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APPE·NDIX 11
MUSICAL NOTATION
This appendix will not teach you all about music,
but it contains the basic information you need to
translate sheet music into XL programs.
Music is written by positioning symbols which
represent the length of notes on a framework
(called a stave) representing the pitch.
G
Atari 3rd octave
E
F
C
D
A
B
F
G
Atari 2nd octave
D
E
B
C
G
A
Atari 1st octave
E
F
C
D
A
B
F
G
The lengths of notes are indicated by the note
shape:
A Semibreve
0
is twice as long as
a Minim which is twice
as
long as
a Crotchet
which is
twice
as
)
long as
a Quaver which is
twice
as
long as
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