PITCH
Pitch, how high or low a note is, is represented in music by letters. In sheet music, the pitch is represented by position of the note on a five line staff. Looking just at the staff, the lines from the bottom up are E-G-B-D-F (Every Good Boy Does Fine) and the spaces are F-A-C-E, which conveniently is "Face." In ABC, the notes are represented directly by uppercase or lowercase letters. Fire up EasyABC and enter this in the code window - the first part is the header, which we will look at shortly, but for now, just look at the effect of entering uppercase and lowercase letters in the score window:
X:1
T:Pitch - Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:C
C D E F | | G A B c | d e z z|]
Here is what the score window will display, if you have typed the notes correctly:
Pitch, how high or low a note is, is represented in music by letters. In sheet music, the pitch is represented by position of the note on a five line staff. Looking just at the staff, the lines from the bottom up are E-G-B-D-F (Every Good Boy Does Fine) and the spaces are F-A-C-E, which conveniently is "Face." In ABC, the notes are represented directly by uppercase or lowercase letters. Fire up EasyABC and enter this in the code window - the first part is the header, which we will look at shortly, but for now, just look at the effect of entering uppercase and lowercase letters in the score window:
X:1
T:Pitch - Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:C
C D E F | | G A B c | d e z z|]
Here is what the score window will display, if you have typed the notes correctly:
The notes displayed by uppercase and lowercase letters are C below the staff (middle C) to E in the top space of the staff. There are more notes, so naturally the letters need some kind of a modifier to indicate whether they are above or below these notes. ABC only uses pure text, so the modifiers are right there on your keyboard! The notes below middle C are indicated with a following comma, and the notes above the high E are indicated with a following apostrophe. So, let's modify the first pitch example:
X:1
T:Pitch - Uppercase and Lowercase Letters with Comma and Apostrophe
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:C
A, B, C D |E F G A | B c d e | f g a b | c'd' e' f' |]
X:1
T:Pitch - Uppercase and Lowercase Letters with Comma and Apostrophe
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:C
A, B, C D |E F G A | B c d e | f g a b | c'd' e' f' |]
