Søren R Christensen wrote:
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> I have about 450 Musicator-files (.mct) with scandinavian folktunes which I
> would like to convert to abc-format for web-distribution. They are
> currently distributed as GIF-files (check:
> http://www.folketshus.dk/folketshus/spillefolk/noder.html) which are OK for
> screen-presentation, but to lousy and unpractical for print, I think.
Wow! You've really done a great job there!
There are lots of websites with music in GIF format, and it seems to
work well most of the time - at least when the graphics are as clear as this.
But of course you can't get high resolution prints that way.
>
> Conversion via MIDI is very tidy (means not practical possible) since all
> notation layout is lost.
That's not an abc specific problem. I've yet to come across any music
notation converter that keeps all formatting.
I found a really obscure polka from a really obscure village (where I
happen to work) on your site and tried to run it through macmidi2abc.
Here's the result:
-------
% input file pk-saltdal.mid
% format 1 file 2 tracks
X: 1
T:
M: 1/4
L: 1/16
Q:1/4=55
K:G % 1 sharps
%Polka fra Saltdal
% Time signature=2/4 MIDI-clocks/click=24 32nd-notes/24-MIDI-clocks=8
V:1
%New Midi
% MIDI Key signature, sharp/flats=2 minor=0
z4|z4|Af/2f/2 fg|f2 f2|
Af/2f/2 fg|f2 f2|ef ga|ge ^cB|
Aa ^g/2a/2^g/2a/2|fd/2d/2 dd|Af/2f/2 f=g|f2 f2|
Af/2f/2 fg|f2 f2|ef ga|ge B^c|
dd/2d/2 dd|d4|Af/2f/2 fg|f2 f2|
Af/2f/2 fg|f2 f2|ef ga|ge ^cB|
Aa ^g/2a/2^g/2a/2|fd/2d/2 dd|Af/2f/2 f=g|f2 f2|
Af/2f/2 fg|f2 f2|ef ga|ge B^c|
dd/2d/2 dd|
% MIDI Key signature, sharp/flats=1 minor=0
dB =c^c|dB GB|dB GB|
ed =cB|A2 AB|c/2A/2F/2A/2 c/2A/2F/2A/2|c/2A/2F/2A/2 c/2A/2F/2A/2|
ed dc|BB c^c|dB GB|dB GB|
ed =cB|A2 g2|ff/2f/2 fe|dd ef|
g/2a/2g/2f/2 g/2a/2g/2f/2|gB c^c|dB GB|dB GB|
ed =cB|A2 AB|c/2A/2F/2A/2 c/2A/2F/2A/2|c/2A/2F/2A/2 c/2A/2F/2A/2|
ed dc|BB c^c|dB GB|dB GB|
ed =cB|A2 g2|ff/2f/2 fe|dd ef|
g/2a/2g/2f/2 g/2a/2g/2f/2|g4|
-------
After some editing I got this:
-------
X:1
T:Polka fra Saltdal
C:trad.
O:Norway
A:Saltdal, Nordland
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=154
K:D
Af/f/ fg|f2 f2|Af/f/ fg|f2 f2|\
ef ga|ge ^cB|Aa ^g/a/^g/a/|fd/d/ dd|
Af/f/ fg|f2 f2|Af/f/ fg|f2 f2|\
ef ga|ge B^c|dd/d/ dd|[1d4:|\
K:G
[2dB c^c|
dB GB|dB GB|ed cB|A2 AB|\
c/A/F/A/ c/A/F/A/|c/A/F/A/ c/A/F/A/|ed dc|BB c^c|
dB GB|dB GB|ed cB|A2 g2|\
ff/f/ fe|dd ef|g/a/g/f/ g/a/g/f/|[1gB c^c:|[2g4|]
-------
This is really good ABC, but the work took me almost five minutes.
Writing the file manually would probably have been faster.
By the way, here's a string quartet/orchestra arrangement a friend of
mine wrote a couple of years ago. It's really nice, though I'll have to
ask her if there is some reason for that strange ending.
The superfluous naturals towards the end isn't her fault, though. I had
to add them because of a playback bug in BarFly.
Frank Nordberg
-------
X:433
T:Polka fra Saltdal
C:trad., arr. Kjersti Nilsen (1992)
O:Norway
A:Saltdal
V:1 Program 1 110 %Fiddle
V:2 Program 2 40 %Violin
V:3 Program 3 41 %Viola
V:4 Program 4 42 bass %Cello
%The original arrangement was for three violins and a cello (or string orchestra)
%Combining four different string instruments works better for a midi
file, though.
Transcribed by Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com
%Formatted for BarFly
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=154
K:D
V:1
"_f"vAf/f/ fg|f2 f2|Af/f/ fg|f2 f2|
V:2
"_f"vAd/d/ de|d2d2|Ad/d/ de|d2d2|
V:3
"_f"vD2 D2|DD/D/ D2|D2D2|AA/A/ A2|
V:4
"_f"vD,2 D,2|D,D,/E,/ D,2|D,2 D,2|F,F,/G,/ F,2|
%
V:1
ef ga|ge cB|Aa ^g/a/^g/a/|fd/d/ udud|
V:2
cd cd|ec AG|Fd d/d/d/d/|dd/d/ udud|
V:3
A2 AA|AA/A/ AA|A2 A2|A2 DD/D/|
V:4
E,2 E,F,|E,E,/E,/ E,E,|F,2 F,2|F,2 D,D,/D,/|
%
V:1
Af/f/ fg|f2 f2|Af/f/ fg|f2 f2|
V:2
Ad/d/ de|d2d2|Ad/d/ de|d2 f2|
V:3
D2 D2|DD/D/ D2|D2 D2|DD/D/ A2|
V:4
D,2 D,2|D,D,/E,/ D,2|D,2 D,2|A,2 uB,uA,|
%
V:1
ef ga|ge Bc|dd/d/ udud|[1d4:|\
K:G
[2d"_mp"B =c^c|
V:2
K:D
e2 ef|eB AG|FF/F/ GG|[1F4:|\
K:G
[2F2 z2|
V:3
K:D
G2 A2|G2 A2|A2 B2|[1A2 A2:|\
K:G
[2A2 z2|
V:4
K:D
G,2 A,2|B,G, F,E,|D,2 D,D,/D,/|[1D,2D,2:|\
K:G
[2D,2 z2|
%
V:1
|:dB GB|dB GB|ed =cB|A2 uAuB|
V:2
|:"_mp"vG2 GD|B,D GD|B,2 ED|=C2 E2|
V:3
|:"_mp"vB4|B4|B4|A4|
V:4
|:"_mp"vG,,2 B,,2|G,,2 B,,2|G,,2 B,,2|A,,2 =C,2|
%
V:1
=c/A/F/A/ =c/A/"_cresc."F/A/|=c/A/F/A/ =c/A/F/A/|"_mf"ed d=c|"_mp"BB =c^c|
V:2
D2 A"_cresc."F|DF A2|"_mf"=cB BA|G2 z2|
V:3
A4|"_cresc."A4|"_mf"G2 F2|G2 z2|
V:4
D,4|"_cresc."D,4|"_mf"=C,2 D,2|G,,2 z2|
%
V:1
dB GB|dB GB|ed =cB|A2 "_f"g2|
V:2
"_mp"vG2 GD|B,D GD|B,2 ED|=C2 "_f"E2|
V:3
"_mp"vB4|B4|B4|A4|
V:4
"_mp"vG,,2 B,,2|G,,2 B,,2|G,,2 B,,2|A,,2 "_f"A,,2|
%
V:1
ff/f/ ufue|dd ef|g/a/g/f/ g/a/g/f/|[1g"_mp"B =c^c:|[2g4|]
V:2
DD/D/ uDuE|FF ED|=CE DF|[1G2 z2:|[2G4|]
V:3
"_f"D2 DD/D/|D2 DD/D/|E2 D2|[1D2 z2:|[2D2D2|]
V:4
D,2 D,2|D,2 D,2|E,2 D,2|[1D,2 z2:|[2D,2 D,2|]
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