Well, I think that an annotation that says that something is supposed to be played on bagpipes (no, I don't have any) would be *at* *least* as important musically as one that says it's to be played like a hornpipe. Now there's nothing to stop you from playing a bagpipe tune on a concertina, just as there's nothing to stop you playing a hornpipe as a reel (I gather that's called a "breakdown"), in a different key and with some of the notes left out - but it will be different from the writer's written idea.
Laurie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 10:33 AM Subject: [abcusers] Re: To tell the dancer from the dance "Strike the concertina's melancholy string! Blow the spirit-stirring harp like anything!" W.S.Gilbert Laurie Griffiths said - >An instruction to play a note on fret 9 of the G string instead of the open >E string is musically relevant. My concertina doesn't have E or G strings and I'm not playing top E on the G string of my fiddle for anyone. >A difference between two pieces of notation is musically relevant if and >only if it means they should sound different. This and the example imply that the instrument being played is relevant. Wouldn't it be best to exclude instrument specific notation from abc? It could get very messy if you don't. Bryan Creer To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
