MuseData Example: slur orientation

Slurs can be forced over or under by giving the print suggestion o or u to a slur starting code. Slur starting codes are the characters "(", "[", "{", and "z" anywhere in columns 32 through 43 of note/rest data lines. Slur orientations are stored in print suggestion lines which start with "P" and contains a list of print suggestions referenced to the previous non-sound/print line, and indexed by column number, offset from 1. In the following examples the slur start code "(" is found in the 32nd column of the line, so a print suggestion to indicate that the slur should be placed above the notes is "C32:o" which means pass the "o" parameter to the attribute found (starting) at column 32 of the previous non-sound/print line. In the following example, this attribute is a slur, and an "o" print suggestion means place the slur over the notes to which it applies. The first two lines in the following example are just comments which number the columns in the text so that it is easier to see that the 32nd column is where the slur is located.

@        1         2         3  
@2345678901234567890123456789012
C4     1      1 q     u        (
P C32:o

More information can be found in the official MuseData specification. The following graphical notation example was printed from the MuseData source code found below using muse2ps.

@muse2psv1==z21jT^Print directive: slur orientation^
Header Record 1
Header Record 2
Header Record 3
01/24/2011 C. Sapp
WK#:1 MV#:1
Header Record 6
Header Record 7
Header Record 8


Group memberships: score
score: part 1 of 1
$  Q:1   T:4/4   C:4
@ default location of slur is under the notes:
C4     1      1 q     u        (
D4     1      1 q     u
E4     1      1 q     u
F4     1      1 q     u        )
measure 2
@ force the slur over the notes by giving "o" print directive for slur at column32:
C4     1      1 q     u        (
P C32:o
D4     1      1 q     u
E4     1      1 q     u
F4     1      1 q     u        )
measure 3
@ default location of slur is over the notes:
C5     1      1 q     d        (
D5     1      1 q     d
E5     1      1 q     d
F5     1      1 q     d        )
measure 4
@ force the slur under the notes by giving "u" print directive for slur at column 32:
C5     1      1 q     d        (
P C32:u
D5     1      1 q     d
E5     1      1 q     d
F5     1      1 q     d        )
mheavy2
/END
/eof
//

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