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Preface to Filthy Pierre's Microfilk, including instructions on how to read chords in text format. Excerpt:

The letters below the words indicate the melody. This leaves one small problem: how do you tell if a (say) "c" refers to middle c, or low c, or high c, or whatever? For the first not of a song, it doesn't matter—choose whichever note makes it easiest to sing. On later notes, the note to be sung is usually the closest note of letter given to the preceding note. For example, "c g" would indicate a c, followed by the g below it. "c f" would indicate a c followed by the f above it (distances are measured in half-tones on the keyboard). Where this is not the case, a capital letter is used. For example, "c G" indicates a c, followed by the g above it. "c F" indicates a c followed by the f below it. A capital letter without further explanation indicates the second-closest note of the letter to the preceding note. Notes with an asterisk (*) are always capitalized, and indicate the third-closest note of that letter. These notes are also accompanied by a footnote explaining the exact note. In summary: c = closest note; C = second-closest note; C* = third-closest note. Got it? Good. There'll be a quiz. Actually, it's not too hard to pick up, since almost all notes are lower-case. Oh, yes—one last point. In case of ties (two notes equally close to the preceding note), the higher note counts as closer. Examples: "c c" is the same note sung twice; "c C" is the note followed by the note an octave higher; "b f" is a b followed by the f above it: "b F" is a b followed by the f below it (b and f are six half-tones apart in either direction).

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