Usage

Basic Usage

Juggling Lab (JL) supports hand siteswap sequences. In order to simulate a pattern with OSS 42 and HSS 13, enter the OSS in the pattern field and enter the HSS in the "Manual Settings" field as hss=13.

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See Additional Settings for other options.

Now we show the siteswap sequences of some known patterns and compare it with other existing notations.

Solo Juggler Example

Pattern Input

Pattern: 42
Manual Settings: hss=13

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• Common Interpretation: "Galloped" 423
  • no straightforward way to mimic galloped timing in simulators
  • actual pattern looks rhythmic and not galloped
• JL asynchronous notation: R4 R2x L4 L2x
  • lengthy representation
  • need to change default dwell beats (find proper param name) to a value less than 1
  • does not optimize the dwell time to enable the 4 throws to be thrown lower
• JL synchronous notation: (2, 2T)! (0, 2x)! (2T,2)! (2x, 0)!
  • lengthy representation
  • why should we need synchronous notation for an asynchronous pattern
  • needs understanding of synchronous notation, throw modifiers and suppressed beats

Asynchronous Prechac

Pattern Input

Pattern: 5
Manual Settings: hss=4

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• Common (Prechac) interpretation: 2.5p
  • Involves fractional throws and modifiers to indicate passes
  • Need modified average theorem and permutation test to check validity and to determine the number of jugglers and objects
• JL synchronous notation: <(0,5xp) (5xp,0) | (0,0)! (0,5p) (5p,0)!>
  • Apart from synchronous notation, suppressed beats and throw modifiers, knowledge of passing notation is also needed to represent what is essentially an asynchronous pattern
• The OSS/HSS approach is how Tarim envisaged asynchronous Prechac patterns
  • Tarim suggested class of patterns which combined any oss with hss 2 × numberOfJugglers
  • Hand assignment imagined by Tarim was same as our default hand assignment

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Pattern discovery

Combining any valid object siteswap sequence with any valid hand siteswap sequence yields a valid pattern. For example:

Pattern Input

Pattern: 7
Manual Settings: hss=423

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• Though all throws are 7's, the difficulty level for individual hands is different
• The hand throwing every third beat has the easiest role
• Roles can be identified and assigned to jugglers with different skill levels via the handspec feature

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