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Robert Bley-Vroman
Honolulu
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For geeks, here's the source:
#!/usr/bin/perl
# tunesort.pl
#!perl -w
# For sorting a file of abc tunes into alphabetical order by title.
# Assumes that tunes are paragraphs separated by blank lines and
# that every paragraph is a tune
creator code.
You can also access these settings by choosing Internet from Control Panels
under the Apple menu. Choose Advanced from the Internet control panel.
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. As a result, reserach into what is
the best notation needs to be as much anthropological as
music-theoretical.
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I once proposed that F: be used for the order in which parts were played,
from German Folge. Unfortunately, the English-speaking linguistic
imperialists insist on F: for file.
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In response to John Chambers's announcement
The tunes at this site just moved to:
http://www.sls.hawaii.edu/bley-vroman/contra/
Jack Campin [EMAIL PROTECTED] inquired:
Hmmm. Have you changed faculty recently, Robert?
No. My academic department (Second Language Studies: sls, or applied
should support .fmt files too.
Earlier versions will not.)
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e, because of the way
the cards are fed into the printer.
Robert Bley-Vroman
Honolulu
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% For 4x6 cards on LaserJet 6MP
%For 4x6 cards. Assumes a HP laserprinter where cards are fed in the
% alternative paper sheet feeder, with the 4" edge leading in and
% the c
I'm happy about the chord-plus-bass note notation (e.g. "G/c"). I'm a
contra dance pianist of the primitive vamping/comping ilk, and we do a lot
of playing chords in the right hand against simple bass runs in the left,
in the simplest case, just connecting the tonics of chords.
However, I think
I wrote:
Robert (I've used "f#" rather than "^f".)
Laura Conrad wrote:
We've discussed this many times before. The advantage of F# is that
it looks more like the printed music than ^F. The disadvantage is
that there isn't a corresponding character for natural. And the ascii
#
f" could hardly mean anything else but "D/f#".)
The only problem is that some people are accustomed to using slash notation
for alternate chords. But, we already have the parenthesis notation (in the
proposed revision) for this case. It would probably be best to reserve the
slash notation fo
s is best controlled at the playback level, rather than at the notation
level.
Robert Bley-Vroman
Honolulu
(There is a kind of weak analogy between this and something we were
discussing a while back. The abc notation system should say that A means
"the A above middle C". It need not (must not)
uot;D" F2d2 dcde |"D" d2A2 A4 |"Em"B2e2 edef |"A7"e2B2 B4 |
"D" A2d2 dcde |"Bm"f2d2 dcde |"D" f4 "A7" a4|"D" d2cB AG ||
I guess Laurie's suggestion would look like this, for the corresponding
lines, right?
"A" c2AA "E7/b" d2AA |"A/c#" e2AA "D" f2AA |\
"E7"g2f2 "/F#" e2 "/G#" d2 |"A7"c2 "g" B2 "/F#" A2 "/E" G2 |
As someone reading abc (and I do read chords directly from the abc when I
practice), I _think_ I prefer the NMD-style notation. (But, I'm not really
sure--maybe it's just more familiar.)
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n, though it need not be with respect to the second. (However, I
would not go so far as to say that the second question is beyond the scope
of discussion.)
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abc and XML have different purposes:
- MusicXML is a markup language.
It is primarily intended to be interpreted by computer programs and
entered by specialists, probably aided by programs.
- abc is a system for representing musical information in human-readable
text. It is primarly
be among the simpler problems that browser programmers face; the fact
that they can't do it suggests lack of attention.
Frustratedly,
R B-V
BTW. If you have a Mac, look at iCab. It's a fine program.
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If others want to try, it would be interesting to hear about the results.
(As I've said before, I think the real problem is that browser builders
don't much bother with testing things out on plaintext objects.)
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use of "" and "" in the abc do not create problems.
(Oddly, this text object doesn't always display on "reload" in iCab. A bug,
I suppose.)
Possibly, other browsers now are beginning to work the way they are
supposed to.
If you want to try, there is a test file at:
ht
n K:^f,
therefore (following the Gricean maxims), K:^f should be used just for
cases in which K:G is not justified. Of course, no abc standard can or
should try to enforce such a principle (just as no grammar of a natural
language incorporates Gricean implicatures directly).
Robert Bley-Vroman
Ho
that some of these things are already done by various programs.
But a nice suite of scripts would be great.
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t for free at http://macperl.com/
To make the droplet:
Put the text below into a text file.
Open MacPerl.
In MacPerl, open the file; save it as a droplet (choose "Save as..."
from the File menu).
Then, you can drag your files onto the droplet.
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