TRIPLETS
Triplets are three notes played in one beat. Triplets are noted by an opening parenthesis, the number 3 and the notes without spaces. There is no closing parenthesis. There are variations on this for various time signatures, but I have to leave something for you to discover on your own, don't I?
BEAM LINES
Multiple 1/8 notes (or shorter) are frequently grouped together with a beam line that connects them. Beam lines are created by not having a space between the notes. Paste this into EasyABC to observe the effect:
X:1
T:Beam Lines
L:1/8
K:C
G G GG | GABC d4 |]
BAR LINES AND REPEATS
The basic bar line, as noted, is the pipe symbol - "|." The end bar line is a pipe and a closing bracket - "|]." Repeats are indicated with a bar line and a colon: "|:" marks the beginning of a repeated section, and colon and bar line marks the end of a repeated section - ":|." Alternate endings are marked with an opening bracket and a number - "[1" and "[2." Again, this is easier to illustrate than to explain! Fire up EasyABC and paste this great Vangelis tune into the code window!
X:1
T:Hymne
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:D
D3/2 E/2 |: "D" F2-F3/2 G1/2 A3/2B/2| "A" A4 B3/2c/2 | "Bm" d2-d3/2 c/2 B3/2 A/2| "G" B4 A3/2 G/2 |
"D" F2-F E/2 F3/2 A/2 | "A" E4 D3/2 C/2 |1, "Em" B,2-B,3/2 B,/2 C3/2 D/2 | "A" E4 D3/2 E/2 :|
|2 "Em" B,2-B,3/2 C/2 D3/2 E/2 | "D" D2 z2 E3/2 F/2 || "Em" G2-G3/2 F/2 E3/2 D/2 |
"A" E4 E3/2 F/2 | "Em" G2-G3/2 A/2 G3/2 F/2 | E2 z2 D3/2 E/2 | "D" F2-F3/2 G1/2 A3/2 B/2 | "A" A4 B3/2 c/2 |
"Bm" d2-d3/2 c/2 B3/2 A/2 | "G" B4 A3/2 G/2 | "D" F2-F3/2 E/2 F3/2 A/2 | "A" E2-E3/2 E/2 D3/2 E/2 |
"D" D8 | A8| d8- | d6 ||
RESTS
Rests (the part where there is no note to play!) are indicated by a lowercase "z." The length of the rest can be indicated by the same multipliers and divisors applied to show the duration of notes.
Triplets are three notes played in one beat. Triplets are noted by an opening parenthesis, the number 3 and the notes without spaces. There is no closing parenthesis. There are variations on this for various time signatures, but I have to leave something for you to discover on your own, don't I?
BEAM LINES
Multiple 1/8 notes (or shorter) are frequently grouped together with a beam line that connects them. Beam lines are created by not having a space between the notes. Paste this into EasyABC to observe the effect:
X:1
T:Beam Lines
L:1/8
K:C
G G GG | GABC d4 |]
BAR LINES AND REPEATS
The basic bar line, as noted, is the pipe symbol - "|." The end bar line is a pipe and a closing bracket - "|]." Repeats are indicated with a bar line and a colon: "|:" marks the beginning of a repeated section, and colon and bar line marks the end of a repeated section - ":|." Alternate endings are marked with an opening bracket and a number - "[1" and "[2." Again, this is easier to illustrate than to explain! Fire up EasyABC and paste this great Vangelis tune into the code window!
X:1
T:Hymne
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:D
D3/2 E/2 |: "D" F2-F3/2 G1/2 A3/2B/2| "A" A4 B3/2c/2 | "Bm" d2-d3/2 c/2 B3/2 A/2| "G" B4 A3/2 G/2 |
"D" F2-F E/2 F3/2 A/2 | "A" E4 D3/2 C/2 |1, "Em" B,2-B,3/2 B,/2 C3/2 D/2 | "A" E4 D3/2 E/2 :|
|2 "Em" B,2-B,3/2 C/2 D3/2 E/2 | "D" D2 z2 E3/2 F/2 || "Em" G2-G3/2 F/2 E3/2 D/2 |
"A" E4 E3/2 F/2 | "Em" G2-G3/2 A/2 G3/2 F/2 | E2 z2 D3/2 E/2 | "D" F2-F3/2 G1/2 A3/2 B/2 | "A" A4 B3/2 c/2 |
"Bm" d2-d3/2 c/2 B3/2 A/2 | "G" B4 A3/2 G/2 | "D" F2-F3/2 E/2 F3/2 A/2 | "A" E2-E3/2 E/2 D3/2 E/2 |
"D" D8 | A8| d8- | d6 ||
RESTS
Rests (the part where there is no note to play!) are indicated by a lowercase "z." The length of the rest can be indicated by the same multipliers and divisors applied to show the duration of notes.
