On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 01:15:54PM +0100, Bernard Hill wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Robinson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 11:41:39AM +0100, Bernard Hill wrote: > >> > >> > >> "Strange" key sigs such as the above (while clear in intent) are very > >> non-standard. Are they really necessary? I've never played from one and > >> would actually find it very difficult to play _b ^f > > > >See http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/gettune/00000c54.html > >for an example of how they can be useful. Helpful for the typing, and > >(IMO) more helpful in that they show the rules that apply, instead of > >just confronting people with lots of accidental notes. > > Ouch! The meaning may be clear, but much better with individual flats > imo! I find it very hard to play correctly!
You reckon ? I find it better to be able to show the actual scale. Not that I've made a very good job of the later sections, now I come to look at it again. (And now, I begin to think I've been playing the Fs as natural in the last 3 sections, I wonder if that's right ? It's not what I've written. Better dig out some tapes and check.) Heh. A useful example to pick - for me, anyway. Now replaced with a slightly more fixed version. > (And why sharpen the fs in stave 5?) Good question. Er, "for historical reasons". <changes the subject quickly> > And from the abc source you have written > > K:A_b^f^c > > shouldn't that have a G# also since you've written K:A? It definitely shouldn't have a G#, since the Gs aren't sharp. It's K:A<something> since A seems, to me, the root note. Amix would have been better - I have a vague memory that I tried that and it didn't work at the time, so the result's a kludge. But it does now. It would seem more logical to write just K:Amix _B to get Bb and the usual 2 sharps, but in abc2mps that produces a sig with 1 flat, only, so the full spelling out seems necessary. OTOH, the shorter version works with jcabc2ps, but that doesn't accept spaces in it. I rather prefer the appearance from abcm2ps - and, spelling all the accidentals out seems to let me control which order they're shown in, which is nice ... If I use K:Amix_B^f^c in jcabc2ps it prints the sharps twice. -- Richard Robinson "The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
