Not so. This is back to the question of "does the notation tell the program what to print or does it describe the music". The answer is that it describes the music and software can figure out how to express that in any other medium (for instance sound waves, MIDI codes or tadpoles on 5 bar gates). I *suggest* that a good thing to print for this case would be <note shape denoting old beat> = <note shape denoting new beat>
Laurie ----- Original Message ----- From: John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [abcusers] tempo Laurie writes: | Jack said "...Your suggestions have exactly the expressive power I was | asking for, with one minor omission: the label <dotted minim> = <minim> you | get in staff notation when the metre changes...." | | Q:1/2 -- sets the beat to minim | abc abc | Q:3/2 -- sets the beat to dotted minim which therefore equals the old minim Well, yes, for the purposes of software. But if this just produced the dotted minim above the staff in the printed music, few if any musicians would have even the slightest idea what was intended. If they noticed the inexplicable note above the staff, they'd mostly guess that it was some sort of printer's hiccup, since it obviously has no musical meaning. Unless, of course, the note head is too close to the staff, in which case they'd treat it as a g note (which would also obviously be a mistake after the first playing). To get it treated as anything other than a mistake, you'd have to say Q:1/2=3/2 and the displayed/printed output would have to show the two notes with the '=' in between. (And I suppose we should also state in the spec that the first length is the old beat and the second is the new, or half the people writing abc players would do it the other way 'round. ;-) To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
