Re: [abcusers] Percussion notation...

2002-05-25 Thread Atte Andre Jensen
On Fri, 24 May 2002, Phil Taylor wrote: What is the significance of the two different note heads? Standard... It seems that everybody is using x'ed noteheads for cymbals and hihats, so if you just write it with regular noteheads it's gonne look real funny to a drummer. If you want percussion

Re: [abcusers] Percussion notation...

2002-05-25 Thread Atte Andre Jensen
On Fri, 24 May 2002, Jack Campin wrote: The point of ABC is to notate music, not music notation. Sorry, to interrupt, but why did you propose the i and j modifiers then? That to me would be music notation and not notating music... -- love, peace harmony Atte To subscribe/unsubscribe, point

Re: [abcusers] Percussion notation...

2002-05-25 Thread Laurie (ukonline)
Atte Andre Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wroteI don't care how my abc playes, and looking back on the descussion about ^f-|f a couple of months ago obviously abc2midi is only to be considered a toy, so I guess the rest of the comunity feels the same as me... polite cough abc2midi is not the only

Re: [abcusers] ABC Tutorials?

2002-05-25 Thread Steve Mansfield
Paul Musgrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : Hi All! I'm way up on the learning curve for abcs, but having fun. Can anyone point me to a good tutorial for Abc neophytes? Clears throat, shuffles forward, blows own trumpet : http://www.lesession.demon.co.uk/abc/abc_notation.htm Takes you right from

Re: [abcusers] [Fwd: BOUNCE abcusers@argyll.wisemagic.com: Non-member submission from [Steve Mansfield Steve@lesession.demon.co.uk]]

2002-05-25 Thread Steve Mansfield
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Toby Rider [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I love it when people ignore my administrative messages :-) Thanks for that, I laughed until I stopped. It happened because I wasn't sure which variant of the email address I was subscribed from. When you're next doing

Re: [abcusers] Percussion notation...

2002-05-25 Thread Atte Andre Jensen
On Sat, 25 May 2002, Laurie (ukonline) wrote: Atte Andre Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wroteI don't care how my abc playes, and looking back on the descussion about ^f-|f a couple of months ago obviously abc2midi is only to be considered a toy, so I guess the rest of the comunity feels the same

Re: [abcusers] Percussion notation...

2002-05-25 Thread Laura Conrad
Atte == Atte Andre Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Atte On Sat, 25 May 2002, Laurie (ukonline) wrote: Atte Andre Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wroteI don't care how my abc playes, and looking back on the descussion about ^f-|f a couple of months ago obviously abc2midi is only to

Re: [abcusers] Percussion notation...

2002-05-25 Thread Atte Andre Jensen
On 25 May 2002, Laura Conrad wrote: abc2ly enables you to get both printed and played music from abc. I haven't fixed the ^F-|F problem yet, although it's on my list, but it certainly doesn't have the F F problem. Hmm. I looked at your page quite some times, and thought what you do made

Re: [abcusers] Percussion notation...

2002-05-25 Thread Laura Conrad
Atte == Atte Andre Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Atte I even ran lily (prior to knowing about your stuff) but the Atte wildly hacking of Han-Wen, and the resulting unstability of Atte the language made me put that on hold. I understand the feeling. I have been sticking with the

[abcusers] The F F (and F F2) problems

2002-05-25 Thread Phil Taylor
Laura wrote: abc2ly enables you to get both printed and played music from abc. I haven't fixed the ^F-|F problem yet, although it's on my list, but it certainly doesn't have the F F problem. What's the F F problem? Is that due to abc2midi misinterpreting R:Hornpipe to mean some other split

Re: [abcusers] The F F (and F F2) problems

2002-05-25 Thread Laura Conrad
Phil == Phil Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Phil Laura wrote: abc2ly enables you to get both printed and played music from abc. I haven't fixed the ^F-|F problem yet, although it's on my list, but it certainly doesn't have the F F problem. Phil What's the F F

Re: [abcusers] Percussion notation...

2002-05-25 Thread John Chambers
Atte wrote: | On Fri, 24 May 2002, Jack Campin wrote: | The point of ABC is to notate music, not music notation. | | Sorry, to interrupt, but why did you propose the i and j modifiers then? Hey, i was my suggestion; Jack only gets credit/blame for j. ;-) | That to me would be music notation

[abcusers] To tell the dancer from the dance

2002-05-25 Thread Frank Nordberg
John Chambers wrote: Atte wrote: | On Fri, 24 May 2002, Jack Campin wrote: | The point of ABC is to notate music, not music notation. | | Sorry, to interrupt, but why did you propose the i and j modifiers then? Hey, i was my suggestion; Jack only gets credit/blame for j. ;-) |

Re: [abcusers] To tell the dancer from the dance

2002-05-25 Thread Laurie (ukonline)
Frank Evil Grin Nordberg challenged Can anybody come up with a clear and consise definition (in twenty words or less) of the difference between musically relevant and purely notational features? A difference between two pieces of notation is musically relevant if and only if it means they should

Re: [abcusers] The F F (and F F2) problems

2002-05-25 Thread Laurie (ukonline)
My vote is 1. Deprecated 2. Transfer fixed time to keep total constant (sorry Phil) I have no idea what Muse does - I kinds hope it screams murder!. L. - Original Message - From: Phil Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 2:13 PM Subject: [abcusers]

Re: [abcusers] Percussion notation...

2002-05-25 Thread Atte Andre Jensen
On Sat, 25 May 2002, John Chambers wrote: Isn't this slicing your baloney rather thin? I don't get it... -- love, peace harmony Atte To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

Re: [abcusers] The F F (and F F2) problems

2002-05-25 Thread Paulo Eleuterio Tiburcio
Phil Taylor escreveu: Another problem I've come across with broken rhythms is that when you use it between notes of different lengths the result seems to be different in different programs. BarFly follows the standard by dotting one note and halving the other, but this gives a different

Re: [abcusers] To tell the dancer from the dance

2002-05-25 Thread Phil Taylor
Laurie wrote: Frank Evil Grin Nordberg challenged Can anybody come up with a clear and consise definition (in twenty words or less) of the difference between musically relevant and purely notational features? A difference between two pieces of notation is musically relevant if and only if it

Re: [abcusers] To tell the dancer from the dance

2002-05-25 Thread Frank Nordberg
Laurie (ukonline) wrote: A difference between two pieces of notation is musically relevant if and only if it means they should sound different. (20 words) Nice one, Laurie :-) Except, I think it ought to be will sound different rather than should sound different, that is, what matters in

Re: [abcusers] To tell the dancer from the dance

2002-05-25 Thread Jeff Bigler
From: Laurie (ukonline) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 17:34:58 +0100 Thus writing in a different key and inserting accidentals to correct is not musically relevant. I disagree. Writing __B instead of A, for instance, gives an indication of the chord or chord progression that the

[abcusers] Slicing your baloney

2002-05-25 Thread DavBarnert
Atte wrote: On Sat, 25 May 2002, John Chambers wrote: Isn't this slicing your baloney rather thin? I don't get it... In English (well, American English, at any rate), in addition to referring to the sliceable deli meat formally known as Bologna Sausage, the word baloney is a euphemism