Josquin Project encoding standards

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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).

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?