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A pixel font for Western-style music notation. This allows treble and bass staff to be read and written at very small sizes, making it useful for pixel games, pixel comics, or anything else that needs to be at extremely low resolution.
Given the limits of the chosen method along with the limits of staff notation itself, this font won't please every musician. All suggestions are welcome for improving this one!
Original size: 10pt (use multiples of 10pt for pixel perfection)
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USAGE
Read the wiki article on scientific pitch notation if you need help understanding note-names.
_ draws staff lines.
` or ~ at the beginning mark your staff as either a bass or treble staff.
Use a letter from R-Z and then one from r-z to mark the time signature. (Most songs are in 4/4).
Use UPPER CASE to notate for bass staff.
Use lower case to notate for treble staff.
Use <.1234567890,> and {?!@#$%^&*()+} to mark sharps and flats respectively. I recommend using these markings to REPLACE the notes they are meant to alter, rather than writing them next to the notes as you would with traditional staff.
Create some new staff lines between each note to seperate the notes in time. When you place notes without these spaces, notes will stack up on one another. You can use this principle in different ways to create chords and arpeggios.
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BASS STAFF
A - A1, B - B1
C - C2, D - D2, E - E2, F - F2, G - G2, H - A2, I - B2
J - C3, K - D3, L - E3, M - F3, N - G3, O - A3, P - B3
Q - C4 (middle C)
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TREBLE STAFF
a - A3, b - B3
c - C4, d - D4, e - E4, f - F4, g - G4, h - A4, i - B4
j - C5, k - D5, l - E5, m - F5, n - G5, o - A5, p - B5
q - C6
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SYMBOLS & MARGINALIA
_ - blank staff
RSTUVWXYZ’"' - beat divisions
rstuvwxyz“”‘ - beat times
`~ - treble and bass clefs
- - 8va/octave up
<.1234567890,> - sharp symbol in various vertical positions
{?!@#$%^&*()+} - flat symbol in various vertical positions
There is no "natural" symbol. Your writing should take this into account.
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Have fun!
7 Comments
Well, my last comment got eaten. Here's a sample.
Text used to produce this:
~Uu_e_f_g_h_i_j_k_l_m_n_o_p_q
`Uu_A_B_C_D_E_F_G_H_I_J_K_L_M_N_O_P_Q
Do you think you can add a 9, 10, and 11 for the top and a 9, 10, and 12 for the bottom?
Also, you used !@_*#$%&() instead of !@#$%^&*() for the flat symbols...
And i would like to use the _ as the blank staff so it can show up better in some programs...
Opps!! Meant a 9, 11, and 12 for the bottom...
Thanks for the feedback.
I don't understand how I am meant to apply that last suggestion. I have added 4 more sharps and 4 more flats, two above the staff and two below for each. They're on "<.,>" and "{?+}".
"_" replaced the space bar...
Flats now appear on {?!@#$%^&*()+} as intended.
The "shorter" comment was merely a correction...
OK, after carefully rereading I understood what is meant. You want more time signatures. I'll do 1-12 for both top and bottom... not sure what glyphs I will put them on...
EDIT: 10-12 are now on “”‘ ’"'
A song written by AI, called "Warner's Thundrousness."
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