Text music score is a method of recording guitar music score in the form of ASCII code on computer. It is developed on the special media of Internet. It is troublesome to make normal music into image format, and there are still browsing restrictions for computers with different operating systems. The text staff is composed of characters and numbers, which can be browsed and downloaded on any computer, making it more convenient for guitar lovers to communicate online. Although there is no formal music score that looks perfect, there are too many song resources in the text music score. Now almost all websites that provide guitar music scores are using text six-line music scores. It can be said that the guitar soundtrack of any song you want can be found online.
What can the text staff show?
The text staff can tell you which notes should be played, that is, which string and taste the notes originated from on the guitar.
The six-pointed star of the text can also tell you where to use the skills of playing, pulling, pushing, sliding, overtone and vibrato.
The word staff can also tell you what tuning method is used in this song. Unless otherwise specified, the default is the standard tuning of the guitar. If you need to use product clips, you will also mark the text staff.
Word workers can also tell you the rhythm of songs and the length of notes.
However, the exact duration of the notes can't be expressed by the writing staff. Let's take a look.
What can't the writing staff express?
The score of the text usually can't accurately represent the length of the notes, so you need to listen to the recording of the song while watching the score before playing the song to find the right rhythm.
The word clerk can't tell you which finger plays which sound.
Clerks usually don't tell you the details of plucking and sweeping strings. It's up to you to decide where to use the upper and lower plucking.
How to read the hexagrams of an article
Basic symbols of written hexagrams
The six-pointed star of this article is easy to read. If you tear off the guitar accompaniment or solo of a song yourself, it is also easy to record it as a six-line score in words. The basic principle is this:
You have to type six lines first, that is, six lines of the guitar. There are treble strings at the top and bass strings at the bottom. The following is the basic six-line spectrum line, without any notes, only six empty strings, and the pitch name of each string is on the left.
Means "electronic"
B -
G -
D -
Say "no"
Means "electronic"
The number written on the line indicates which level of the string your left hand should press. If it is 0, it means playing an empty string, that is, opening the string. The order of playing sounds is from left to right. The following six-pointed star should be played from the opening string of the bass e string, and each tone should be raised by one tone level, and the notes of EF # G G # A should be played in sequence.
Means "electronic"
B -
G -
D -
Say "no"
E - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 -
Ok, now let's look at playing multiple notes at the same time. If two or more sounds are to be played at the same time, the numbers of the sounds should be juxtaposed in a row when writing, which should be the same as the staff or the standard staff. The following example is a G chord, which means that all the notes of this chord should be played at the same time.
E - 3 -
B - 3 -
Group of four
D - 5 -
A - 5 -
E - 3 -
But sometimes you will encounter a chord written like this:
E - 3 -
B - 3 -
Group of four
D - 5 -
A - 5 -
E - 3 -
Judging from the numbers on the staff, we know that this is the same G chord as above, and the left hand presses it in the same way. However, the difference in playing method is that this chord should be swept down from the bass E string, and the plucking of each string is a little later than the previous string. Although it doesn't sound at the same time, after sweeping the last string, the six strings will still emit * * *. The following example is the same G chord, but you will notice that the distance between the numbers is larger than the last chord, so at this time you need to play each string one by one instead of sweeping from top to bottom.
E - 3 -
B - 3 - 3 -
G4-4-
D - 5 - 5 -
A - 5 - 5 -
E - 3 - 3 -
You may ask-how do I know the speed of playing these notes? Are these sounds the same length? This is also the difference between text score and standard score. Generally speaking, text scores do not give the length of notes. You need to listen to the recording of the song to find the rhythm. But don't be disappointed, there will still be some rhythm hints in the text staff. Like the above example, the distance between notes is equal, so we can infer that their sound values are also equal, but we still can't know whether it is an eighth note, a quarter note or a triplet. Moreover, composers have different habits, so it is better to listen to the original recording. When you are very familiar with a song, its rhythm and melody will be in your heart. The score is just a reminder. I don't know, but it will be easy for you to learn to play.
The following is a melody clip. Different distances between notes indicate the length of notes. You can try playing it.
Electron 0-4-2-0-
0 - 0 - 0 -
G - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 -
D - 2 -
Say "no"
Means "electronic"
Other commonly used symbols
Now we know how to play the notes on the staff: which fret to press and which string to dial. Some important symbols, including hammer, breaking, bending, vibrato and so on. , often used in writing. These symbols are added between the numbers of notes to indicate the playing skills of this note. Here are some very common symbols:
H- hammer open
P- latoff
B-chord (bending)
Release the bending sound after pushing the strings.
/-Slide up
\ \-Slide down
V- vibrato (sometimes written ~)
T- right hand tap (tap)
& lt& gt- harmonics
X- Stop sound when playing.
Sometimes, both the upward glide and the downward glide can be represented by the letter S, and the last X represents voice control, that is, the hand pressing the string gently touches the string, and then the sound made when plucking the string is dull and has the effect of percussion. It should be noted that the X used for the six-pointed star and the X used for the chord are completely different.
For example, let's write a d chord, like this:
EADGBE-the pitch of six strings.
Xx0232-the taste of chords.
The x here means that the string it marks cannot be played and pronounced. In the text staff, if there is no mark on the string, it means that the string is silent, so the D chord of the staff should be like this:
E - 2 -
B - 3 -
G - 2 -
D - 0 -
Say "no"
Means "electronic"
You can see that there is no X on the fifth and sixth strings. In writing, x only stands for beat time.
In addition, there are some symbols, which are used to indicate the string pulling by the handle, the string wiping by the pick, etc. There is no fixed standard for these symbols, and some songs will be marked with some special symbols at the beginning of the score.
Hammer and pull out.
The symbols for playing strings are as follows:
Means "electronic"
B -
G -
D -
5h7 - 5h7 -
Electron 0-0 0-0-
Play according to the above score, first play the empty string of E string twice, then play the fifth fret of a string, and then tap the seventh fret with the hand that presses the string. (See the strings in the tutorial for specific playing skills. )
The performance of pulling strings is very similar to that of playing strings:
E - 3p0 -
B - 3p0 -
g-2po-
D - 2 -
Say "no"
Means "electronic"
This is a falling blues scale, and the empty string is pulled by the hand that presses the string. Play the notes according to the number first, that is, the notes of the second and third frets in the spectrum, and then press the strings with your fingers to make an empty string sound by pulling.
Since playing and hooking are all done with the left hand, you only need to dial the first sound when playing. You can also play a long series of continuous strokes like the following, just play the first note:
Means "electronic"
B -
G - 2h4p2h4p2h4p2h4p2h4p2 -
D -
Say "no"
Means "electronic"
Bend (chord)
In the text staff, the letter b is used to represent the push string (if you don't know how to play the push string, please see the tutorial), like this:
Means "electronic"
B - 7b9 -
G -
D -
Say "no"
Means "electronic"
Its playing method is to dial the seventh fret of the B string, and then press the fingers of the string to push the string sound up two and a half degrees (a whole tone) to reach the same pitch as the ninth fret. (Sometimes the second half of the push string is written in brackets, such as -7b (9)-).
Please look at the following example:
Means "electronic"
B - 7b9 - 9r7 -
G -
D -
Say "no"
Means "electronic"
This means playing the seventh fret, pushing it up two and a half degrees, plucking the strings while maintaining the pitch of the ninth fret, and then relaxing the strings to return the notes to their original pitch. Pre-pushing strings are sometimes used in music, that is, before plucking the strings, the strings are pushed up first, then plucked, and the strings are loosened and lowered. The pre-push string is written as follows:
Means "electronic"
B - (7)b9r7 -
G -
D -
Say "no"
Means "electronic"
This means pressing the seventh fret, pushing the string up 2.5 degrees (silently), and then plucking and releasing the string.
Sometimes the strings of some notes are slightly pushed, which may be the whole note of 1/4. If this happens, we'd better mark the sound value of the push string, such as:
1/4 push string
Means "electronic"
B - 7b -
G -
D -
Say "no"
Means "electronic"
slide
The most common symbols for sliding strings are:/for ascending order and \ \ for descending order. Sometimes, you will see an S to represent the slide.
The following example is a string that slides upward from the seventh fret to the ninth fret.
Means "electronic"
B - 7/9 -
G -
D -
Say "no"
Means "electronic"
Sometimes you will see such a symbol:
Means "electronic"
B - /7-9-7
G -
D -
Say "no"
Means "electronic"
The position of the upward starting point and the first ending point of the sliding string is not clearly given. This requires you to decide the starting and ending taste of the slide show according to your own understanding of music. In fact, this kind of playing technique is to achieve an effect that the sound suddenly slides up from the low score and then disappears in the process of falling.
Sometimes there are the following sliding combinations:
Means "electronic"
b-7/9/ 1 1 \ \ 9 \ \ 7 \ \ 6 \ \ 7-
G -
D -
Say "no"
Means "electronic"
When playing, only dial the first note, and then use the sliding string to make the string sound continuously.
The embodiment of time value in text hexagrams
Generally, there will be information about the rhythm and speed of the song in front of the score, such as 4/4 (the song is taken in 4/4), 120 (the speed per minute 120).
How to write a staff
How to start?
Perhaps the most important thing before you start writing staff is to determine what will be included in your score.
Several problems to pay attention to:
Are most songs played in chords?
Are there any repetitive phrases in this song?
Is the structure of the song clear (divided into a paragraph, b paragraph or main paragraph and chorus)?
After such thinking and planning, you can write a clearer staff structure, which is convenient for others to read and for you to play music.
As for editing tools, you can choose a simple wordpad, a more powerful text editing tool, or a playback software that can output ASC codes. If you use a more complex WORD processing tool, such as Word, you should pay attention to the same font and size when writing the spectrum, otherwise the distance between characters will be different.
Do you need to use the six-line spectrum?
If a song can only be expressed by chords, just write the chord name instead of writing all the chords on the staff. For example, Led Zepplin's "gallows", we can write its chords:
Prelude: A7G/A7AM7DadD4/A7G/A7AM7DadD4/A
Main segment: A7G/A7AM7DadD4/A7G/A7AM7DadD4/A.
A7 G/A A7 Am7 Dadd4/A G D
A7 G/A A7 Am7 dadd 4/A A7 G/A A7 Am7 dadd 4/A
But most beginners are not familiar with the fingering of some chords, such as Dadd4/A in this song. So at the beginning of the score, you need to write chord fingering:
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x 02020 x 020 10 x 04035 320033 xx 0232 x 00000
A7 Am7 Dadd4/A G D G/A
If you want to play these chords with staff, it will take a long time, and it may take readers more time to understand. So if a song is mostly played with chords, just write the chord name and chord fingering.
How to write
The most important thing in writing staff is to write clearly and easily. Please note the following:
Use blank lines.
It is best to leave a certain space between the two lines of the spectrum, so that it will not be too crowded and easy to read.
◇ Confirm the characters you want to use.
Try to use more common symbols to represent pushing strings and playing strings.
If other special symbols are used in the score, they should be marked at the beginning of the score.
The following are some very common characters:
H- hammer open
P- latoff
B-chord (bending)
Release the bending sound after pushing the strings.
/-Slide up
\ \-Slide down
V- vibrato (sometimes written ~)
T- right hand tap (tap)
& lt& gt- harmonics
X- Stop sound when playing.
There are other ways to write overtones, even in the standard staff, there is no final unified standard. However, in the six-line spectrum of the text, it is accepted by most people to use triangular brackets to represent overtones. The natural overtones on 12 should be written as follows:
Means "electronic"
B -
G -
D -
Say "no"
e-& lt； 12 >-
Because there is no symbol to distinguish between natural overtones and artificial overtones, in order to avoid confusion, when writing overtones, it is best to write notes, that is, grades, to distinguish between natural overtones (generally at grades 5, 7, 12) and artificial overtones. To create artificial overtones, you must press the strings with your left hand (such as the second fret), then touch the strings with one finger of your right hand (14 fret) and pluck the strings with other fingers. So when writing artificial overtones, you should write the taste of plucked strings, like this:
Means "electronic"
B -
G -
D -
Say "no"
e-& lt； 14 & gt； -& lt； 16 >-& lt； 17 >-& lt； 16 >-& lt； 14 & gt； -
This means pressing the strings on the second, fourth and fifth frets, and then touching the strings on the levels marked in brackets.
◇ Mark the paragraph structure of music.
When reading the score, it is very convenient to know where the main paragraph and the chorus are. Therefore, to provide readers with such convenience, it is necessary to mark the spectrum. Many songs are written according to the structure of the main paragraph and the chorus.
Summary description
At the beginning of the score, there are usually several lines of information about the song. It will include the style of songs, such as rock blues, fashion and so on. It will make learners quickly find the feeling of songs; There will also be information about the guitar used, such as electric piano or box piano, 6 strings or 12 strings; In addition, there will be tips on using the clip and special tuning methods. If a special tuning method is used, the letter indicating the pitch of the strings in front of each score will also change. For example, many guitarists like to turn down their guitar strings by a semitone, so the pitch of their strings is Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb, like this:
Eb - 0 -
Bb - 0 -
Gb - 1 -
Db - 2 -
Ab - 2 -
Eb - 0 -
Rhythm information
As we have said, Wen Yao is still flawed in the expression of rhythm and sound value. In addition to providing readers with information about the beat and speed of music at the beginning of the score, bar lines are also a means to express the rhythm. Just add "|" at the end of each bar to indicate the bar line. Like this:
E - | - |0 - 4 - 2-|0 - | -
B - 0 - | - 0 - | - | - |0 -
g- 1-|- 1-|-|- 1-3-|-
D - |2 - | - | - | -
A - | - | - | - | -
E - | - | - | - | -
lyrics
Matching the lyrics with the music score, at least the first lyric, will be more convenient for learners to learn to play and sing.
Matters needing attention in writing hexagrams
The score wraps.
A common problem in writing text staff is word wrapping. This situation will make the six-pointed star unreadable, but this problem can be easily avoided if you pay attention.
The reason for the problem is that the text length of the music you typed exceeds the width of the browser, and one line of text will be split into two lines, as shown below:
Electron zero-
-
b-2442-
-
G - 1 - 2 - 4 - 4 - 2 - 1 -
-
D - 1 - 2 - 4 - 4-
-2 - 1 -
a-024-
- 4 - 2 - 0 -
E - 0 - 2 - 4 -
- 4 - 2 - 0 -
Such a score looks terrible, so be careful when you write it, and be careful that each line is not too long.