Re: [abcusers] voice line (was Christmas ABC pieces)

2002-12-27 Thread Phil Taylor
ANewman wrote: >I have a question, though: which abc programs accept voice lines like this: >V:1 program 1 40 volume 75 BarFly. There are loads of parameters which can be specified in V: fields in the tune header, including program, volume, tuning, stereo panning, plus all the stuff that abcm2p

Re: [abcusers] Lead Sheets and Copyrights

2002-12-27 Thread Ed Skinner
On Friday 27 December 2002 04:21 pm, Frank Nordberg wrote: > Ed Skinner wrote: > > Can I make my own lead sheets to use when performing even though the > > chords, melody and lyrics are identical to those in a copyrighted work > > such as The Real Book or other published source? (This would be

Re: [abcusers] Lead Sheets and Copyrights

2002-12-27 Thread Frank Nordberg
Ed Skinner wrote: Can I make my own lead sheets to use when performing even though the chords, melody and lyrics are identical to those in a copyrighted work such as The Real Book or other published source? (This would be "for convenience" rather than having to carry around half a dozen

Re: [abcusers] music copyrights

2002-12-27 Thread Frank Nordberg
(Sorry, I'm late joining this discussion - christmas vacation, you know.) Jeff Szuhay wrote: ... The rule of thumb for printed music is that the copyright lasts for 50 years after the composer's death. 70 years, actually. Some international council (can't be bothered to remember its name)

[abcusers] Lead Sheets and Copyrights

2002-12-27 Thread Ed Skinner
Can I make my own lead sheets to use when performing even though the chords, melody and lyrics are identical to those in a copyrighted work such as The Real Book or other published source? (This would be "for convenience" rather than having to carry around half a dozen books.) If so, should

Re: [abcusers] Newbie Questions

2002-12-27 Thread Frank Nordberg
[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 b

Re: [abcusers] voice line (was Christmas ABC pieces)

2002-12-27 Thread John Chambers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | I have a question, though: which abc programs accept voice lines like this: | V:1 program 1 40 volume 75 | | I am working on the voice header for iabc right now and I'm trying | to figure out how the other programs do it. Unfortunately this will | be one area where I

Re: [abcusers] voice line (was Christmas ABC pieces)

2002-12-27 Thread ANewman110
Hi Ted, and thanks for these nice pieces, they all work very well. I have a question, though: which abc programs accept voice lines like this: V:1 program 1 40 volume 75 or maybe you were just trying to make the point that this program should be used. I am working on the voice header for iabc r

Re: [abcusers] Newbie Questions

2002-12-27 Thread ANewman110
Hi Ed, its good to have a fellow jazzer on the board. This was indeed my initial interest in abc, as I wanted an easy way to generate lead sheets and big band arrangements. That's one of the reasons I started working on iabc. There is a site that has oodles of jazz arrangements that can be rec

Re: [abcusers] music copyrights

2002-12-27 Thread John Chambers
Karl Dallas writes: | I didn't realise I was that easy to find! :-) I was startled to read in | one newsgroup a couple of years ago that I was dead! But that rumour's | been much exaggerated [(c) Samuel Clemens]! ... Jack Campin wrote: | Ursula Le Guin came up with a far-ahead-of-her-time idea in "

RE: [abcusers] music copyrights

2002-12-27 Thread Karl Dallas
I didn't realise I was that easy to find! :-) I was startled to read in one newsgroup a couple of years ago that I was dead! But that rumour's been much exaggerated [(c) Samuel Clemens]! -- Karl Dallas Please note: This is a personal communication, representing my own p