The following pages and posts are tagged with

TitleTypeExcerpt
fb filter Post Figured bass numbers can now be automatically generated and displayed in VHV. A documentation page has been created that describes how to use the fb filter.
Scale degrees Post Scale degree data in **deg spines can now be displayed in VHV music notation. A documentation page has been created that describes how to encode and style **deg data.
URL parameters Post A documentation page has been created that describes how to configure VHV when starting it up, such as hiding the menus, loading a score from the web, searching the music and filtering a score after it has been loaded.
semitones filter Post The semitones filter was added. This tool can extract melodic semitone intervals from **kern spine data. The tool can also highlight categoies of intervals by steps, leaps, and direction.
Spreadsheet toolbar Post A spreadsheet toolbar has been added to VHV. This allows for bidirectional interaction between VHV and Google Sheets. It can also be used for collaborative editing of a Humdrum file from Google Sheets.
Colortriads filter Post The colortriads filter has been added to VHV. This filter colors triadic sonorities according to the root note of the triad.
Toolbar Post A toolbar has been added in the top left corner of the VHV website. This toolbar contains useful actions for quick access. There are several toolbars that can be cycled through, including toolbars for loading and saving to temporary buffers, musical searching, and data filtering.
Encoding sic information Post A sic system for marking obvious errors in a source edition has been implemented. This system can manage whether the original or a corrected reading of the score is displayed in the digital score. In addition, a verbose marker can be used to display a green triangle above sic...
Embedding Humdrum codes in MusicXML Post A system for embedding Humdrum interpretations, comments and reference records has been added to the MusicXML-to-Humdrum converter. This allows for most extra Humdrum markup to be added within a graphical music editor before converting MusicXML data into Humdrum in VHV.
Repetition symbols Post Repetition symbols to indicate repeated musical content have been implemented. To create a repetition, place a *rep marker at the start of the music to substitute with the symbol, and *Xrep at the end of the music.
System decoration Post System decorations documentation has been added. The documentation page discusses how to display instrument names and abbreviations at the start of each system as well as how to add braces or brackets to group staves together.
Slur and tie styling Post Styling of slurs and ties have been implemented, including dashed and dotted lines as well as coloring. In addition, phrase marks are now rendered and can be given similar stylings.
humdiff filter Post The humdiff filter has been added to VHV. This filter can be used to compare multiple encodings of the same work to highlight variations between the scores.
Breaking beams by lyric syllables Post The autobeam filter now has an option to split beams at the start of lyric syllables. See the autobeam documentation page for more information.
Editorial accidentals in key signatures Post Accidentals in key signatures can now be displayed with brackets around them to indicate that they are editorial. See the key signature page for more information.
Enhancements for figured bass Post Figured bass can now be imported from MusicXML exported from music editors that suppoprt figured bass, such as MuseScore. Also, the **fb representnation has been expanded with several features, such as slashed figures. See the figured-bass documentation for more information.
Embedded options Post Rendering options for verovio can now be embedded directly into Humdrum data. This allows refined control of notation, particularly default spacings. A complete list of verovio options is given in table form, showing the default values and ranges for each option along with a brief description of the...
Encoding tremolos Post Tremolos can now be displayed in VHV notation.
Humdrum notation plugin Post After editing your music in VHV, you can display the notation dynamically on your webpage with the Humdrum notation plugin. The topics page of the plugin documentation gives demonstrations of how to configure and use the plugin, such as saving SVG images and viewing notation from...
Slur checking tool Post A description of the slurcheck tool has been added here. The tool can be used to check slurs for data-entry errors by highlighting hanging slurs (slurs without either a start or an ending).
Saving buffers Post A set of buffers to save and restore the contents of the editor have been added to VHV. These buffers will remain after the VHV webpage is reloaded. See the documentation about buffers for more information.
Autosave feature Post An autosave feature has been implemented for VHV. When you leave the VHV website, either accidentally or on purpose, the contents of the text editor will be saved. If you return to the editor within an hour, the previous contents of the editor will be restored automatically. If you...
Beam editing Post Beams can now be split in the notation editor. Typing L while selecting a note/chord/rest within a beam will split the beam before the selection. Typing J while selecting a note/chord/rest within a beam will split the beam after the selection. More info…
White mensural notation Post An initial implementation of **mens for encoding white mensural notation has been added to humlib and VHV. See the **mens documentation page for a description of the representation, as well as the kern2mens filter for documentation on how to convert modern notation...
Inserting null lines Post Three convenience comands have been added to the VHV interface: alt-shift-l, alt-shift-i, and alt-shift-d. These commands will add an empty local comment, interpretation, or data line respectively above the current line in the text editor. This speeds up entry of layout commands, clef changes,...
Transposing chord symbols Post The transpose filter is now aware of chord labels imported from MusicXML data into **mxhm spines. More information…
Fingering Post A representation called **fing has been defined for storing fingering numbers which will be displayed along with notation in VHV. More information…
Transposing parts Post Transposing parts have been implemented in VHV, and transposing scores can be converted from MusicXML files that are drag-and-dropped onto the VHV homepage. More information…
Encoding tutorial Post The Humdrum encoding section of the documentation includes a getting started section that serves as a tutorial/reference for encoding scores in Humdrum syntax in VHV. More information…
Offline VHV Post Documentation has been added that describes how to run VHV on your own computer, even without an internet connection. More information…
Editorial accidental styles Post Editorial accidentals are placed above notes by default. Adding brack or bracket to an editorial accidental RDF will display the accidental in brackets. Adding paren or parentheses to the RDF will display the accidental in parentheses. More information…
Humdrum syntax validation Post Syntax validation has been implemented for Humdrum files in the VHV text editor.
Humdrum syntax highlighting Post Syntax highlighting has been implemented for Humdrum files in the VHV text editor.
EsAC data import Post EsAC (Essen Associative Code) data files can now be loaded into VHV. Dragging/dropping EsAC files onto the VHV page will automatically convert them into Humdrum data. Copy/pasting EsAC data will allow direct editing of the EsAC data along with dynamic updating of the graphic notation.
Figured bass for basso continuo parts Post An initial implementation of figured bass has been created for the Humdrum to MEI converter. A live example can be seen here. Rodolfo Zitellini recently implemented rendering of figured bass in verovio, and he will be presenting his work on it at the Music Encoding Conference next week...
VHV presentation at the Music Encoding Conference in Tours, France (May 2017) Post Here are slides for a presentation about Verovio Humdrum Viewer at the Music Encoding Conference happening this month in Tours, France.
Embedded filters in Humdrum data Post Basic documentation has been added for the filter system of VHV for running Humdrum Extras programs within webpages. Current filters include: autobeam, extract, myank, satb2gs, and transpose.
Saving SVG images Post Documentation for the alt-g command has been added. SVG images of the displayed music notation can be extracted from the page and then saved by pasting into a text editor. The documentation also discusses how to generate bitmap images using GIMP as well as editing the image in...
Coloring beams in SVG with gradient filters Post Here is an example implementation of coloring SVG output notation from verovio. Diatonic pitch-classes are given different colors, and other graphical markup such as stems, ties, and beams are colored by pitch-class as well, using a mixture of CSS and javascript. You can edit the music in the text...
J.S. Bach chorales repertory Post An overview of the J.S. Bach four-part chorales repertory has been added to the repertory section of the VHV documentation. Instructions on how to view the chorales in grand-staff layout, how to transpose to any key, and how to display source scans are given in the overview.
Ottavas, pedaling and tuplet styling Post Examples of how to encode ottava marks and pedal marks have been added to the Humdrum encoding section of the documentation. Also added is a discussion on how to turn on/off the display of tuplet numbers.
SVG images with embedded pitch and rhythm information Post Notation images created with verovio from Humdrum data now embed pitch and rhythm information directly into the SVG files. This information can be used to control styling of the notation, such as coloring pitches/pitch-classes with CSS, or doing basic pitch/duration analyses of the music directly from the image. See the...
Marking notes Post Marking notes with user signifiers has been implemented in the VHV notation editor. Multiple marks can be used, each using a different color. See the description of marks for more details.
Oznaczanie nut Post Wyróżnianie nut za pomocą znaczników zostało zaimplementowane do edytora VHV. Można dodawać wiele znaczników wykorzystując różne kolory. Zobacz opis znaczniki nut w celu uzyskania dodatkowych informacji.
myVHV Post A section of the documentation called myVHV was added. Instructions for generating graphic notation from Humdrum data on the comnand-line and in a web browser is described so that you can create your own VHV-like website. See the myVHV introduction to get started. information.
moje VHV Post Dodano sekcję dokumentacji pt. mojeVHV. Sekcja obejnmuje instrukcje dotyczące generowania notacji graficznej na podstawie kodu Humdrum w linii poleceń (terminalu) oraz w przeglądarce internetowej. Dzięi temu można samodzielnie stworzyć własną stronę internetową z zawartością muzyczną wykorzystując VHV. Zobacz [wprowadzenie do mojegoVHV] aby rozpocząć.
Graphical editing Post A section called Graphical editing was added to the sidebar to document how to interact with the music notation in VHV to alter the contents of the Humdrum data in the text editor. Current pages include instructions on editing pitch and slurs in the notation.
Edycja graficzna Post Sekcja zatytułowana Edycja graficzna została dodana do menu bocznego dokumentacji. Sekcja opisuje w jaki sposób za pomocą edytora graficznego można zmieniać zawartość kodu Humdrum w edytorze tekstowym. Aktualnie sekcja opisuje sposoby edycji wysokości dźwięków oraz łuków frazowych.
Viewing invisible rests Post Special meta-RDF codes have been added for data proof-reading in the encoding structure of Humdrum data when converting into MEI data. Invisible rests, called <space> in MEI data, can be displayed as colored rests. One RDF instruction will set the visibility and color of all types of rests,...
Podgląd ukrytych pauz Post Specjalne kody meta-RDF zostały dodane w celu korekty danych danych w strukturze Humdrum podczas konwersji do danych MEI. Niewidoczne pauzy, zwane <space> w formacie MEI, mogą być wyświetlane jako kolorowe pauzy. spoczywają. Jedna instrukcja RDF pozwoli ustawić widoczność i kolor wszystkich typów pauz, a trzy dodatkowe instrukcje RDF...
Graphic editing of slurs Post Slurs can now be edited graphically in the notation editor window. Slurs are added by clicking on a note and then typing s to add a slur to the next note. Typing a number between 2 and 9 before s will add a longer slur. Slurs...
Graficzne edytowanie łuków Post Łuki frazowe można edytować w oknie edytora graficznego. Łuk można dodać klikając na nutę a następnie stosując skrót klawiszowy s, który dodaje łuk od aktywnej nuty do kolejnej. Wpisanie liczby w przedziale od 2 do 9 przed zastosowaniem skrótu s pozwoli dodać odpowiednio dłuższy łuk. Łuki...