Re: [abcusers] problems with the R: field

2001-02-03 Thread John Walsh
Jack Campin writes: > >The R: field is long due for deprecation. There is no standard >list of what rhythms it covers and what to do with them, and nobody >seems interested in making it extensible in any way that would allow >different users to agree on what their extensions mean. Why not >just

Re: [abcusers] problems with the R: field

2001-02-03 Thread John Chambers
Jack sez: | except that hornpipes aren't always played dotted. You would need | yet *another* level of extra information to say the style you're | using is one where this dotted interpretation is appropriate. ... | And some of the rhythmic types found in folk music are unimplementable | by any pl

[abcusers] problems with the R: field

2001-02-03 Thread Jack Campin
> I think there are already examples where extra information > may need to be added in order to make abc unambiguous. A simple > example is making | Ac Bd | sound a little more like |A>c B>d | > simply by adding R:hornpipe to the header. except that hornpipes aren't always played dotted. You

[abcusers] Woodenflute tune archive updated

2001-02-03 Thread Steve Mansfield
I've updated the archive of tunes from the woodenflute mailing list to include the 28 tunes posted between November 2000 and January 2001. Head for http://www.lesession.demon.co.uk/abc/woodenflute.htm for full details. Steve Mansfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lesession.demon.co.uk - abc mu