[abcusers] Re: transposition and modes

2002-06-23 Thread Laurie (ukonline)
Laurie> Why does transposition need to understand the mode? Laura> Currently, the abc2midi transposer only understands the key signature. So if I have a piece in D dorian, and I transpose it up 3 half notes, the transposed output is in Ab. It should be in F dorian. Oh, is that all? I would ha

Re: [abcusers] Re: transposition and modes

2002-06-23 Thread Phil Taylor
>Laurie> Why does transposition need to understand the mode? > >Laura> Currently, the abc2midi transposer only understands the key >signature. So if I have a piece in D dorian, and I transpose it up 3 half >notes, the transposed output is in Ab. It should be in F dorian. > >Oh, is that all? > >I

Re: [abcusers] Re: transposition and modes

2002-06-23 Thread Laurie (ukonline)
| >Of course if a key signature had a note flatted and the music had it | >double-sharped then (1) a triple-sharp would be needed and (2) the input | >file is silly anyway so who cares? | | No (1) is wrong because accidentals are absolute, rather than relative. Beg to differ. If it was flatted i