Josquin Project encoding standards

Conventions for encoding Josquin music in Finale.

Filenames

Name files according to this convention: [NJE number][letter to indicate sections, if applicable]-[piece name, words separated by underscores]["-" + section name, if applicable]["-" + encoding variant, if applicable].

NJE (New Josquin Edition) volume and work numbers should be preceeded by a "0" if the number is less than 10. No dot between the volume and work number. For example Missa Gaudeamus, NJE 4.2, first section (Kyrie) is:

   0402a-Missa_Gaudeamus-Kyrie

• If a filename contains a section letter as well as a encoding variant name, then there must be a section name (which could be empty, resulting in two dashes before the variant text).

• Figure out what to do with NJE numbers which contain a letter after the work number. Perhaps use capital letters for any NJE letter after work number, and lower-case letters for sub-work segementations.

• For works which do not (yet) have an NJE number, use 99 as the volume number, and an arbitrary work number (from 01 to 99).

Mensural signs

• Notate mensuration signs as an expression in Finale, using a CamelCase tag from the list below. The expression must be attached to the first note/rest after the mensuration sign.
• Do not hide the time signature (Otherwise, it will not be exported in MusicXML data).
• Rhythms are not reduced (see table below for Modern time signatures being used).

For example, if the piece is in circle mensuration, then the time signature would be 3/1, and the expression "MenCircle" would be linked to the first note/rest after the location of the mensuration sign in the music. Here is a list of the CamelCase mensuration signs (subject to change):

CamelCase	Meter	Meaning
MenCircle	3/1	Perfect tempus, minor prolation
MenCircleDot	9/2	Perfect tempus, major prolation
MenC	2/1	Imperfect tempus, minor prolation
MenCDot	6/2	Imperfect tempus, major prolation
Cut versions of above (add "Cut" just after "Men")
MenCutCircle	3/1	MenCircle in 2:1 ratio
MenCutCircleDot	9/2	MenCircleDot in 2:1 ratio
MenCutC	2/1	MenC in 2:1 ratio
MenCutCDot	6/2	MenCDot in 2:1 ratio
Mensural signs where beat is on breve rather than semi-breve
MenCircle2	3/0	perfect minor modus, imperfect tempus
MenCircle3	9/1	perfect minor modus, perfect tempus
MenC2	2/0	imperfect minor modus, imperfect tempus
MenC3	6/1	imperfect minor modus, perfect tempus
Cut versions of above (add "Cut" just after "Men" in all cases of cut signs)
MenCutCircle2	3/0
MenCutCircle3	9/1
MenCutC2	2/0
MenCutC3	6/1
Other mensural signs
MenCReverse	2/0	4:3 proportion
Men3	3/1	3:2 proportion
Men3Over2	3/1	3:2 proportion, alternate style
Men2	2/0	2:1 proportion
MenOWithinO		No TV in Middle Ages.
Alternate signs (not used in Josqiuin)
MenCircleTwoDot	3/1	same as MenCircle
MenCircleThreeDot	9/2	same as MenCircleDot
MenCTwoDot	2/1	same as MenC
MenCThreeDot	6/2	same as MenCDot

Musica ficta

• Notate musica ficta as an accidental on the staff, but with parentheses, such as (♯). This can be done in Speedy Note Entry (or Simple Note Entry) by typing p while the cursor is on the note (or the note is highlighted).

Here is an example MusicXML note exported from Finale 2009 with a parenthesized accidental, with the attribute parentheses="yes" indicating the parentheses around the accidental:

<note default-x="106">
  <pitch>
    <step>C</step>
    <alter>1</alter>
    <octave>5</octave>
  </pitch>
  <duration>1</duration>
  <voice>1</voice>
  <type>quarter</type>
  <accidental parentheses="yes">sharp</accidental>
  <stem default-y="-50.5">down</stem>
</note>

Major cadences

• Place double bars (not final bars) after major cadences.

Terminal notes

• Longs (and occasionally Breves) which are not notated with their proper rhythmic duration (such as terminal Longs which are often truncated for visual reasons, including the non-existence of long notes in Finale) are marked with two possible articulations:

1. > (accent) means that the original rhythmic level of the note is a long.
2. ^ (marcato, or martellato) means that the original rhythmic level of the note is a breve.

Further questions to resolve

We still need to decide on the following questions:

1. Do we bother to distinguish between coloration triplets and a "3" sign?
2. If there are voice changes within a section or piece, do we make a new file for each change, or have voices with long stretches of rests?