Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps, guitar chords, vocal music, etc.

[MCPearce0]

> How about
>
> "Am"E/D/ C-"C"C2
>
> ?
>
> This would also be clearer to read for the accompanist, and it doesn't violate
> the guideline that the third beat of a bar in common time should be visibly
> delineated (ie beat two shouldn't be a dotted minim!)
>

>This is a real "guideline"?  I've never heard that one before.  That would imply that syncopated rhythms should be written >as

No. The recommended way with notes is to avoid ties. In 4/4: |C C3|C3 C|C C2 C|| are all the accepted forms. With rests the picture is different and  |C z z2|z2 z C|C z z C| would be the accepted forms.

Mick Pearce