Module Name: src
Committed By: uwe
Date: Sun Jul 5 01:05:01 UTC 2020
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man4: speaker.4
Log Message:
Clarify initial state some more.
Mention that the initial current octave is 4. Drop filler verbiage
that octaves are "from C to B".
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.28 -r1.29 src/share/man/man4/speaker.4
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Index: src/share/man/man4/speaker.4
diff -u src/share/man/man4/speaker.4:1.28 src/share/man/man4/speaker.4:1.29
--- src/share/man/man4/speaker.4:1.28 Sun Jul 5 00:38:23 2020
+++ src/share/man/man4/speaker.4 Sun Jul 5 01:05:01 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: speaker.4,v 1.28 2020/07/05 00:38:23 uwe Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: speaker.4,v 1.29 2020/07/05 01:05:01 uwe Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2016 Nathanial Sloss <[email protected]>
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -131,20 +131,24 @@ The
.Ic MF
and
.Ic X
-primitives of
+commands of
.Ic PLAY
are not useful in a
.Tn UNIX
-environment and are omitted.
+environment and are not implemented.
The
.Dq octave-tracking
feature is also new.
.Pp
-There are 84 accessible notes numbered 1\(en84 in 7 octaves, each running from
-C to B, numbered 0\(en6; the scale is equal-tempered A440 and octave\~2 starts
-with middle C.
-By default, the play function emits half-second notes with the
-last 1/16th second being
+There are 84 accessible notes numbered 1\(en84 in 7 octaves numbered 0\(en6;
+octave\~2 starts with middle C.
+The tuning is equal-tempered A440.
+.Pp
+In the initial state the current octave is 4,
+the default note duration is quarter notes,
+the tempo is 120 bpm,
+and the articulation is non-legato or normal,
+i.e. half-second notes with the last 1/16th second being
.Dq rest time .
.Pp
Play strings are interpreted left to right as a series of play command groups.
