Normalization of note lengths and rhythms in Solresol

josepssv commented 1 year ago

How can we represent the rhythm or the duration of a note of each Solresol word ?

And how to represent silence?

For example Refadosi DFCB : Library Can be like this 2 4 -4 16 Refadosi referring to a part of a measure that is taken This standardization of measure times I like, but it is very complicated

1 : whole 2 : half d2 : dotted half dd2 : double dotted half 4 : quarter 4t : quarter triplet d4 : dotted quarter dd4 : double dotted quarter 8 : eighth 8t : eighth triplet d8 : dotted eighth dd8 : double dotted eighth 16 : sixteenth 16t : sixteenth triplet 32 : thirty-second 64 : sixty-fourth

It could be: do=1 re=2 mi=4 fa=8 sol=16 la=32 si=64 Perfect! But in this way, the following would be missing d2 dd2 d4 dd4 d8 dd8 4t 8t 16t
But that would be confusing melody with rhythm, or maybe there's something funny about matching the length of the notes to the melody. I'm going to try it while waiting for another idea.

josepssv commented 1 year ago

In Solresol we have 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 notes. We can place them in measures of different beats. The words of one note fit in all the measures if the duration is adjusted. In 2/4 enter perfect 2 notes. In 3/4 they enter just 3 notes. In 4/4 they enter just 4 notes. In 5/4 the words of 5 notes enter. and if the durations are adjusted all fit in all. A Solresol word can also fit in several measures if it is lengthened. It can be very long or very long. For example at 2 bars each note at 60 BPM we need 16 seconds to complete a four note word. And it can also shrink a lot, but let's put the limit of 1/16 for simplicity. Let's divide the bar into 16 parts and leave out 32 and 64 parts for simplicity. We must take into account the duration and the position So the minimum duration of a four-note Solresol word could be 4 sixteenth notes = 1 quarter note

NUMBERS, ACCENTS, SIGNS AND CONSONANTS Proposal sketch

RHYTHMS

We assume BPM and the 4/4 time signature

We can include a number with a point or not at the end or at the beginning of the word Solresol Refadosi.4 = Refadosi4 = 4Refadosi = the four notes fit in a quarter note = each note is a sixteenth note Refadosi.04 = Refadosi.4 silence Refadosi.2 = the four notes fit in 1 half note = each note is an eighth note Refadosi.02 = Refadosi.2 silence Refadosi.1 = Refadosi = the four notes fit into one measure = each note is a quarter note Refadosi.01 = Refadosi.1 silence Refadosi.20 = the four notes fit in two bars = each note is a half note Refadosi.020 = Refadosi.20 silence Refadosi.40 = the four notes fit in 4 measures = one note per measure Refadosi.040 = Refadosi.40 silence Refadosi.80 = the four notes fit in 8 bars = one note every two bars Refadosi.08 = Refadosi.80 silence Here the duration and intensity of the stroke is missing: These are some variations of duration Adding other numbering, capital letters or consonants Re-fa-do-si = Refadosi = Refadosi.. = Refadosi..1 Refa-do-si = Refadosi..211 = Refandonsi Re-fado-si = Refadosi..121 = Renfadonsi Re-fa-dosi = Refadosi..112 = Renfandosi Re-fadosi = Refadosi..13 = Renfadosi Refado-si = Refadosi..31 = Refadonsi Refa-dosi = Refadosi..22 = Refandosin

With the sun note it would look strange Resoldosi Resolndosi => Resondosi

For example: Refadosi.4 = Refadosi.4.1= Refadosi4 = 4Refasosi = 𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯 Refadosi.4.31 𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯♪ or 𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥 = Refadosin4 = 4Refadosin = Refadosin.4 Refadosi.4.13 ♪𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯 or 𝅘𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯 = Renfafosi4 Refadosi.4.112 ♪♪𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯 or 𝅘𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅯 .. = Renfandosi4 Refadosi.1 = Refadosi = 𝅘𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅘𝅥
Refadosi.1.31= ♪♪♪𝅘𝅥 or ♪♪♪𝅗𝅥 .. Refadosin Refadosi.1.13= 𝅘𝅥♪♪♪ or 𝅗𝅥♪♪♪ .. Renfadosi Renfadosi20= 20Renfadosi = 𝅝 𝄀 𝅘𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅘𝅥 𝄽 𝄀 Renfadosi30= 30Renfadosi = 𝅝 𝄀 𝅘𝅥. 𝄽 𝅘𝅥. 𝄽 𝄀 𝅘𝅥. or .. => Imposible!? Renfadosi40 = 40Renfadosi = 𝅝 𝆣 𝅝 𝆣 𝅝 𝄀 𝅘𝅥 𝅘𝅥 𝅘𝅥 𝄽 or ..

OCTAVES

To express the octave, the input octave is indicated at the beginning along with the tempo and the time signature. If you change to a high octave we will write a comma after the note and if you change to a low octave we will write a comma before it, for example: Dore'dosi Dore,dosi

DYNAMICS

If a note has a higher volume, a capital letter is used. Annotations to velocity or volume increase can be enclosed in parentheses if they are long, for example: DOredosi Doredosi DOREdoSI (Andante, pianissimo) Dore'dosi doredosi ...

SUSTAINED

Sharps can be indicated as accents A# Fá A#G# Fásól

CHORDS

You can put between the duration time and the word Solresol the sign "_" This indicates that they will all sound at the same time 4_Dosolsisol 1_Refalasól

https://www.cyberdefinitions.com/music-symbols.html https://www.htmlsymbols.xyz/musical-symbols

josepssv commented 1 year ago

Frère_Jacques svg

60BPM 4/4 Fasollafa Fasollafa Lasidon Lasidon 2Doredosi 2Lafa 2Doredosi 2Lafa Fadofan Fadofan

Squadron Squadron The main idea The main idea Cheeks Bad Cheeks Bad Date Date

:-)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fr%C3%A8re_Jacques.svg

josepssv commented 1 year ago

bachSuite1Flute

BPM 76 4/4 Octave 3

https://wikisource.org/wiki/Cello_Suite_1

abu-rih commented 1 year ago

As I understand: The duration of each solresol word can be freely defined within a cycle.

Solresol words can combine up to 5 notes. A 4 note Solresol word here corresponds to a quarter note at 60BPM.

If a notation procedure is now described for BPM, octaves, dynamic,,sustained, chords and time signature, this goes beyond the Solresol goals and becomes something independent.

This shows the great transcription of Bach's Prélude, but also that no meaningful or interesting word statements can be derived from music.

Solresol is designed for tonal communication with a limited vocabulary.

A great thing that deserves to be further developed as a separate project. compliments to the author

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