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The Sussex Carol
Post by Richard Russell on Dec 17th, 2017, 09:34am

Here's a seasonal offering from Ron Stickley: The Sussex Carol, transcribed for the old Z80 Music Program in 1983. The code will run in 'BBC BASIC for SDL 2.0' (on all platforms, including the experimental 64-bit version!) or in 'BBC BASIC for Windows' (including the trial version).

I don't think it's common to repeat the first verse, but Ron did so I've kept that feature in his memory. I'm so pleased that a reasonably complete archive of Ron's transcriptions has survived all this time.

Because of its length I have listed the source code in a separate message.



Richard.
Re: The Sussex Carol
Post by Richard Russell on Dec 17th, 2017, 09:34am

Code:
REM The Sussex Carol, Traditional Lyrics and Melody.REM Transcribed for Z80 Music by Ron J. Stickley 1983REM BBC BASIC version by Richard Russell, 16-Dec-2017IF INKEY$(-256) = "W" THEN INSTALL @lib$+"HQSOUND" PROC_hqinit *FONT Consolas,10 PROC_stereo(0,-127) PROC_stereo(1,-0) PROC_stereo(2,127) PROC_stereo(3,127)ELSE ON ERROR IF ERR=17 CHAIN @lib$+"../examples/tools/touchide" ELSE PRINT REPORT$ : END OSCLI "FONT """ + @lib$ + "DejaVuSansMono"",10" *STEREO 0,-127 *STEREO 1,0 *STEREO 2,127 *STEREO 3,127ENDIF*TEMPO 129DIM snd{(3,50)a&,p&,d&}, p%(3), q%(3), vol%(3)DIM cmajor&(7), scale%(7), acc%(7), flat&(7), sharp&(7)cmajor&() = 88,96,52,60,68,72,80flat&() = 0, &02, &12, &13, &1B, &5B, &5F, &7Fsharp&() = 0, &A0, &A4, &E4, &EC, &ED, &FD, &FFvol%() = 4, 1, 2, 3dur% = 24tempo% = 3ENVELOPE 1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,56,0,-28,-8,112,0ENVELOPE 2,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,0,-14,-4,56,0ENVELOPE 3,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,0,-14,-4,56,0ENVELOPE 4,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,0,-14,-4,56,0REPEAT T$ = "" REPEAT READ R$ : IF R$="" OFF : REPEAT WAIT 10 : UNTIL FALSE T$ += R$ : IF RIGHT$(T$) = "\" T$ = LEFT$(T$) UNTIL RIGHT$(R$) <> "\" acc%() = scale%() clef% = 48 : voice% = 1 p%() = 0 : q%() = 0 play% = FALSE WHILE T$<>"" I% = 1 : WHILE INSTR("0123456789",MID$(T$,I%,1)) I% += 1 : ENDWHILE IF I% > 1 dur% = VALLEFT$(T$,I%-1) : T$ = MID$(T$,I%) C$ = LEFT$(T$,1) : T$=MID$(T$,2) CASE C$ OF  WHEN "[": PRINT T$ :T$ = ""  WHEN ";": T$ = ""   WHEN " ":   WHEN "P": T$ = MID$(T$,2)   WHEN "T": acc%() = scale%() : clef% = 48   WHEN "S": acc%() = scale%() : clef% = 0   WHEN "V": voice% = ASC(T$) - &30 : T$=MID$(T$,2)    IF voice%=4 voice%=0   WHEN "W": wave% = VAL(T$) : T$ = MID$(T$,2)    WHILE ADVAL(-5-voice%)<8 WAIT 0:ENDWHILE    IF wave% = 0 vol%(voice%) = 1    IF INKEY$(-256) = "W" THEN     PROC_voice(voice%, wave%)    ELSE     OSCLI "voice " + STR$voice% + "," + STR$(wave%)    ENDIF   WHEN "K": key% = ASC(T$) - &30 : T$=MID$(T$,2)    scale%() = 0    IF key% THEN     key$ = LEFT$(T$,1) : T$=MID$(T$,2)     CASE key$ OF      WHEN "#": key& = sharp&(key%)      WHEN "b","&": key& = flat&(key%)     ENDCASE     FOR I% = 0 TO 6      IF key& AND (2^I%) scale%(I%) = -4 : IF key& AND &80 scale%(I%) = +4     NEXT    ENDIF    acc%() = scale%()    SOUND 1,-15,0,4   OTHERWISE    Note% = INSTR("ABCDEFG$",C$)-1    IF Note% < 0 ERROR 100, "Unrecognised command "+C$    octave% = 0    staccato = 0    REPEAT     ok% = FALSE     CASE LEFT$(T$,1) OF      WHEN "#": acc%(Note%) = 4 : T$=MID$(T$,2) : ok% = TRUE      WHEN "%": acc%(Note%) = 0 : T$=MID$(T$,2) : ok% = TRUE      WHEN "&","b": acc%(Note%) =-4 : T$=MID$(T$,2) : ok% = TRUE      WHEN "+": octave% += 48  : T$=MID$(T$,2) : ok% = TRUE      WHEN "-": octave% -= 48  : T$=MID$(T$,2) : ok% = TRUE      WHEN ",": staccato = 1/2 : T$=MID$(T$,2) : ok% = TRUE      WHEN "'": staccato = 1/8 : T$=MID$(T$,2) : ok% = TRUE      WHEN """": staccato = 1/4 : T$=MID$(T$,2) : ok% = TRUE     ENDCASE    UNTIL NOT ok%    tim% = dur% DIV 3 * tempo%    IF LEFT$(T$,1)="." tim% = dur% DIV 3 * tempo% * 3/2 : T$=MID$(T$,2)    IF LEFT$(T$,1)=":" tim% = dur% DIV 3 * tempo% * 2/3 : T$=MID$(T$,2)    pitch% = cmajor&(Note%) + acc%(Note%) + clef% + octave%    IF Note% = 7 pitch% = 0    WHILE pitch% < 0 pitch% += 48 : ENDWHILE    WHILE pitch% > 255 : pitch% -= 48 : ENDWHILE    IF tim% < 0 ERROR 100, "Duration out of range: "+STR$tim%    gap% = INT(tim% * staccato) + 0.5    IF voice% < 4 THEN     IF gap% THEN tim% -= gap%     REPEAT      IF tim% < 254 l% = tim% ELSE l% = 254      snd{(voice%,p%(voice%))}.a& = vol%(voice%)      snd{(voice%,p%(voice%))}.p& = pitch%      snd{(voice%,p%(voice%))}.d& = l%      p%(voice%) += 1      tim% -= l%     UNTIL tim% = 0     IF gap% THEN      snd{(voice%,p%(voice%))}.a& = vol%(voice%)      snd{(voice%,p%(voice%))}.p& = 0      snd{(voice%,p%(voice%))}.d& = gap%      p%(voice%) += 1     ENDIF    ENDIF    play% = TRUE  ENDCASE ENDWHILE IF play% THEN  SOUND &300,0,0,0 : SOUND &301,0,0,0 : SOUND &302,0,0,0 : SOUND &303,0,0,0  WHILE p%(0)<>q%(0) OR p%(1)<>q%(1) OR p%(2)<>q%(2) OR p%(3)<>q%(3)   stall% = TRUE   FOR v% = 0 TO 3    IF q%(v%) < p%(v%) IF ADVAL(-5-v%) THEN     stall% = FALSE     SOUND v%,snd{(v%,q%(v%))}.a&,snd{(v%,q%(v%))}.p&,snd{(v%,q%(v%))}.d&     q%(v%) += 1    ENDIF   NEXT v%   IF stall% WAIT 0  ENDWHILE ENDIFUNTIL FALSEENDDATA [  THE SUSSEX CAROL - Traditional English Carol.DATA [ Transcribed for Z80 Music by R.J.Stickley 1983.DATA [DATA [ 1. 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Re: The Sussex Carol
Post by Richard Russell on Dec 18th, 2017, 10:25pm

I'm rather disappointed to have received no reaction to this (except a solitary 'like' on Facebook). Is it that bad? Or have the religious overtones inadvertently caused offence (I am an atheist but I can still enjoy the music and appreciate the skill that went into the transcription)?

Richard.
Re: The Sussex Carol
Post by michael on Dec 19th, 2017, 02:17am

That is a very nice carol. Do you play an instrument like violin or piano or guitar? I doubt it would be as much to do with religion as it would do with the times. Times change. Although, it does bring back memories of programming my TRS-80 back in 1982.

Id say, it would be a matter of spirit (inner spirit) that drives a person to create such melodies.

Quote:
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there will ever be to know and understand

: Einstein

The universe would have no meaning without awareness, and would not exist without those whom were there to witness its endless wonders. So what is likely or unlikely is irrelevant, for it is what one makes of experience that gives life meaning.

I wish you well Richard.