Re: [abcusers] Newbie Questions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... It looks like the site is down for a few days...its a Norweigian site, I think. I hate to admit it, but you're wrong. Webmaster Atté is one of our Danish brothers from the south. Anyway, since there seems to be big band musicians on the list, here's a little belated christmas gift: http://home.online.no/~frnordbe/bb-blackbird-bb/ (Sorry about the messy fonts, I never intended my big band arrangements to be distributed digitally at all.) And, oh yes, a challenge: Can anybody come up with a good abc transcription of this arrangement? Cheers Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Newbie Questions
The advice on how to handle automatic measure numbering by *NOT* putting it into the abc file is particularly valuable. I'm interested in long-term viability of my abc files. I manage my wife's vocal songbook (in her keys, my arrangements) as well as my own arrangements of instrumentals of various other standards. Currently the printouts are generated by Band-In-A-Box but I'm moving to abc. (I'm using 3.1.9 of abcm2ps on Linux at the moment. Gorgeous output!) Suggestions for longevity and portability are particularly helpful. I presume that the absence of a collection of jazz/pop/country standards in abc format on the net is because of copyright issues. If such an archive exists, however, I'd appreciate a pointer. Again, thank you for the excellent advice. On Thursday 26 December 2002 12:10 am, you wrote: Ed Skinner wrote: 1) Is there a FAQ? If you mean on abc notation itself, please check John Chambers' Frequently Asked Questions about ABC Music Notation url: http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/ABC-FAQ.html. 2) Is there a way to get automatic measure numbering? Yes, but it is package dependent. J.F. Moine's abcm2ps, for instance, lets you specify that either of three ways: in the command line, in a format file or in the tune itself; please check files 'New.Features' and 'format.txt' for details (in abcm2ps's doc directory, e.g., /usr/share/doc/abcm2ps-version/). For portability, it would be advisable not to code this information in the abc file you intend to store tunes on a permanent basis. Lots of abc software references may be found at the Abc Home Page url: http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/ sorted by operating system and other criteria. Best regards. Paulo Eleutério Tibúrcio To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html -- Ed Skinner, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.flat5.net/ To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Newbie Questions
Ed Skinner wrote: Gorgeous output!) Suggestions for longevity and portability are particularly Yeah, isn't it wonderful - thanks a lot to everyone. I presume that the absence of a collection of jazz/pop/country standards in abc format on the net is because of copyright issues. If such an archive exists, however, I'd appreciate a pointer. No. For Traditional music anyway See: http://ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/findtune.html wonderful, wonderful facility (thanks a lot John) Joe Mc Cool To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Newbie Questions
Ed Skinner wrote: 1) Is there a FAQ? If you mean on abc notation itself, please check John Chambers' Frequently Asked Questions about ABC Music Notation url: http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/ABC-FAQ.html. 2) Is there a way to get automatic measure numbering? Yes, but it is package dependent. J.F. Moine's abcm2ps, for instance, lets you specify that either of three ways: in the command line, in a format file or in the tune itself; please check files 'New.Features' and 'format.txt' for details (in abcm2ps's doc directory, e.g., /usr/share/doc/abcm2ps-version/). For portability, it would be advisable not to code this information in the abc file you intend to store tunes on a permanent basis. Lots of abc software references may be found at the Abc Home Page url: http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/ sorted by operating system and other criteria. Best regards. Paulo Eleutério Tibúrcio To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
