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Schubert: the gallop, the voices, the story

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% Schubert's Erlkönig is a HORSE first: repeated-note triplets,
% relentless, in the right hand. '/3' cuts a unit in three, so one
% hoofbeat is one unit and a measure is sixteen of them:
 
bpm 152
instrument plain
meter 4
unit 1/4
key g min
 
Hoof   ::= 5/3 5/3 5/3
Gallop ::= Hoof*16
 
Gallop
 
 
% Under the hooves, the left hand's swirl: the storm figure
% rising from the dark (its head lifted from the verified grammar):
 
Swirl ::= ..7 ..7 _2 ..7 ..1 _2 ..3 _2 ..5 _2 ..3 _2 ..1 _2
 
{Gallop, Swirl}
 
 
% The FATHER sings low and steady; the SON cries the same shape
% higher; the ERLKING coaxes in the parallel MAJOR: three
% characters, one phrase, register and mode doing the acting:
 
Voice ::= 5 _2 5 _2 5 _3 5 6 _2 5 _4 3 _4
 
Voice
{Voice}@12
key g maj
Voice
key g min
 
 
% Put the scene together: the cry over the gallop over the swirl
% that is the song's whole engine in one structure:
 
{{Voice}@12 Voice, Gallop Gallop, Swirl Swirl}
 
 
% THE RIDE ENTIRE: all 148 measures from the verified grammar,
% gallop to the last spoken bar.
 
bpm 152
meter 4
unit 1/4
key g4 min
mode diatonic
 
% The cast, every motif and chord the lead line uses:
 
M39 ::= {7, .7} _4/3
M7 ::= M39 M39
M1 ::= M7*4 M39
M149 ::= M1@-10*2
M33 ::= ..5Maj$5-1-3 _4/3 = {2, 1, .2} _4/3 = ..7Dia$3-5-1 _4/3
M10 ::= M33#2 M33#2 M33#2 M33#2 M33#2
M218 ::= M10 M10 M33#2 M33#2
M124 ::= {3, 1, .3} _4/3
M13 ::= M124*3
M118 ::= M1@-10 M7@-10 M39@-10
M69 ::= {5, 3, .7b} _4/3 = .3Dim$5-1-3 _4/3 = .5bDim$3-5-1 _4/3
M45 ::= M69#2 M69#2
M139 ::= g2 _4 - _12
M235 ::= 2 _4 1 _4
M146 ::= a4 _6 a4 _2
M236 ::= 3 _8 1 _8
M147 ::= g4 _8 - _8
M237 ::= M147^@7 M139~@31
M238 ::= '1 _4 '1 _8
M207 ::= ...5 _4 ...4b _4
M129 ::= 3 _8 - _4 3 _4
M174 ::= .4 _4/3*2
M209 ::= 4 _10/21 M174@10 _3
M194 ::= -*32
M241 ::= M194 - _16
M196 ::= 3 _8 - _4
M242 ::= M196@3 2b _4
M243 ::= 1 _8 M146
M221 ::= 7 _8 M146^@13
M141 ::= M139~@29
M245 ::= 5 _12 1 _4
M201 ::= 5 _12 3 _4
M197 ::= 4b _4 .7b _4
M165 ::= .7b _4/3 .4 _4/3
M210 ::= 4 _2 3 _2
M222 ::= .5 _2 M147@-5/2
M225 ::= .7 _12 4 _4
M134 ::= g2 _4/3 a2 _4/3
M171 ::= 4b _2 4 _4
M170 ::= 5 _2 4 _2
M96 ::= 7# _2 M222@15 7 _4
M205 ::= 2 _8 M146
S8 ::= M171@3 _2 M146^@10 M96@-3 M205@6 M196@4 M134@~15 _3*2 4b _2*2 4 _8
M227 ::= 5 _16 M139~@23
M229 ::= M174@11 _3 - _4
M150 ::= 1 _4 2 _2 M171
M148 ::= M197 4 _4 2 _2*2
M193 ::= M150 5 _2 7b _2
M231 ::= 5b _8 M174@13 _3
M154 ::= M7@-3 M39@-3
M181 ::= 7# _8 M146^@13
M233 ::= M147^@-18 - _16
 
bpm 163.25
bpm 49
bpm 152
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F1a ::= M149*3 M7@-10*3 M218 M13 M13 M13@-1*2
F1a
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F8a1 ::= | M118 |*4
F8a2 ::= M118 M218 M13*3 M45@-6 M69#2@-6
F8a1 F8a2
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F15a1 ::= M139~@26 3 _8 M235 M146 _2 M236
F15a1 M237
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F21a ::= 5 _12 M238 M207@37 7 _12 2 _4 M129
F21a
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F25a1 ::= | 6 _12 2 _65/21 4 _19/21 |
  | 3 _8*2 |
  | 6 _8 2 _6 2 _23/21 4 _19/21 |
  M129
F25a2 ::= 5 _12 2 _74/21 M209 M147~/2 M236@-1
F25a1 F25a2
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F32a1 ::= M147 M241
F32a2 ::= M139~@19 M242@-6 M243 M221@-7
F32a3 ::= M147^@5
F32a1 F32a2 F32a3
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F41a1 ::= M141 M245 M201@~1 5 _8 M197@3
F41a2 ::= M147^@8 M141
  | 5b _12 3 _4 |
  | M165@5 _3 - _4 4 _4 |
F41a3 ::= 5b _12 M210
F41a1 F41a2 F41a3
 
 
% Part 2, from m.1
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F50a1 ::= M147^@5 M139~@17 M146@-6 _2
  | .7 _12 .4 _4 |
F50a2 ::= .6 _6 M222 M194
F50a1 F50a2
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F57a1 ::= M141 M201 M225 M201
F57a2 ::= M225 M146@5 _2 7 _8 4 _8 4 _4 4b _4/3 M134@~17 4 _4 .7b _4
F57a1 F57a2
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F65a1 ::= M146@-4 _2 4 _12 5b _4 5 _8 M171~@~-1 4b _2 M245@-2
F65a2 ::= | 5 _12 5 _2*2 |
  | '1 _6 7 _2*2 6 _2 M170 |
  | 3 _10 4 _2 M170 |
F65a1 F65a2
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F72a1 ::= M196 S8 M146^@8
F72a1 M227
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F81a1 ::= M229 .7# _2*2 2 _4 1 _2*2 1 _8 M147~/2 M174@9 _3 M165@7 _3 .5 _4 .7b _2 .7# _2
F81a2 ::= M237@-7 M150 4 _2 5b _2 M197@3 7b _4 M170
F81a1 F81a2
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F89a1 ::= | M148 |*2
  | M171~@-3 2 _2 4b _4 1 _2*2 |
  | 2 _4 .5 _2*2 4b _4 M147~/4 |
F89a2 ::= M193 7 _4 5 _2 M171 M147~/4 M193 M210@7 5 _2 M171 - _4
F89a1 F89a2
 
% mm.39@-1
M39@-1
 
 
% Part 3, from m.1
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F98a1 ::= - _32/3 S8@2 6 _8
F98a1 M227@2
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F106a1 ::= M242 M129@~-1 M205 M146@5 _2
F106a2 ::= 5 _4 3 _2 1 _2 .7b _4 3 _4 M231@-4 M147^@-5
F106a1 F106a2
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F113a ::= | M1@-3 M154 |*3
F113a
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
M154
 
% mm.154
M154
 
% mm.154
M154
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F117ca1 ::= 5 _4 6 _6 3 _2 3 _4 M235@~4 5 _2 6 _2 7 _4 6 _2 5 _2 6 _12 5 _4
F117ca1 M231
 
 
% Part 4, from m.1
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F121a ::= 5 _8 5 _6 2b _2 M205 M196@-8 7 _4
F121a
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F124a ::= M181 M96 M181 M147^@10
F124a
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
M221
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F129a1 ::= | '1 _8 M146^@10 |
  M146@5 _2 M147 M139~@19
F129a2 ::= .5 _12 .5 _74/21 M209@-3 M147~/2 M243 M129
F129a3 ::= | 3 _8 4 _158/21 6 _10/21 |
F129a1 F129a2 F129a3
 
bpm 163.25
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F138a1 ::= M229@3 M238@-5 '1 _6 5 _2 M233@26
F138a2 ::= M141
  | 4 _12 2b _4 |
  | 5b _6 3 _2 1 _4 3 _4 |
F138a1 F138a2
 
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F145a ::= M139^@-23
F145a
 
bpm 49
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F146a ::= - _5 2b 2b 3 4 _4 M210@-2 1 _4 - _2 .5b _2 M147@-5/2 - _4
F146a

% Schubert's Erlkönig is a HORSE first: repeated-note triplets,
% relentless, in the right hand. '/3' cuts a unit in three, so one
% hoofbeat is one unit and a measure is sixteen of them:

bpm 152
instrument plain
meter 4
unit 1/4
key g min

Hoof   ::= 5/3 5/3 5/3
Gallop ::= Hoof*16

Gallop

% Under the hooves, the left hand's swirl: the storm figure
% rising from the dark (its head lifted from the verified grammar):

Swirl ::= ..7 ..7 _2 ..7 ..1 _2 ..3 _2 ..5 _2 ..3 _2 ..1 _2

{Gallop, Swirl}

% The FATHER sings low and steady; the SON cries the same shape
% higher; the ERLKING coaxes in the parallel MAJOR: three
% characters, one phrase, register and mode doing the acting:

Voice ::= 5 _2 5 _2 5 _3 5 6 _2 5 _4 3 _4

Voice
{Voice}@12
key g maj
Voice
key g min

% Put the scene together: the cry over the gallop over the swirl
% that is the song's whole engine in one structure:

{{Voice}@12 Voice, Gallop Gallop, Swirl Swirl}

% THE RIDE ENTIRE: all 148 measures from the verified grammar,
% gallop to the last spoken bar.

bpm 152
meter 4
unit 1/4
key g4 min
mode diatonic

% The cast, every motif and chord the lead line uses:

M39 ::= {7, .7} _4/3
M7 ::= M39 M39
M1 ::= M7*4 M39
M149 ::= M1@-10*2
M33 ::= ..5Maj$5-1-3 _4/3 = {2, 1, .2} _4/3 = ..7Dia$3-5-1 _4/3
M10 ::= M33#2 M33#2 M33#2 M33#2 M33#2
M218 ::= M10 M10 M33#2 M33#2
M124 ::= {3, 1, .3} _4/3
M13 ::= M124*3
M118 ::= M1@-10 M7@-10 M39@-10
M69 ::= {5, 3, .7b} _4/3 = .3Dim$5-1-3 _4/3 = .5bDim$3-5-1 _4/3
M45 ::= M69#2 M69#2
M139 ::= g2 _4 - _12
M235 ::= 2 _4 1 _4
M146 ::= a4 _6 a4 _2
M236 ::= 3 _8 1 _8
M147 ::= g4 _8 - _8
M237 ::= M147^@7 M139~@31
M238 ::= '1 _4 '1 _8
M207 ::= ...5 _4 ...4b _4
M129 ::= 3 _8 - _4 3 _4
M174 ::= .4 _4/3*2
M209 ::= 4 _10/21 M174@10 _3
M194 ::= -*32
M241 ::= M194 - _16
M196 ::= 3 _8 - _4
M242 ::= M196@3 2b _4
M243 ::= 1 _8 M146
M221 ::= 7 _8 M146^@13
M141 ::= M139~@29
M245 ::= 5 _12 1 _4
M201 ::= 5 _12 3 _4
M197 ::= 4b _4 .7b _4
M165 ::= .7b _4/3 .4 _4/3
M210 ::= 4 _2 3 _2
M222 ::= .5 _2 M147@-5/2
M225 ::= .7 _12 4 _4
M134 ::= g2 _4/3 a2 _4/3
M171 ::= 4b _2 4 _4
M170 ::= 5 _2 4 _2
M96 ::= 7# _2 M222@15 7 _4
M205 ::= 2 _8 M146
S8 ::= M171@3 _2 M146^@10 M96@-3 M205@6 M196@4 M134@~15 _3*2 4b _2*2 4 _8
M227 ::= 5 _16 M139~@23
M229 ::= M174@11 _3 - _4
M150 ::= 1 _4 2 _2 M171
M148 ::= M197 4 _4 2 _2*2
M193 ::= M150 5 _2 7b _2
M231 ::= 5b _8 M174@13 _3
M154 ::= M7@-3 M39@-3
M181 ::= 7# _8 M146^@13
M233 ::= M147^@-18 - _16

bpm 163.25
bpm 49
bpm 152
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F1a ::= M149*3 M7@-10*3 M218 M13 M13 M13@-1*2
F1a

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F8a1 ::= | M118 |*4
F8a2 ::= M118 M218 M13*3 M45@-6 M69#2@-6
F8a1 F8a2

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F15a1 ::= M139~@26 3 _8 M235 M146 _2 M236
F15a1 M237

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F21a ::= 5 _12 M238 M207@37 7 _12 2 _4 M129
F21a

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F25a1 ::= | 6 _12 2 _65/21 4 _19/21 |
  | 3 _8*2 |
  | 6 _8 2 _6 2 _23/21 4 _19/21 |
  M129
F25a2 ::= 5 _12 2 _74/21 M209 M147~/2 M236@-1
F25a1 F25a2

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F32a1 ::= M147 M241
F32a2 ::= M139~@19 M242@-6 M243 M221@-7
F32a3 ::= M147^@5
F32a1 F32a2 F32a3

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F41a1 ::= M141 M245 M201@~1 5 _8 M197@3
F41a2 ::= M147^@8 M141
  | 5b _12 3 _4 |
  | M165@5 _3 - _4 4 _4 |
F41a3 ::= 5b _12 M210
F41a1 F41a2 F41a3

% Part 2, from m.1

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F50a1 ::= M147^@5 M139~@17 M146@-6 _2
  | .7 _12 .4 _4 |
F50a2 ::= .6 _6 M222 M194
F50a1 F50a2

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F57a1 ::= M141 M201 M225 M201
F57a2 ::= M225 M146@5 _2 7 _8 4 _8 4 _4 4b _4/3 M134@~17 4 _4 .7b _4
F57a1 F57a2

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F65a1 ::= M146@-4 _2 4 _12 5b _4 5 _8 M171~@~-1 4b _2 M245@-2
F65a2 ::= | 5 _12 5 _2*2 |
  | '1 _6 7 _2*2 6 _2 M170 |
  | 3 _10 4 _2 M170 |
F65a1 F65a2

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F72a1 ::= M196 S8 M146^@8
F72a1 M227

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F81a1 ::= M229 .7# _2*2 2 _4 1 _2*2 1 _8 M147~/2 M174@9 _3 M165@7 _3 .5 _4 .7b _2 .7# _2
F81a2 ::= M237@-7 M150 4 _2 5b _2 M197@3 7b _4 M170
F81a1 F81a2

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F89a1 ::= | M148 |*2
  | M171~@-3 2 _2 4b _4 1 _2*2 |
  | 2 _4 .5 _2*2 4b _4 M147~/4 |
F89a2 ::= M193 7 _4 5 _2 M171 M147~/4 M193 M210@7 5 _2 M171 - _4
F89a1 F89a2

% mm.39@-1
M39@-1

% Part 3, from m.1

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F98a1 ::= - _32/3 S8@2 6 _8
F98a1 M227@2

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F106a1 ::= M242 M129@~-1 M205 M146@5 _2
F106a2 ::= 5 _4 3 _2 1 _2 .7b _4 3 _4 M231@-4 M147^@-5
F106a1 F106a2

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F113a ::= | M1@-3 M154 |*3
F113a

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
M154

% mm.154
M154

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F117ca1 ::= 5 _4 6 _6 3 _2 3 _4 M235@~4 5 _2 6 _2 7 _4 6 _2 5 _2 6 _12 5 _4
F117ca1 M231

% Part 4, from m.1

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F121a ::= 5 _8 5 _6 2b _2 M205 M196@-8 7 _4
F121a

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F124a ::= M181 M96 M181 M147^@10
F124a

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
M221

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F129a1 ::= | '1 _8 M146^@10 |
  M146@5 _2 M147 M139~@19
F129a2 ::= .5 _12 .5 _74/21 M209@-3 M147~/2 M243 M129
F129a3 ::= | 3 _8 4 _158/21 6 _10/21 |
F129a1 F129a2 F129a3

bpm 163.25
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F138a1 ::= M229@3 M238@-5 '1 _6 5 _2 M233@26
F138a2 ::= M141
  | 4 _12 2b _4 |
  | 5b _6 3 _2 1 _4 3 _4 |
F138a1 F138a2

% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F145a ::= M139^@-23
F145a

bpm 49
% mm.1-7: M127 stepped through the scale; M119 stepped through the scale · 2 voices.
F146a ::= - _5 2b 2b 3 4 _4 M210@-2 1 _4 - _2 .5b _2 M147@-5/2 - _4
F146a

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