Humdrum Representation for Sequential Order

REPRESENTATION

**ordo -- sequential order of events representation

DESCRIPTION

The **ordo representation consists of a set of numerical values indicating the order of events. An **ordo spine simply encodes a series of ascending integers marking the succession of events:
**ordo
1
2
3
4
5
*-
The **ordo representation recognizes "common system" barlines -- see barlines.

FILE TYPE

It is recommended that files containing predominantly **ordo data should be given names with the distinguishing `.ord' extension.

SIGNIFIERS

The following table summarizes the **ordo mappings of signifiers and signifieds.
0-9decimal values
.null token
=barlines
==double barline
Summary of **ordo Signifiers

EXAMPLES

A sample document is given below:
**ordo
=1
1
2
3
=2
4
.
5
*-

PERTINENT COMMANDS

The following Humdrum command produces **ordo data as output:
numnumber selected Humdrum data records

TANDEM INTERPRETATIONS

The following tandem interpretations can be used in conjunction with **ordo:
meter signatures*M6/8
key signatures*k[f#c#]
key*c#:
tempo*MM96.3
timebase*tb32
Tandem interpretations for **ordo

SEE ALSO

barlines, **date, **dur, **metpos, **recip, scramble, **takt, **time, **Zeit