Hi, (I am not sure exactly how to reply to threads, please let me know if I am doing it wrong.)
Spoken words are not at all uncommon in songs, so I think there is a reasonable case for the facility. I would not like to see it on percussion if that means there will always be some kind of sound implied by the note. My program handles percussion as well as melody (though does not yet import it from abc). An indicator in the file header may be better, although existing files won't have it, of course. Neil Jennings -----Original Message----- From: Phil Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 02 October 2003 16:44 Subject: Re: [abcusers] Clarification wanted on abc draft standard 2.0 (fwd) >>In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, I. Oppenheim >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>>In most cases, lyrics are NOT wanted on rests, but I have seen some >>>files which DO use lyrics on rests. There is obviously no indication as >>>to which is intended when reading a file. The abc standard (draft 2.0) >>>says nothing about lyrics on rests, but the need DOES occur in some >>>circumstances. >>> >>>Is it possible to state, and include in the standard, what should be done? >> >>I think it is valid. The reasoning is as follows: >>a) Symbols can be on notes, rests and bar lines > >Bad Idea. This breaks all existing programs which support aligned words, >and any existing files which include aligned words and rests. > >If such a fundamental change from existing practice is to be contemplated >we will need some way of marking files to show that they are to be >interpreted in the new way. > > >This is an awful lot of trouble to achieve something which can be achieved >much more easily by restricting non-musical lyrics to percussion notation. > >It is not manadatory for abc to support every strange construction which anyone >has ever used in staff notation. > >Phil Taylor > > >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
