Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-27 Thread Paulo Eleutério Tibúrcio
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What's a shortphrase symbol? > From the abc draft standard 1.7.3: $ !shortphrase! vertical line on the upper part of the staff $ !mediumphrase!same, but extending down to the centre line $ !longphrase! same, but extending 3/4 of the way down I

Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-20 Thread Richard Robinson
On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 09:12:14PM -0800, John Walsh wrote: > > Ie, to write abc def for a couple of voices, you > could write > > ABC & abc && DEF & def && etc.. > > This follows the way that MusixTeX is organized---in fact, > abc2mtex simply passes the "&" characters directly

Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-19 Thread John Walsh
Phil Taylor writes: | | MusicXML has an interesting construct to deal with this kind of situation. | The and tags have the effect of moving the time point, | so you can use to go back to the start of a measure in order to | add an extra layer of notes. This means that you can deal with temp

Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-19 Thread ANewman110
I'd prefer not to make use of the precious remaining symbols until we can figure out something really cool to do with them. In a message dated 1/19/2003 5:36:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Perhaps it's time > to make use of one of the few remaining precious ascii > sy

Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-19 Thread Jack Campin
>>| MusicXML has an interesting construct to deal with this kind of situation. >>| The and tags have the effect of moving the time point, >>| so you can use to go back to the start of a measure in order to >>| add an extra layer of notes. This means that you can deal with temporary >>| voices w

Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-19 Thread ANewman110
I like Phil's suggestion, but we still need to answer the original question to figure out what it is we're backing up from. L=1/4 and [FG/]G My vote is that the chord lasts 1 eighth note. Just because it seems like you'd want to do: L=1/4 and [FG/]G/ and beam the two G's together. Otherwi

Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-19 Thread ANewman110
What's a shortphrase symbol? For somebody with a degree in music, I just don't know nothin. In a message dated 1/18/2003 9:30:21 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... > sent me. The reason for this is differences between interpretation of S in > tunes. Barfly sees it as "shortph

Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-19 Thread Paulo Eleutério Tibúrcio
John Chambers wrote: > > Phil Taylor writes: > | > | >2. L=1/4 and [FG/]G , what beat is the second 'G' on? 2 or and-of-one? > | > | Undefined, I'm afraid. > | > | MusicXML has an interesting construct to deal with this kind of situation. > | The and tags have the effect of moving the time point

Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-19 Thread Paulo Eleutério Tibúrcio
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > [TCEGc] for [!thrill!CEGc] > > I really like the concept of a !thrill! ornament. It makes the music really >exciting... > Sorry, I just couldn't resist. The funniest part is that the typo was consistent throughout the message (I didn't cut and paste). Believe me,

Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-19 Thread Phil Taylor
John Chambers wrote: >Phil Taylor writes: >| >| >2. L=1/4 and [FG/]G , what beat is the second 'G' on? 2 or and-of-one? >| >| Undefined, I'm afraid. >| >| MusicXML has an interesting construct to deal with this kind of situation. >| The and tags have the effect of moving the time point, >| so yo

Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-18 Thread Jon Freeman
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 1. The draft standard allows U: to replace a string with another string. But if, for >example U:T = !trill! always worked, then the T: header would go to !trill! Are >there any tunes that use the U: and what do they expect? I haven't come across any. I use a "golbal"

Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-18 Thread John Chambers
Phil Taylor writes: | | >2. L=1/4 and [FG/]G , what beat is the second 'G' on? 2 or and-of-one? | | Undefined, I'm afraid. | | MusicXML has an interesting construct to deal with this kind of situation. | The and tags have the effect of moving the time point, | so you can use to go back to the st

Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-18 Thread Phil Taylor
>2. L=1/4 and [FG/]G , what beat is the second 'G' on? 2 or and-of-one? Undefined, I'm afraid. MusicXML has an interesting construct to deal with this kind of situation. The and tags have the effect of moving the time point, so you can use to go back to the start of a measure in order to add

Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-16 Thread henrik.norbeck
> [TCEGc] for [!thrill!CEGc] I really like the concept of a !thrill! ornament. It makes the music really exciting... Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Seriously, abc parsers have to either look ahead or know the context. There are some cases which are actually rather ambiguous, e.g. T:|ABcd efge| The

Re: [abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-16 Thread Paulo Eleutério Tibúrcio
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 1. The draft standard allows U: to replace a string with another string. But if, >for example, > U:T = !trill! > always worked, then the T: header would go to !trill! Are there any tunes that use >the U: > and what do they expect? I haven't come across any. > I

[abcusers] more abc interpretation questions

2003-01-15 Thread ANewman110
1. The draft standard allows U: to replace a string with another string. But if, for example, U:T = !trill! always worked, then the T: header would go to !trill! Are there any tunes that use the U: and what do they expect? I haven't come across any. 2. L=1/4 and [FG/]G , what beat is the se