[abcusers] Chords - Note Seq in ABC2Win
A version of abc2win incorporating very minor updates is available. One of the changes concerns the sequence of notes in a chord. ABC2Win now preserves the sequence in the notation and does its own sorting to draw the chord. So the program no longer requires lowest first. The preview fully functional but I have not had a chance to convert it into full release. The version is 2.1k. Jim Vint abc2win.com Bryan Creer wrote: > >Another observation: There are a number of monophonic abc players > >that just play the first note in a chord. > > So there is already a conflict between these and abc2win which demands > lowest first. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] tempo defaults
> > I am new to this stuff but am really intrigued. > > I have the abc2win and have been having problems with the quickplay > > playing > > tunes at Q:443 if there is no specified tempo in the file. > > Is there a way to change the default? > I have no idea how to change the defaults of abc2win, but unless you're > working on a large number of tunes, it shouldn't be too hard to add a Q: > line to each tune. > > Not the best answer, I know, but since it seems nobody who actually > knows that program is going to answer, it'll have to do. ?? The default tempo for playback is based on the rhythm. For reels it is 224. The player tempo can be adjusted during play by using the + and - keys. The player is only intended to offer a way to listen to a tune to check it's notation. For years I have been recommending abcmus or abcplay for playback. These actually use your sound card and have a windows interface.. The Q: line is the easiest way to specify a tempo. The command line interface in playqabc is full-featured but you need some comfort with the DOS command line. By typing playqabc /? you will see a full list of commands that are accepted by the program. If you play a file, you may select tunes, set tempos for each and number of repeats. If you need additional information, please write directly to me. Jim Vint ___ ABC2Win Shareware -- www.abc2win.com/ Co. Clare Comhaltas www.c7r.com/cce/ Clare Music Archive www.c7r.com/archive/ Fleadh Nua 24-28 May '01 www.fleadhnua.com/ Irish Set Dancing -- www.c7r.com/setdance/ To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Making PDF (Was: ABC standards committee webpage)
> >>> How on earth do you create those pdf documents? > >> [...] GhostScript does not support bookmarks and other fancy PDF > >> functions, but it does make good basic PDF documents from postscript > >> files. The problem for most Windows and MAcintosh users is to get > >> postscript files in the first place > > > Even better, if you have an HP Laserjet 6P, the printer driver can create > pdf files directly. You get the option of print to printer, print to a > postscript file or print to a pdf file. No special key combinations > required, the settings are in the print dialog. > > Best of all, you don't even need the printer, just the driver. I > haven't looked to see, but you should be able to download the driver > from Hewlitt Packard's site. The drivers are built in for Windows 98 and ME. Just go to Settings, Add Printer and choose the the hp printer laserjet 6p/mp postscript. When asked for a port, assign it to file. You will need your windows installation cd or cabinet files to install this. To write a postscript file from an application, select the postscript printer in the print dialog. Each time you print to this printer you will be prompted for a filename and you may choose a folder (path) for it. Jim Vint To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Pasting into ABC2Win and was Re: [abcusers] e-mailed ABC tunes
Phil Taylor wrote about pasting tunes into ABC2Win. His message is quoted below. Here's the author's response: ABC2Win supports paste for one or more tunes. If an email contains a T: or X: followed by a proper tune or several tunes, the user should copy the lines from X: to the blank line at the end of the last tune, open ABC2Win and paste the tune(s). ABC2Win will parse the tunes and add each of them to the current, open file. If the user does not copy extra text before or after the tune, everything should work as described above. Phil is correct that abc2win can become confused if there is text before or after the tune that is pasted. The same is not true if the extra text is in a tune file; in that case the text is identified and separately noted when the file is opened and the tunes are listed. Phil is not correct about the need to paste a tune by small pieces. I'm not sure what case Phil is describing when he says that ABC2Win assumes that the text starts on the first uncommented line. In my recollection, the program uses X: as a tune start signal and a blank line as an indicator that the tune ends. Perhaps the information above explains why users of ABC2Win are not beating at my door for updates to the handling of pasted tunes. And as for updates, a preview of a minor update has been available since last summer. It is fully functional but I have not had a chance to convert it into full release. See www.abc2win.com/preview.html for a detailed explanation of the changes and to download. Jim Vint Phil Taylor wrote: > Unfortunately the way abc2win works makes cut & paste > a bit impractical. The program's tune editor doesn't > let you edit the raw text; instead it presents a > database-style form with separate text boxes for each > of the fields. This probably makes life easier for the > beginner user, but in this case it means that you would > have to switch back and forth between your email program > and abc2win, copying and pasting each field separately. > > As somebody else has pointed out, you have to save the > message to a text file and open that file in abc2win. > Here there is another problem, as abc2win assumes that > a tune starts on the first uncommented line, and ends > at the start of the next tune (or the end of the file). > (This is not what the standard says - tunes actually > start with an X: field and end on the first blank line > following the tune.) > > So before opening your file in abc2win you should open > it with a text editor and remove (or comment out) all > text other than the abc, then save it with a .abc > file extension. > > If I were a registered abc2win user, I'd be beating on > Jim Vint's door to ask for an update to fix this, along > with the playing at the wrong speed, and several other > problems. > > Phil Taylor To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] changing the key signature
Laura Conrad said: > I was reminded by a discussion on another list that one convention in > printed music is that if the key signature changes, the former > signature is first cancelled by use of naturals, and then the new key > signature is written. > > There are a couple of ways to implement this convention. The > old-fashioned rule is to always do it. A more modern rule is to do it > only if the new signature has fewer sharps or flats than the old one. > > I don't believe that abc2ps uses either rule. Does any ABC program? The convention is implemented in ABC2Win with naturals entered for all items not shown in the new signature. Their is some discussion about key signature changes in a concise book on notation that I purchased recently. It says that cancellations are no longer necessary unless the new key is C or Am. It also mentions a preference that signature changes occur on a new staff with a courtesy key signature at the end of the previous staff and that staff left open (no bar at the end). In either case, a double bar line should precede the new signature. The book is by Tom Gerou and Linda Lusk. It is the "Essential Dictionary of Music Notation" published by Alfred Publishing Co. in L.A. in 1996. Jim Vint To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
RE: [abcusers] problem downloading .ABC files
Another approach, if it is Netscape, is to hold down the shift key while you click on the link to the file. The save file dialog should appear. Jim Vint > That is because, probably on the server side, the file is being sent as > "mime/txt" which your browser recognizes as something it can display so it > does. > > Just right click on the link, and select "save target as..." from the > resulting menu. > > John A. > > On Tuesday, September 19, 2000 1:35 PM, Alberto Duran > [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > great. For quite some months now I have this very > > irritating problem; when I visit a site ,that has abc > > files, and when I click on something like- > > "Reels 1-100" instead of getting the download window > > ,that asks where to save the file,all I get is the > > printed text of the abc tunes! AGH! > > Nothing I do seems to work. I've tried everything > > but to no avail. > > 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
