Elapsed Time

REPRESENTATION

time — relative elapsed time (in seconds)

DESCRIPTION

The time representation is used to represent cumulative time (from some arbitrary moment deemed "time zero") to the onset of the current moment. A typical use for time is to represent the elapsed time from the beginning of a work (in seconds). Data tokens in time consist simply of numbers of seconds, with an optional decimal value. The time representation has no provision for representing "hours" or "minutes".

Barlines are represented using the "common system" for barlines — see barlines.

FILE TYPE

It is recommended that files containing predominantly time data should be given names with the distinguishing `.tim' extension.

SIGNIFIERS

The following table summarizes the time mappings of signifiers and signifieds.

0-9 decimal values
. fractional second delimiter; null token
= barlines
== double barline

Summary of time Signifiers

EXAMPLES

A sample document is given below:

**kern **metpos **takt **time
*M4/4 *M4/4 *M4/4 *M4/4
*MM60 *MM60 *MM60 *MM60
*c: * * *
=1 =1 =1 =1
8r 1 1 0
16cc 4 1.5 0.5
16bn 5 1.75 0.75
8cc 3 2 1
8g 4 2.5 1.5
8a- 2 3 2
16cc 4 3.5 2.5
16b 5 3.75 2.75
8cc 3 4 3
8dd 4 4.5 3.5
=2 =2 =2 =2
8g 1 1 4
16cc 4 1.5 4.5
16bn 5 1.75 4.75
8cc 3 2 5
8dd 4 2.5 5.5
16f 2 3 6
16g 5 3.25 6.25
4a- 4 3.5 6.5

PERTINENT COMMANDS

Currently, no special-purpose Humdrum commands produce time as output, or process time encoded data as input.

TANDEM INTERPRETATIONS

The following tandem interpretations can be used in conjunction with time:

MIDI channel *Ch1
meter signatures *M6/8
tempo *MM96.3

Tandem interpretations for time

SEE ALSO

` barlines, **date, **dur, **metpos, **ordo, **recip, **takt, **Zeit`