Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Music Code For Musicians

Music Code is a language invented to talk on music improvisations (practical for jams).
Is like a morse code oriented to music notes that you select respecting the rules of the code.
Is a sequence of symbols (lines) that corresponds to notes. That sequences correspond to letters.
Playing letter after letter you say words, separated with silences.
You can play the notes as long in time as you want, respecting the silences between words and no silences between the symbols of a letter.

music code map

You choose a note thats is the first of the letter, that is the first symbol of the letter that is always the horizontally line. Is like a root note.
The second symbol of the letter says that the note you choose has to be louder or lower or equal note in relation of the last note played. And so if there is a third or fourth symbol or fifth symbol, louder or lower or equal note in relation of the last note played.
On second, third, fourth or fifth position, the horizontal line says that you have to play a lower or equal note, the vertical line says that you have to play a higher note. If you have two symbols equal, one after the other, you write the second in diagonal, and the third horizontally or vertically again, depending, and so. Only link the equal symbols.

To say an 'A' for example play A4 and C5. Or C3 and C3. Or D5 and D#5. Is very free.
To say 'Music' for example play A3 A#3 B3 B3, a silence, D2 C2 E2 A2 C3, a silence, D2 C2 A1 G1 E1, a silence, A1 G1 F#1 A2, a silence, and C2 E2 G2.
To say 'Code' for example play A3 B3 D4, a silence, A1 C2 E2 B2, a silence, D2 C2 D2, a silence, and C2 A2 E2.
Practice with your notes, playing the notes respecting going up, down or same note, as long in time as you want, the silences between words ,and no silences between the symbols.
Enjoy and communicate.

Here is the font to write text on your keyboard and convert them to Music Code.
http://www.esnips.com/doc/0ff44ad4-14fc-4587-80b7-d5421c8f3e3d/music-code-font.ttf

If you learn to talk with musicians, let me know.
sonictronica@yahoo.com