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sn#521775 filedate 1980-07-06 generic text, type T, neo UTF8
00100 TO ENTER MORE THAN 72 CHARACTERS OF TEXT JUST DO IT IN
00200 2 PASSES. THE VARIOUS SYLLABLES ARE POSITIONED BY THE
00300 NOTE NUMBERS WHICH ARE GIVEN ON THE LINE FOLLOWING THE
00400 TEXT. THESE NUMBERS DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN CORRECT ORDER
00500 BUT THERE SHOULD BE A NUMBER FOR EACH SEPARATE SYLLABLE
00600 TO BE POSITIONED. YOU CAN COME BACK TO PUT MORE TEXT
00700 ON ANY STAFF AS OFTEN AS YOU LIKE.
00800
00900 THE '2B' REFERS TO 2 EIGHTH NOTES OF TIME PER BEAM.
01000 THIS FEATURE WILL COLLECT ANY COMBINATION OF 8TH, 16TH,
01100 32ND NOTES, ETC. AND GROUP THEM BY QUARTER NOTES OF TIME
01200 UNDER A SINGLE BEAM. YOU COULD ALSO SAY '3B' WHICH IS
01300 MOST OFTEN USED WITH 6/8 TIME WHERE THE USUAL GROUPING
01400 IS 3 8TH NOTES PER BEAM.
01500 ALL THIS GETS A BIT MORE COMPLICATED WHEN FOLLOWING THE
01600 THE TRADITIONS OF VOCAL MUSIC. WITH VOCAL MUSIC THE OLD
01700 WAY IS TO BEAM TOGETHER NOTES ONLY WHEN THEY ARE OVER
01800 ONE CONTINUOUS SYLLABLE. WITH THIS SYSTEM ANY 8TH NOTES
01900 OVER SEPARATE SYLLABLES WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN TAILS, ETC.
02000 I MUCH PREFER TO USE BEAMS THE SAME WAY THEY APPEAR IN
02100 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AND USE THE SLURS OVER SEVERAL NOTES
02200 ON THE SAME SYLLABLE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE
02300 OLD TRADITION THEN YOU USUSALLY CANNOT USE '2B'.