James Allwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What ">" and "<" gives you in abc2midi is a notation for tunes in > 6/8 masquerading as tunes in 4/4. This covers hornpipes and probably > strathspays (though I can't tell since I don't get to hear very many > of those). This is not a mistake.
Yes it is, as far as strathspeys are concerned. Many people play »>« stuff in strathspeys tending towards 7:1 rather than 3:1 (that is, »A>A« sounds like »A>>A« rather than »(3A2A«) but very few people if any consider strathspeys pseudo-12/8. The »>« notation is so useful for strathspeys, many of which consist of nothing but »X>Y« and »X<Y«, that insisting that it is just for hornpipes strikes me as very impractical indeed. Look at, say, any volume of Kerr's Collection to see that »>« (and »<«) is just what the doctor ordered. Anselm -- Anselm Lingnau .......................................... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caveat: untested, so there may be typos, or even thoughtos. -- Donald Arseneau To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
