OK, I know I've seen some stuff on this before, but searching the archive didn't help, so here goes.
I recently tried something new (at least for me), and I'm looking for a little advice. My wife came back from her voice lesson with a HIDEOUSLY transcribed jazz vocal piece, with just a melody line, lyrics under the staff (multiple verses) and guitar chords over the staff. For the most part, I was able to transcribe the piece pretty faithfully, but there were some issues that I thought needed some clarification, so here goes: (NOTE - using abcm2ps) Problem 1: As far as I can tell, you can only align chords with actual notes. This is a problem for me. Suppose I have a measure that looks like this (M:C, L:1/4) E/D/ C3 and I want guitar chords to change on beats 1 and 3. If I do this: "Am"E/D/ "C"C3 It looks like the "C" chord should start on beat 2. If I put the "C" after the note C3, it shows up in the next measure. Any ideas on this one? How do I tell abcm2ps to put the guitar chord "C" beyond the start of the note "C3", or can I? Problem 2: I recall a recent thread on "cue notes" (those slightly smaller notes that tell you what some other instrument is playing while you're not). This functionality would be highly useful, especially for a vocal "lead sheet". Problem 3: For the case where there's an 'extra' pickup note, say for a second verse, occasionally you'll see the notation where that 'extra' note is enclosed in parentheses on the staff. Can we do that? Overall, I was very impressed with how easily I was able to render this tune, given my existing knowledge of working with ABC, so this isn't a whine or rant to the author(s) of the tools, just a general plea for info. Thanks, all. -Chris Christopher Myers em: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: chrismyers001 To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
