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696 MUSICAL ApPLICATIONS OF MICROPROCESSORS<br />

(AI<br />

1F4Q 205H<br />

1F4Q<br />

184Q 2E5H<br />

1A4Q I B)<br />

2050 AE<br />

1E4Q RE<br />

2050. RE<br />

lF4Q RE<br />

2E5Q AE<br />

184Q RE<br />

2ESQ<br />

Ie)<br />

1830 2F4E 3E5E3<br />

3F5E3 AS3<br />

2G4E RS3<br />

3E5E3<br />

lA30 2G4E 3ESE3<br />

3E5E3 RS3<br />

2A4E RS3<br />

3DSE3<br />

Fig. 18-23. Note-sequencing examples<br />

before the next statement is executed. The fact that three other notes are still<br />

playing in no way affects interpretation <strong>of</strong> the next statement. Note that<br />

durations specified with Qs, Es, etc., are what count. Even though a staccato<br />

quarter note may sound for only a sixteenth-note duration, its time value is<br />

still a quarter, and if that is the shortest time value in the statement, it will<br />

control the delay before the next statement. Likewise, a percussive event with<br />

a specified duration (which need have no relation to its actual sound duration)<br />

can control the statement duration.<br />

Often, it is necessaty to go on to the next statement even sooner. The<br />

rest specification is provided for this purpose. A rest specification is simply<br />

the letter R followed by a duration specification. Its only effect is to be<br />

factored into the shortest duration evaluation and if indeed the rest is the<br />

shortest, it will control when the next statement is executed. This use <strong>of</strong> the<br />

rest is quite different from normal use in which a particular voice is instructed<br />

to be silent. In NOTRAN, no sound is created unless a note or<br />

percussion specification specifies it; thus, the usual rests are not needed.

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