter: [l]g'4 g'4 d''4 d''4 e''4 e''4 d''2[/l] (use the Preview function if you don't actually want to post this).
You can create these lists of note names by clicking on piano keys here.
How to post an audio recording:
If you just want to sing, whistle, or play a melody so that other forum visitors can hear it, follow these steps:
- Record your audio here.
- You should notice a 32-character hash code, something like: 2a40281c5001c5a7d8c9f57fcdeccfaf
- copy this hash code and paste it into a forum post, enclosed in the audio tags, for example: [audio]2a40281c5001c5a7d8c9f57fcdeccfaf[/audio]
How to mark a thread as solved:
If the original question in a thread is solved, please mark it as solved using the "solved" icon (or by just typing [solved] into your post). This makes life easier for people who are willing to identify melodies, since unsolved problems are easier to spot that way. If a problem turns out to not be solved after all, just write [/solved] in a new post, and the thread will be labeled accordingly.