Using Alert Script Language

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To play the C scale starting with middle C and ending with the C above middle C, type the following:

4CDEFGAB 5C

To play the C scale starting with middle C, and then play the descending scale, type the following:

4CDEFGAB 5C 4BAGFEDC

Assigning Note Values

In music, notes have values that define how long the note should be sounded. The following table describes the note values supported by alert script language. When the device plays an alert, the notes are held for the length of time shown in the alert script language time value column.

Note

Name

Relative

Alert script

Alert script language

 

 

length

language

time value

 

 

 

symbol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whole note

4 beats

w

2 seconds

 

 

 

 

 

 

Half note

2 beats

h

1 second

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter note

1 beat

q

½ second

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eighth note

½ beat

e

¼ second

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sixteenth note

¼ beat

s

1/8 second

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thirty-second note

1/8 beat

t

1/16 second

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Increase the

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Increase the time

 

 

length of note

 

value 50 percent

 

 

50 percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Motorola 009 manual Assigning Note Values, 4CDEFGAB 5C