> I'd like to propose a variant (to be signaled by a flag, say V:-, in the > header) where whitespace within a measure becomes the delimiter for > beats. > > %Example 1 > M:2/4 > V:- > | ab abcd | > > GROUPING, CONTINUATION and SUBDIVISION > The above measure represents a group of 2 eighth-notes, ab, followed a > group of 4 sixteenth notes. > > In this scheme, the dash or minus-sign would represent a continuation > of the preceding pitch.
That's similar to what Curwen sol-fa does, except that sol-fa uses proportional spacing to provide a visual backup for its implicit coding of note length. You would be better served by having a translator from ABC to that than by inventing a third notation that wasn't quite as good as either of those existing ones. (I'm sure somebody somewhere has invented an ASCII representation for solfa - not much point in a human using it directly, as solfa uses kerning and non-ASCII characters to useful effect, but such a thing might make a better target for a translator). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack> * food intolerance data & recipes, Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files, and my CD-ROM "Embro, Embro". ------> off-list mail to "j-c" rather than "abc" at this site, please <------ To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
