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A Tree Based Language for Music Score Description

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2019

Abstract

The presented work is part of the INScore project, an environment for the design of augmented interactive music scores, oriented towards unconven-tional uses of music notation and representation, including real-time symbolic notation capabilities. This environment is fully controllable using Open Sound Control [OSC] messages. INScore scripting language is an extended textual version of OSC messages that allows you to design scores in a modular and incre-mental way. This article presents a major revision of this language, based on the description and manipulation of trees.

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Fig. 1. A score realised using INScore, used as part of a sensor-based environment for the pro- cessing of complex music called GesTCom (Gesture Cutting through Textual Complexity) [1].
Fig. 1. A score realised using INScore, used as part of a sensor-based environment for the pro- cessing of complex music called GesTCom (Gesture Cutting through Textual Complexity) [1].
Fig. 2. A score sample including 2 objects obj 1 and obj2, having x, y, and date attributes. Time properties (date, duration) are notably used to represent the time relationship between objects. A Tree Based Language for Music Score Description.
Fig. 2. A score sample including 2 objects obj 1 and obj2, having x, y, and date attributes. Time properties (date, duration) are notably used to represent the time relationship between objects. A Tree Based Language for Music Score Description.
Fig. 3. INScore scene corresponding to the sample script given in section 7.
Fig. 3. INScore scene corresponding to the sample script given in section 7.

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