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Tárrega: guitar tremolo by anchor application

% Tárrega's tremolo: every melody note is played FOUR times while
% the thumb rolls the harmony below. In this language the tremolo is
% a relative motif (three repeats of wherever you are) and ANCHOR
% APPLICATION stamps it through the tune:
 
bpm 74
meter 3
unit 1/4
key a min
 
Trem ::= i0 i0 i0
 
'3 Trem '2 Trem '1 Trem
 
 
% The same three melody notes WITHOUT the machinery, then with it
% and the assert says the stamp is exactly the spelled-out tremolo:
 
assert Trem('3 '2 '1) == { '3 i0 i0 i0 '2 i0 i0 i0 '1 i0 i0 i0 }
Trem('3 '2 '1)
 
 
% Under the shimmer the thumb arpeggiates: melody above, roll
% below, the full Alhambra texture in two fields:
 
Roll ::= .1 _2 3 _2 5 _2 3 _2 5 _2 3 _2
 
{Trem('3 '2 '1), Roll}
 
 
% The famous opening descent, stamped and rolled: three measures
% of moonlit courtyard (anchor calls live in expressions, so the
% descent is spelled where it plays):
 
{Trem('3 '2 '1) Trem('2 '1 7) Trem('1 7 6), Roll Roll Roll}
 
 
% THE MEMORY ENTIRE: all 58 measures from the verified
% grammar.
 
bpm 74
meter 3
unit 1/4
key a4 harm
mode diatonic
instrument pluck
 
% The cast, every motif and chord the lead line uses:
 
M41 ::= | ..1 _12 |*3
M51 ::= e2 _12 e2 _12 a2 _12
 
key c4 maj
key a4 harm
key d4 harm
key a4 harm
key a4 maj
key a4 harm
key a4 maj
key a4 harm
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F1a ::= M41
  | ..1 _12 |
F1a
 
key c4 maj
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F5a1 ::= M41@12
  | .1 _12 |
F5a2 ::= | .4 _12 |
F5a1 F5a2
 
key a4 harm
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F10a ::= ..6 _8 ..4 _4 M51
F10a
 
key d4 harm
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F14a ::= | ..7 _12 |
  M41@12
F14a
 
 
% Part 2, from m.1
 
key a4 harm
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F18a ::= ...6 _12 M51
F18a
 
key a4 maj
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F22a ::= M41
  | ..1 _12 |
F22a
 
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F26a1 ::= M41
  | ...6 _12 |
F26a2 ::= | ...7 _12 |
  | ..3 _12 |*2
  | ..2 _12 |
F26a3 ::= | ...5 _12 |
F26a1 F26a2 F26a3
 
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F35a ::= | ..1 _12 |*2
F35a
 
 
% Part 3, from m.1
 
key a4 harm
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F37a ::= | ..1 _12 |
F37a
 
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F1a F37a
 
 
% Part 4, from m.1
 
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F43a ::= | ...5 _12 |
  | ...5 _8 ...5 _4 |
  | ..1 _12 |
F43a
 
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
M41
 
key a4 maj
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F49a ::= | ..1 _12 |*2
  | ...5 _12 |
F49a
 
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F52a1 ::= | ...5 _12 |
  M41
F52a2 ::= | ..1 _12 |
F52a1 F52a2
 
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F57a ::= | ..1Maj$1-'3-1-5 _12 |
  | ..1Maj$1-3-5-1 _12 |
F57a

% Tárrega's tremolo: every melody note is played FOUR times while
% the thumb rolls the harmony below. In this language the tremolo is
% a relative motif (three repeats of wherever you are) and ANCHOR
% APPLICATION stamps it through the tune:

bpm 74
meter 3
unit 1/4
key a min

Trem ::= i0 i0 i0

'3 Trem '2 Trem '1 Trem

% The same three melody notes WITHOUT the machinery, then with it
% and the assert says the stamp is exactly the spelled-out tremolo:

assert Trem('3 '2 '1) == { '3 i0 i0 i0 '2 i0 i0 i0 '1 i0 i0 i0 }
Trem('3 '2 '1)

% Under the shimmer the thumb arpeggiates: melody above, roll
% below, the full Alhambra texture in two fields:

Roll ::= .1 _2 3 _2 5 _2 3 _2 5 _2 3 _2

{Trem('3 '2 '1), Roll}

% The famous opening descent, stamped and rolled: three measures
% of moonlit courtyard (anchor calls live in expressions, so the
% descent is spelled where it plays):

{Trem('3 '2 '1) Trem('2 '1 7) Trem('1 7 6), Roll Roll Roll}

% THE MEMORY ENTIRE: all 58 measures from the verified
% grammar.

bpm 74
meter 3
unit 1/4
key a4 harm
mode diatonic
instrument pluck

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

M41 ::= | ..1 _12 |*3
M51 ::= e2 _12 e2 _12 a2 _12

key c4 maj
key a4 harm
key d4 harm
key a4 harm
key a4 maj
key a4 harm
key a4 maj
key a4 harm
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F1a ::= M41
  | ..1 _12 |
F1a

key c4 maj
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F5a1 ::= M41@12
  | .1 _12 |
F5a2 ::= | .4 _12 |
F5a1 F5a2

key a4 harm
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F10a ::= ..6 _8 ..4 _4 M51
F10a

key d4 harm
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F14a ::= | ..7 _12 |
  M41@12
F14a

% Part 2, from m.1

key a4 harm
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F18a ::= ...6 _12 M51
F18a

key a4 maj
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F22a ::= M41
  | ..1 _12 |
F22a

% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F26a1 ::= M41
  | ...6 _12 |
F26a2 ::= | ...7 _12 |
  | ..3 _12 |*2
  | ..2 _12 |
F26a3 ::= | ...5 _12 |
F26a1 F26a2 F26a3

% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F35a ::= | ..1 _12 |*2
F35a

% Part 3, from m.1

key a4 harm
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F37a ::= | ..1 _12 |
F37a

% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F1a F37a

% Part 4, from m.1

% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F43a ::= | ...5 _12 |
  | ...5 _8 ...5 _4 |
  | ..1 _12 |
F43a

% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
M41

key a4 maj
% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F49a ::= | ..1 _12 |*2
  | ...5 _12 |
F49a

% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F52a1 ::= | ...5 _12 |
  M41
F52a2 ::= | ..1 _12 |
F52a1 F52a2

% mm.1-4: Ped stepped through the scale; M3 stepped through the scale; Q1 stepped through the scale · 3 voices.
F57a ::= | ..1Maj$1-'3-1-5 _12 |
  | ..1Maj$1-3-5-1 _12 |
F57a

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