>>>>> "James" == James Allwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    James> On the topic of voice numbers needing to be contiguous
    James> (Laura's post); this restriction did exist in early
    James> versions of abc2midi, but the current version should allow
    James> non-contiguous voice numbers.

No, this doesn't seem to be true.  The attached file plays only one
voice, with an abcMIDI that I downloaded and compiled this morning.

X:1
T:IX. Go crystall teares,
C: John Dowland
O: From The First Booke of songs or Ayres of foure parts, with Tableture for the Lute
L:1/4
M:C
%%MIDI nobarlines
K:G dorian
V:1 name="Cantus"
L:1/4
K:G dorian
G4 G2 _A2 | G4 z2 G2 | G>A B2 c3 d | =B4
w:Go cry- stall tears, like to _ the mor- ning showrs,
z2 G2 | c2 c2  |"(1)"_e6 d2 c2 =B2 | c3 c d8 | z B G A B2 c2 | B2 G2 
w:And sweet- ly weep in- to thy La- dies breast.  And as the dewes re- vive the
_A3 A | G4 z2 G2 | G A B c d2 B2 | _e2 c2 c4  z2 z |: _e d B d2 | c2 B2
w:droop- ing flowers, so let your drops of pi- tie be ad- drest, to quick- en up the 
thoghts
G B _A2 | G4 z2 G2 | G3 A =B2 c2 | d2 _e2 d3 d |1 c4 :|2 c4 |]
w:of my de- sert, which sleeps too sound, whilst I from her de- part.
V:3 name="Tenor"
L:1/4
K:G minor treble-8
%%MIDI nob
%%MIDI transpose -12
c8 c3 =B/ A/ =B3 A/ B/ c2 B2 _A3 A G4 c4 G2 _A2 _A G
w:Go cry- stall _  tears, like _ to the mor- ning showrs, And sweet- ly weep in - 
G3 C c4 =B A =B4 _B4 z e c d e B2 e c _A2 F B4 c2 B3 A
w: to thy La- dies _ breast.  And as _ the dewes re- vive the droop- ing flowers, so 
let your
G A B c d d c8 c > d e > f |: g3 B c d e3 B c _A B G G
w: drops of pi- tie be ad- drest, to quick- en _ up the thoghts, the thoghts  of my 
de- sert, which sleeps
   A   =B2    c2     G2 _e2 d2   g2   g    G2  A   |1 _A > A G c > d e > f  :|2 =B   
c2  =B  c |]
w: too sound, whilst I from her  from her, de- part, from her de- part  to quick- en. 
from her de- part.



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