Data Models of German Lute Tablature With TScore

TL;DR

This work presents the application of TScore to German tablature notation, applying the method of computer-aided re-modelling to diverse formalisms and semantics of time-related data.

Abstract

TScore is both an abstract formalism and its computer implementation to construct models of arbitrary kinds of time-related data. It is a research project about the semantics of musical notation, applying the method of computer-aided re-modelling to diverse formalisms and semantics of time-related data. Here we present the application to German tablature notation. While the current implemention is merely a proof of concept, the lean architecture of TScore allows easy adaptation and extension.

Figures (3)

• Figure 1: Example by Newsidler: (1) First line of the original, as reproduced by wolf; (2) tscore source (3) generated control graphic
• Figure 2: Example by Newsidler: Beginning of the generated XML intermediate model, as it appears in XML text files
• Figure 3: DTD of the (intermediate) result data