Re: [abcusers] Clarification wanted on abc draft standard 2.0 (fwd)

2003-10-02 Thread Barry Say
Under what circumstances would you want a word or symbol in the lyrics to align with a rest? Phil Taylor I have seen this in the case where words are spoken are shouted or indications such as (clap) (stamp). Sophisticates may well use percussion notation rather than rests in the

Re: [abcusers] Clarification wanted on abc draft standard 2.0 (fwd)

2003-10-02 Thread I. Oppenheim
On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Barry Say wrote: Under what circumstances would you want a word or symbol in the lyrics to align with a rest? I have seen this in the case where words are spoken are shouted or indications such as (clap) (stamp). I think the question is why should it be forbidden? To

Re: [abcusers] Clarification wanted on abc draft standard 2.0 (fwd)

2003-10-02 Thread Stephen Kellett
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], I. Oppenheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes In most cases, lyrics are NOT wanted on rests, but I have seen some files which DO use lyrics on rests. There is obviously no indication as to which is intended when reading a file. The abc standard (draft 2.0) says nothing

Re: [abcusers] Clarification wanted on abc draft standard 2.0 (fwd)

2003-10-02 Thread Phil Taylor
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], I. Oppenheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes In most cases, lyrics are NOT wanted on rests, but I have seen some files which DO use lyrics on rests. There is obviously no indication as to which is intended when reading a file. The abc standard (draft 2.0) says nothing about

Re: [abcusers] Clarification wanted on abc draft standard 2.0 (fwd)

2003-10-02 Thread Stephen Kellett
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phil Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes a) Symbols can be on notes, rests and bar lines Bad Idea. This breaks all existing programs which support aligned words, and any existing files which include aligned words and rests. Forgive my ignorance, why is this a bad idea?

Re: [abcusers] Clarification wanted on abc draft standard 2.0 (fwd)

2003-10-02 Thread Phil Taylor
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phil Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes a) Symbols can be on notes, rests and bar lines Bad Idea. This breaks all existing programs which support aligned words, and any existing files which include aligned words and rests. Forgive my ignorance, why is this a bad idea?

Fw: [abcusers] Clarification wanted on abc draft standard 2.0 (fwd)

2003-10-02 Thread Neil Jennings
Hi, (I am not sure exactly how to reply to threads, please let me know if I am doing it wrong.) Spoken words are not at all uncommon in songs, so I think there is a reasonable case for the facility. I would not like to see it on percussion if that means there will always be some kind of sound

Re: [abcusers] Clarification wanted on abc draft standard 2.0 (fwd)

2003-10-02 Thread Stephen Kellett
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phil Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phil Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes a) Symbols can be on notes, rests and bar lines Bad Idea. This breaks all existing programs which support aligned words, and any existing files which include