music21.articulations

Classes for representing and processing articulations. Specific articulations are modeled as Articulation subclasses.

A Note object has an articulations attribute. This list can be used to store one or more music21.articulations.Articulation subclasses.

As much as possible, MusicXML names are used for Articulation classes, with xxx-yyy changed to XxxYyy. For instance, “strong-accent” in MusicXML is “StrongAccent” here.

Fingering and other playing marks are found here. Fermatas, trills, etc. are found in music21.expressions.

>>> n1 = note.Note('D#4')
>>> n1.articulations.append(articulations.Tenuto())
>>> n1.show()
>>> c1 = chord.Chord(['C3', 'G4', 'E-5'])
>>> c1.articulations = [articulations.OrganHeel(), articulations.Accent()]
>>> c1.show()

A longer test showing the utility of the module:

>>> s = stream.Stream()
>>> n1 = note.Note('c#5')
>>> n1.articulations = [articulations.Accent()]
>>> n1.quarterLength = 1.25
>>> s.append(n1)
>>> n2 = note.Note('d5')
>>> n2.articulations = [articulations.StrongAccent()]
>>> n2.quarterLength = 0.75
>>> s.append(n2)
>>> n3 = note.Note('b4')
>>> n3.articulations = [articulations.Staccato()]
>>> n3.quarterLength = 1.25
>>> n3.tie = tie.Tie('start')
>>> s.append(n3)
>>> n4 = note.Note('b4')
>>> n4.articulations = [articulations.Staccatissimo()]
>>> n4.quarterLength = 0.75
>>> s.append(n4)
>>> n5 = note.Note('a4')
>>> n5.articulations = [articulations.Tenuto()]
>>> n5.quarterLength = 4/3
>>> s.append(n5)
>>> n6 = note.Note('b-4')
>>> n6.articulations = [articulations.Staccatissimo(), articulations.Tenuto()]
>>> n6.quarterLength = 2/3
>>> s.append(n6)
>>> s.metadata = metadata.Metadata()
>>> s.metadata.title = 'Prova articolazioni'  # ital: 'Articulation Test'
>>> s.metadata.composer = 'Giuliano Lancioni'
>>> s.show()
../_images/prova_articolazioni.png

Articulation

class music21.articulations.Articulation(**keywords)

Base class for all Articulation sub-classes.

>>> x = articulations.Articulation()
>>> x.placement = 'below'
>>> x.style.absoluteY = 20
>>> x.displayText = '>'

Equality

Equality of articulations is based only on the class, as other attributes are independent of context and deployment.

>>> at1 = articulations.StrongAccent()
>>> at2 = articulations.StrongAccent()
>>> at1.placement = 'above'
>>> at2.placement = 'below'
>>> at1 == at2
True

Comparison between classes and with the object itself behaves as expected:

>>> at3 = articulations.Accent()
>>> at4 = articulations.Staccatissimo()
>>> at1 == at3
False
>>> at4 == at4
True

Articulation bases

Articulation read-only properties

Articulation.name

returns the name of the articulation, which is generally the class name without the leading letter lowercase.

Subclasses can override this as necessary.

>>> st = articulations.Staccato()
>>> st.name
'staccato'
>>> sp = articulations.SnapPizzicato()
>>> sp.name
'snap pizzicato'

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Articulation.volumeShift

Get or set the volumeShift of this Articulation. This value, between -1 and 1, that is used to shift the final Volume of the object it is attached to.

>>> at1 = articulations.StrongAccent()
>>> at1.volumeShift > 0.1
True

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Accent

class music21.articulations.Accent(**keywords)
>>> a = articulations.Accent()

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Bowing

class music21.articulations.Bowing(**keywords)

Indication that bowing is being affected.

>>> a = articulations.Bowing()

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BrassIndication

class music21.articulations.BrassIndication(**keywords)

BrassIndication bases

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BreathMark

class music21.articulations.BreathMark(**keywords)

Can have as a symbol ‘comma’ or ‘tick’ or None

>>> a = articulations.BreathMark()
>>> a.symbol = 'comma'

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Caesura

class music21.articulations.Caesura(**keywords)
>>> a = articulations.Caesura()

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DetachedLegato

class music21.articulations.DetachedLegato(**keywords)
>>> a = articulations.DetachedLegato()

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Doit

class music21.articulations.Doit(**keywords)

An indeterminateSlide coming after the main note and going up.

>>> a = articulations.Doit()

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DoubleTongue

class music21.articulations.DoubleTongue(**keywords)

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DownBow

class music21.articulations.DownBow(**keywords)
>>> a = articulations.DownBow()

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DynamicArticulation

class music21.articulations.DynamicArticulation(**keywords)

Superclass for all articulations that change the dynamic of a note.

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Falloff

class music21.articulations.Falloff(**keywords)

An indeterminateSlide coming after the main note and going down.

>>> a = articulations.Falloff()

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Fingering

class music21.articulations.Fingering(fingerNumber=None, **keywords)

Fingering is a technical indication that covers the fingering of a note (in a guitar/fret context, this covers the fret finger, see FrettedPluck for that).

Converts the MusicXML – <fingering> object

>>> f = articulations.Fingering(5)
>>> f
<music21.articulations.Fingering 5>
>>> f.fingerNumber
5

.substitution indicates that this fingering indicates a substitute fingering:

>>> f.substitution = True

MusicXML distinguishes between a substitution and an alternate fingering:

>>> f.alternate = True

Fingerings are the only articulations that apply per note in a chord. Other articulations, e.g., accents, apply to the whole chord and will, therefore, only be associated with the first note of a chord when serializing. Since chords store all articulations in an ordered list, Fingerings are mapped implicitly to the notes of a chord in order. Superfluous Fingerings will be ignored and may be discarded when serializing.

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FretBend

class music21.articulations.FretBend(number=0, **keywords)

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FretIndication

class music21.articulations.FretIndication(number=0, **keywords)

FretIndication indicates which fret of a string a note is played on.

A FretIndication can be constructed as

>>> fi = articulations.FretIndication(3)
>>> fi
<music21.articulations.FretIndication 3>
>>> fi.number
3

If no argument to the constructor is specified, number defaults to 0.

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FretTap

class music21.articulations.FretTap(number=0, **keywords)

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FrettedPluck

class music21.articulations.FrettedPluck(number=0, **keywords)

specifies plucking fingering for fretted instruments

pluck in musicxml

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HammerOn

class music21.articulations.HammerOn(*spannedElements: Music21Object | Sequence[Music21Object], **keywords)

A hammer-on represented as a spanner between two Notes.

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HandbellIndication

class music21.articulations.HandbellIndication(**keywords)

displayText is used to store any of the techniques in handbell music.

Values are damp, echo, gyro, hand martellato, mallet lift, mallet table, martellato, martellato lift, muted martellato, pluck lift, and swing

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Harmonic

class music21.articulations.Harmonic(**keywords)

A general harmonic indicator – StringHarmonic is probably what you want…

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HarpFingerNails

class music21.articulations.HarpFingerNails(**keywords)

musicXML – fingernails

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HarpIndication

class music21.articulations.HarpIndication(**keywords)

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IndeterminateSlide

class music21.articulations.IndeterminateSlide(**keywords)

Represents a whole class of slides that are of an indeterminate pitch amount (scoops, plops, etc.)

All these have style information of .style.lineShape .style.lineType, .style.dashLength, and .style.spaceLength

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LengthArticulation

class music21.articulations.LengthArticulation(**keywords)

Superclass for all articulations that change the length of a note.

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NailPizzicato

class music21.articulations.NailPizzicato(**keywords)

Does not exist in MusicXML

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OpenString

class music21.articulations.OpenString(**keywords)

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OrganHeel

class music21.articulations.OrganHeel(**keywords)

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OrganIndication

class music21.articulations.OrganIndication(**keywords)

Indicates whether a pitch should be played with heel or toe.

Has one attribute, “substitution” default to False, which indicates whether the mark is a substitution mark

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OrganToe

class music21.articulations.OrganToe(**keywords)

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PitchArticulation

class music21.articulations.PitchArticulation(**keywords)

Superclass for all articulations that change the pitch of a note.

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Pizzicato

class music21.articulations.Pizzicato(**keywords)

in MusicXML, Pizzicato is an element of every note. Here we represent pizzicatos along with all bowing marks.

For pluck, see FrettedPluck.

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Plop

class music21.articulations.Plop(**keywords)

An indeterminateSlide coming before the main note and going down.

>>> a = articulations.Plop()

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PullOff

class music21.articulations.PullOff(*spannedElements: Music21Object | Sequence[Music21Object], **keywords)

A pull-off represented as a spanner between two Notes.

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Scoop

class music21.articulations.Scoop(**keywords)

An indeterminateSlide coming before the main note and going up

>>> a = articulations.Scoop()

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SnapPizzicato

class music21.articulations.SnapPizzicato(**keywords)

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Spiccato

class music21.articulations.Spiccato(**keywords)

A staccato note + accent in one

>>> spiccato = articulations.Spiccato()
>>> staccato = articulations.Staccato()
>>> accent = articulations.Accent()
>>> spiccato.lengthShift == staccato.lengthShift
True
>>> spiccato.volumeShift == accent.volumeShift
True

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Staccatissimo

class music21.articulations.Staccatissimo(**keywords)

A very short note (derived from staccato), usually represented as a wedge.

>>> a = articulations.Staccatissimo()

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Staccato

class music21.articulations.Staccato(**keywords)
>>> a = articulations.Staccato()

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Stopped

class music21.articulations.Stopped(**keywords)

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Stress

class music21.articulations.Stress(**keywords)

An articulation indicating stress. Played a little longer and louder.

>>> a = articulations.Stress()

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Read/write properties inherited from Music21Object:

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StringFingering

class music21.articulations.StringFingering(number=0, **keywords)

Indicates a fingering on a specific string. Nothing special for now.

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StringHarmonic

class music21.articulations.StringHarmonic(**keywords)

Indicates that a note is a harmonic, and can also specify whether it is the base pitch, the sounding pitch, or the touching pitch.

>>> h = articulations.StringHarmonic()
>>> h.harmonicType
'natural'
>>> h.harmonicType = 'artificial'

pitchType can be ‘base’, ‘sounding’, or ‘touching’ or None

>>> h.pitchType = 'base'

StringHarmonic bases

StringHarmonic read-only properties

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StringIndication

class music21.articulations.StringIndication(number=0, **keywords)

StringIndication indicates which string a note is played on.

A StringIndication can be constructed as

>>> si = articulations.StringIndication(2)
>>> si
<music21.articulations.StringIndication 2>
>>> si.number
2

If no argument to the constructor is specified, number defaults to 0.

StringIndication bases

StringIndication read-only properties

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StringThumbPosition

class music21.articulations.StringThumbPosition(**keywords)

MusicXML – thumb-position

StringThumbPosition bases

StringThumbPosition read-only properties

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StringThumbPosition read/write properties

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StrongAccent

class music21.articulations.StrongAccent(**keywords)

Like an accent but even stronger. Has an extra attribute of pointDirection

>>> a = articulations.StrongAccent()
>>> a.pointDirection
'up'
>>> a.pointDirection = 'down'
>>> a.pointDirection
'down'

StrongAccent bases

StrongAccent read-only properties

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TechnicalIndication

class music21.articulations.TechnicalIndication(**keywords)

TechnicalIndications (MusicXML: technical) give performance indications specific to different instrument types, such as harmonics or bowing.

TechnicalIndications can include an optional content.

TechnicalIndication bases

TechnicalIndication read-only properties

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Tenuto

class music21.articulations.Tenuto(**keywords)
>>> a = articulations.Tenuto()

Tenuto bases

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Tenuto read/write properties

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TimbreArticulation

class music21.articulations.TimbreArticulation(**keywords)

Superclass for all articulations that change the timbre of a note.

TimbreArticulation bases

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TonguingIndication

class music21.articulations.TonguingIndication(**keywords)

TonguingIndication bases

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TripleTongue

class music21.articulations.TripleTongue(**keywords)

TripleTongue bases

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Unstress

class music21.articulations.Unstress(**keywords)

An articulation indicating lack of stress. Played a little quieter.

>>> a = articulations.Unstress()

Unstress bases

Unstress read-only properties

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UpBow

class music21.articulations.UpBow(**keywords)
>>> a = articulations.UpBow()

UpBow bases

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WindIndication

class music21.articulations.WindIndication(**keywords)

WindIndication bases

WindIndication read-only properties

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WoodwindIndication

class music21.articulations.WoodwindIndication(**keywords)

WoodwindIndication bases

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