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Re: Apple II 8bit sound

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Daniel Kruszyna wrote:
> aiiadict@gmail.com wrote:
>> I got the sheet music from:
>> 
>> http://www.mariopiano.com/mario-sheet-music-overworld-main-theme.html
>> 
>> It sounds really good...  I may have misjudged my choice of octaves.  
>> 
>> My grade school training in reading music has slipped from memory..
>> Can anyone tell me how to best handle this:
>> 
>> 3rd line down in the above music, 2/2 timing.  There are 3 notes in
>> the first bar with a different note length indicated, as well as a
>> "dotted note". I'm thinking maybe this is an effect of pedals on the
>> piano that can't be reproduced in Electric Duet?  Probably not, I just
>> did some more googling on reading sheet music.  Sorry if I got any
>> terminology incorrect.
> 
> A dot above a note means staccato. A staccato note is played a little
> shorter than indicated. The start of each note is not affected, however.
> 
> The notes you mention are also a triplet -- that's what the lines
> labeled '3' mean. The three notes of a triplet are played in the same
> time that it would take two 'un-tripled' notes of the same type to play.
> In this case, the three half notes are played in the same time as a
> whole note.
>

      ^^^^^^^^^
I nominate this as the best answer so far.

I got it wrong with the dot. When the dot is above, it's staccato. When the
dot is to the right of the note, it affects duration.

Back to computers for me...

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Apple II 8bit sound aiiadict@gmail.com - 2012-08-20 14:12 -0700
  Re: Apple II 8bit sound D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2012-08-20 22:13 +0000
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      Re: Apple II 8bit sound Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2012-09-05 13:22 -0700
        Re: Apple II 8bit sound aiiadict@gmail.com - 2012-09-10 16:51 -0700
      Re: Apple II 8bit sound Daniel Kruszyna <dan@krue.net> - 2012-09-06 11:26 +0000
        Re: Apple II 8bit sound aiiadict@gmail.com - 2012-09-06 08:53 -0700
          Re: Apple II 8bit sound D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2012-09-06 17:10 +0000
          Re: Apple II 8bit sound BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2012-09-06 10:13 -0700
          Re: Apple II 8bit sound Daniel Kruszyna <dan@krue.net> - 2012-09-06 18:01 +0000
            Re: Apple II 8bit sound D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2012-09-06 18:32 +0000
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              Re: Apple II 8bit sound BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2012-09-06 20:44 -0700
              Re: Apple II 8bit sound Daniel Kruszyna <dan@krue.net> - 2012-09-08 18:15 +0000
                Re: Apple II 8bit sound aiiadict@gmail.com - 2012-09-08 11:47 -0700
  Re: Apple II 8bit sound Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2012-08-21 01:09 -0700
    Re: Apple II 8bit sound Dagen Brock <DagenBrock@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 14:02 -0700
      Re: Apple II 8bit sound BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 14:41 -0700
      Re: Apple II 8bit sound Daniel Kruszyna <dan@krue.net> - 2012-08-21 23:11 +0000
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      Re: Apple II 8bit sound Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2012-08-21 14:26 -0700
        Re: Apple II 8bit sound aiiadict@gmail.com - 2012-08-22 10:01 -0700
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              Re: Apple II 8bit sound Daniel Kruszyna <dan@krue.net> - 2012-09-04 19:49 +0000
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