Re: [abcusers] problems with the R: field

2001-02-05 Thread John Walsh
Phil Taylor writes: >I think a lot of people find it very useful, although I agree that it >would be nice to have an interchange format for stress programs. > And John Chambers writes >Something that I've thought could be useful in a player: People using >them to learn tunes could benefit fro

Re: [abcusers] problems with the R: field

2001-02-05 Thread Christophe Declercq
> De : Pax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : RE: [abcusers] problems with the R: field > Date : dimanche 4 février 2001 19:43 > > Hi All on the List > > With a truckload of respect I ask you to leave the R field alone. > I use it all the time as I am only a new player of Iris

RE: [abcusers] problems with the R: field

2001-02-05 Thread John Henckel
I use the R: field in all my music. Since all my songs are old hymns, I put the meter in the R:, such as R: C.M. R: 8,7,8,7 R: 6-8 etc. John Henckel alt. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Zumbro Falls, Minnesota, USA (507) 753-2216 http://geocities.com/jdhenckel/ To subscribe/unsubscribe

Re: [abcusers] problems with the R: field

2001-02-05 Thread Phil Taylor
Jack Campin wrote: > > 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

Re: [abcusers] developers/user

2001-02-05 Thread Laura Conrad
> "Jean-Francois" == Jean-Francois Moine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jean-Francois> Let's start from your last example. In the header, there is: Jean-Francois> K:D_B_e=C^F^c Jean-Francois> May I tell I never saw such a thing in my life, and Jean-Francois> I hope this w

Re: [abcusers] Creative BarFly Bug

2001-02-05 Thread Phil Taylor
Frank Nordberg wrote: >I curiosity for BarFly users: > >I accidentally discovered that it's possible to get square note shapes >by combining the neume clefs with V: fields Like this: > >It's certainly a bug, but one that might be useful. Not exactly a bug. Since Gregorian chant never involves

Re: [abcusers] problems with the R: field

2001-02-05 Thread Wil Macaulay
My point, exactly - unambiguous to a [human] player of the tradition, but not unambiguous out of context. And although the R: field is not standardized, BarFly does useful things with it... My point was simply that the dots are not enough, and that's part of the reason for adding extra control fi

[abcusers] Creative BarFly Bug

2001-02-05 Thread Frank Nordberg
I curiosity for BarFly users: I accidentally discovered that it's possible to get square note shapes by combining the neume clefs with V: fields Like this: X:1 T:Nobilis humilis C:anon. O:Norway A:Orkney Islands S:Codex Upsaliensis C233 (ms c. 1280) R:Gymel %Well, the word "gymel" wasn't really