Yes, Hudson has done a terrific job in implementing shaped notes for abcm2ps and so did Jeff Moine in improving his program to better favor this feature. Again, a big thank you for both. Granted, it is a solfa system not known so well outside North America, but it has many adepts. There are hundreds of songbooks and hymnals already printed and being printed with shaped notes. This feature puts abcm2ps among one of the few programs that can handle such notation: Finale, Sibelius, MusicEase, Harmony (and Melody) Assistant, MUP and Lilypond. Ideally, the instruction for shaped notes should be associated to the "K" field. But I imagine it would only be possible if the program abcm2ps would support shaped notes independently of a format file. Meanwhile, Hudson's .fmt works really great. The 7-shape system (Aiken) is, by far (I think), the most used, but the Sacred Harp system (which I don't know much about) shouldn't be disregarded.
With best regards, Eduardo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Remo D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <abcusers@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps extensions > Well, this is where my lack of musical knowledg pops up :) > > I didn't know there was a standard about note heads so I tried to figure > out a mechanism to implement an association. > > I'll re-read carfully Phil's message and yours (plus your fmt & > postscript) to understand better (and will google on the net). I > entirely missed the part on notes names .... > > Anyway, from a syntax point of view, what's missing in ABC? If the > association is standardized and only dependant on the key why should > they change during the tune? > > As for the "%%setdrum ..." I agree that the the name could be > misleading. I'm ok with "%%setpercussion" (from my point of view is just > a matter of modify a string :) ). > > Remo D. > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/mjFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/abcusers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
