Harnica

The score editor supports the following notations

• Alphabets: C, Dm, Fsus2, B7/C, etc.
• Degree codes: I, II, V7, VI, etc.

The following quality notations are supported for both alphabetical and degree codes

• 7th: C7, I7, etc.
• Tension: C7(9), I7(9)(11), etc.
• Omit: C7omit3, I7omit3omit5, etc.
• Suspend: Csus2, Isus4, etc.
• Slashes: C/B, I/III, etc.

Up or down an octave can be expressed by adding a + or - at the beginning of the note

• Examples: +C, -I, etc.
• String: _, rest: %, etc.
• Rests: %.
• Measure separator: |

Abbreviations

Harnica has an abbreviated notation based on the general chord notation.

• C → Cmaj (CM)
  C is interpreted as an abbreviation for Cmaj (CM).
• C9 (C(9)) → C7(9) = Cadd7add9
C9 or C(9) is interpreted as C7(9).
  To simply add a 9th degree note, write Cadd9. The maximum tension, C13, adds the 7th, 9th, 11th, and 13th keys.

Notation for controls

• Key changes: Key=C, Key=A
  Degree chords cannot be used to specify keys
  . Also, you cannot specify major or minor (scale).
• Tempo change: BPM=120.

comment notation

• Lines beginning with # are ignored as comments.