Hi Ed, its good to have a fellow jazzer on the board. This was indeed my initial interest in abc, as I wanted an easy way to generate lead sheets and big band arrangements. That's one of the reasons I started working on iabc.
There is a site that has oodles of jazz arrangements that can be received in multiple formats, including abc. You can link there from the abc sourceforge page: http://abc.sourceforge.net It looks like the site is down for a few days...its a Norweigian site, I think. In a message dated 12/26/2002 10:00:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > The advice on how to handle automatic measure numbering by *NOT* putting > it into the abc file is particularly valuable. I'm interested in long-term > viability of my abc files. I manage my wife's vocal songbook (in her keys, my > arrangements) as well as my own arrangements of instrumentals of various > other standards. Currently the printouts are generated by Band-In-A-Box but > I'm moving to abc. (I'm using 3.1.9 of abcm2ps on Linux at the moment. > Gorgeous output!) Suggestions for longevity and portability are particularly > helpful. > I presume that the absence of a collection of jazz/pop/country standards > in abc format on the net is because of copyright issues. If such an archive > exists, however, I'd appreciate a pointer. > Again, thank you for the excellent advice. > > > > On Thursday 26 December 2002 12:10 am, you wrote: > > Ed Skinner wrote: > > > 1) Is there a FAQ? > > > > If you mean on abc notation itself, please check John Chambers' > > "Frequently Asked Questions about ABC Music Notation" <url: > > TITLE="http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/ABC-FAQ.html>" >TARGET="_blank">http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/ABC-FAQ.html>. > > > > > 2) Is there a way to get automatic measure numbering? > > > > Yes, but it is package dependent. J.F. Moine's abcm2ps, for instance, > > lets you specify that either of three ways: in the command line, in a > > format file or in the tune itself; please check files 'New.Features' and > > 'format.txt' for details (in abcm2ps's doc directory, e.g., > > /usr/share/doc/abcm2ps-<version>/). For portability, it would be > > advisable not to code this information in the abc file you intend to > > store tunes on a permanent basis. > > > > Lots of abc software references may be found at the Abc Home Page <url: > > TITLE="http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/>" >TARGET="_blank">http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/> sorted by operating system and > > other criteria. > > > > Best regards. > > > > Paulo Eleutério Tibúrcio > > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: > > http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > > -- > Ed Skinner, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.flat5.net/ > 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
