>>>>> "James" == James Allwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I'd rather stay away from L:. A quick look through some of my collection
>> shows that it would give the wrong beat more often than not.
>>
James> Then presumably you are not using the Q: field as defined.
But we aren't discussing the current definition of the Q: field.
What we're talking about is adding a new keyword, which should have a
default value for tunes where it isn't entered. This doesn't
necessarily have anything to do with the default values of the current
fields.
The way I use the L: field is to simplify data entry; the way I use
the Q: field would be pretty unreadable to people who are used to
published metronome markings if it was always in terms of the L:
field. That is, in music where the beat is divided into 2, 4, 8, or
more parts, I might very likely want to enter music with an L: of a
much shorter value than I would want to specify the beat. I might
also change the L: field when I had no reason to change what the beat
was.
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