Module humdrum 

Humdrum **kern scores. Humdrum: music21’s humdrum.spineParser, which reads **kern scores.

A Humdrum file is a table. Each column is a spine – a part – and each line a moment; a cell holds a note (4c# is a quarter C sharp above middle C), a barline (=12), an instruction (*clefG2, *M3/4) or a dot where nothing new happens. A spine may split into two voices (*^) and come together again (*v). **dynam spines carry dynamics and **text spines the words sung, and **harm spines the harmony read into the music, each said by *staff to belong to a **kern spine.

Modules

harm

The harmonic annotations a **harm spine carries: music21’s humdrum.harmParser.

Structs

GlobalComment

A comment on the whole table, kept in the score where it was written: music21’s GlobalComment.

MiscTandem

An instruction kept in the score where it was written: music21’s MiscTandem.

SpineComment

A ! comment in one spine, kept where it was written: music21’s SpineComment. Its priority, the line it was written on, is the event’s.

Constants

INSTRUMENTS

music21’s humdrumInstruments: the instrument each Humdrum *I code names.

INSTRUMENT_CLASSES

music21’s humdrumInstrumentClassToInstrument: the family each *IC code names.

Functions

from_humdrum

Reads a Humdrum file into a score: music21’s converter.parse of one.