Punctuation

 The smallest unit in the hierarchical musical structure is tone groups of up to about 7 tones, so called melodical gestures. In playing it is important to mark the boundaries between such gestures.
This rule automatically identifies these melodical constituents by means of a patented set of context dependent rules. The boundaries are marked micropauses.

In the example another rule is also applied:
The higher, the louder, increasing loudness with increasing pitch.
You can vary the effect of the Punctuation rule only.

Example: J S Bach: Fugue theme from Fantasia und Fuga, g minor, BWV 542.

No-Punctuation k = 0 WAV file (1.6M, CD quality) AU file (144k, good quality)
Medium k = 3.0 WAV file (1.6M, CD quality) AU file (144k, good quality)
Exaggerated k = 6.0 WAV file (1.6M, CD quality) AU file (144k, good quality)

The graph shows the locations of the boundaries and the lenght of the micropause.


No-Punctuation, k = 0
WAV file (1.6M, CD quality) AU file (144k, good quality)


Medium, k = 3.0
WAV file (1.6M, CD quality) AU file (144k, good quality)


Exaggerated, k = 6.0
WAV file (1.6M, CD quality) AU file (144k, good quality)

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