package cas.cs4tb3.mellowd;Articulation tweaks the performance of the sound. They can be applied to single pitches or chords.
public enum Articulation {No articulation. This provides a way to specify no articulation avoiding null pointers.
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Staccato makes the performance short and choppy. Described in jazz
as dit. To achieve this effect the duration will be chopped to a
third of its value and the note will be ended very quickly.
STACCATO,!
Staccatissimo makes the performance short but more powerful. It is
given some more emphasis. It is similar to staccato but the duration
is going to be chopped to a half (rather than a third) and it will be
played with a bit more velocity.
STACCATISSIMO,^
Marcato is the same a staccato but with more power. It is referred to
as dhat by jazz musicians and to preform a note with articulated with marcato
the note’s duration will be chopped to a third, the velocity will be increased
and the note will be release very quickly.
MARCATO,`
An accent is played by attacking the note. This gives it a much faster velocity and
will also drop off a bit quicker than the average note. This is sometimes referred to
as dah by jazz musicians.
ACCENT,_
Tenuto is the equivalent of a single note slur. It is also called doo by jazz musicians
and so in order to preform a tenuto note the note will be let off as slow as possible with
a slightly longer duration.
TENUTO,~
Gliscando is a glide. It can be preformed as a pitch bend. To preform a gliscando a total of
16 pitch bend changes will give the effect that the note is falling or climbing (depending
on the direction of bend). These changes will be equally spaced over the duration of the note
as to not interfere with the next note. Additionally a reset message will be queued for the
next note to take.
A gliscando on a chord will be performed as a roll. A quick melody made up of each note in
the chord in order.
GLISCANDO
}