Tiny Example #
To be concrete, suppose we want to support the following playing techniques:
- Normal and tenuto lengths
- Normal and legato note connections
- Normal and pizzicato technique
Here’s a complete table of sensible combinations, eight in all:
| Length | Legato | Technique | on | off | vol | etc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Normal | Normal | ||||
| Normal | Normal | Pizz | ||||
| Normal | Legato | Normal | ||||
| Normal | Legato | Pizz | ||||
| Tenuto | Normal | Normal | ||||
| Tenuto | Normal | Pizz | ||||
| Tenuto | Legato | Normal | ||||
| Tenuto | Legato | Pizz |
What remains is to fill in the blanks: specify on events, off events, etc., for each combination. The Fugalist expression-map tool is designed to do exactly that.