set octave in note

[GhostShadow0316]

My idea:

 note name
 ↓
4c4 ← note length
↑
octave

[daveyarwood]

Hi, thanks for the suggestion! When I was designing the Alda language, I took inspiration from Modern MML, which keeps octaves separate from notes. I think it's cleaner that way, and the code ends up being more concise.

Compare:

4c4 4d4 4e4 4f4 4g4 4a4 4b4 5c4

with:

o4 c4 d4 e4 f4 g4 a4 b4 > c4

And for extra conciseness, both MML and Alda allow you to omit the duration from notes, and it will default to the last-used duration:

o4 c4 d e f g a b > c

[GhostShadow0316]

those two systems can work together