Dynamics

 

First we'll start off with accents. Accents are represented with < directly after the note. So four accented A quarter notes in the fourth octave would look like this:

 

c: | 4"A4"< --1 |

 

Staccato, marcato, and legato would follow the same syntax; . ^ and _ accordingly. Four A4 quarter notes, first with an accent, second with a marcato, third with a staccato, and fourth with a legato would look like this.

 

c: | 4"A4"<,^,.,_ --1 |

 

As you can see this is the same method we use to join chords in different octaves.

 

A fermata would be represented by the syntax (^) directly after a note.

 

Dynamic levels are represented with the corresponding letters in front of the accent if there is one and after the note, again with no space. So 4 legato D5 quarter notes marked mezzo-forte would be represented as following:

 

c: |4 "D5"mf_ --1 |

 

Crescendos and decrescendos are marked by (<) and (>) at the beginnings and endings of the phrases you have marked accordingly. They go after the accents marks for the start and the beginning for the ends. This is an example of how they are used:

 

c: | /DM7/5mp (<) | (<) /DM7/5fff (>) | (>)

 

Slurs are represented by the syntax X_--Y~ or ~X_--Y , X being the desired note and Y being the note value. So a F4 slurred to a Bb4 both in half notes would look like this:

 

c: | F4 --2~ ~Bb4 --2 |

 

A slur tied to more than two notes is represented by the middle note(s) having the syntax ~X_--Y~ .

 

A glissando connected to two notes would follow the same syntax as the slur, except it is represented by ~~ instead of just ~.

 

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