JFugue

Overview

This page helps you memorize the music syntax used by http://www.jfugue.org/, the Java-based music library.

Basics

Question	Answer
basic song format	notes separated by spaces ("A B C")
rest	R
D sharp	D#
D flat	Db (lower-case B)
note by midi code (middle-C)	[60]
octave changes between...	B and C
default octave	the 5th octave
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Octaves and Durations

Question	Answer
A in 6th octave	A6
durations	- w (whole) - h (half) - q (quarter) - i (eighth)
durations (advanced)	- s (sixteenth) - t (thirty-second) - x (sixty-fourth)
duration, plus half the duration	. (follows duration)
A, 4th octave, half note	A4h
C-sharp, 3rd octave, whole note	C#3w
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Chords

Question	Answer
chord suffixes	- maj, min - maj7, min7 - dim, aug
velocity	a (followed by 0 to 127)
decay velocity	d (followed by 0 to 127)
default velocity	64
loudest C	Ca127
C and E (played as a chord)	C+E
order of modifiers	- note, sharp or flat, octave - chord suffix, duration
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Examples

Question	Answer
B	B note, fifth octave, quarter duration
Rq	quarter-duration rest
D4minh	D-minor chord, octave 3, half duration
[52]w	note #52, whole duration
[Bass_Drum]	kick (must be on voice 9)
A4w+C4w+E4w	A, C, and E together, quarter duration, 4th octave
Ri	rest, eighth duration
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Control changes and style

Question	Answer
T130	set tempo to 130 bpm
V9	voice 9 ((percussion channel)
I[Flute]	set instrument to flute
convention for commands and notes	capital letters
convention for durations	lowercase letters
convention for instrument and drum names	mixed-case
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Percussion sounds

Question	Answer
kick	- bass_drum (36)
snares	- acoustic_snare (38) - electric_snare (40)
hi-hats	- open_hi_hat (46) - closed_hi_hat (42)
symbols	- crash_cymbal_1 (49) - ride_cymbal_1 (51)
tom-tom's	- low_tom (45) - low_mid_tom (47) - hi_mid_tom (48) - high_tom (50)
cowbell	- cowbell (56)
switch to percussion channel	V9
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See also