Score Statements

The statements used in scores are:

• a - Advance score time by a specified amount
• b - Resets the clock
• B - Accumulate clock adjustment
• C - Toggles carry facility
• d - Deletes an infinite instrument
• e - Marks the end of the last section of the score
• f - Causes a GEN subroutine to place values in a stored function table
• i - Makes an instrument active at a specific time and for a certain duration
• m - Sets a named mark in the score
• n - Repeats a section
• q - Used to quiet an instrument
• r - Starts a repeated section
• s - Marks the end of a section
• t - Sets the tempo
• v - Provides for locally variable time warping of score events
• x - Skip the rest of the current section
• y - Set seed for random numbers, either from p1 or, if omitted, the clock
• { - Begins a non-sectional, nestable loop.
• } - Ends a non-sectional, nestable loop.

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