>I still have some problems understanding the %%staves directive, >and it still strikes me as being extremely cryptic compared with >putting the same information into V: fields in the header.
>So what's the difference between You can look at http://anamnese.online.fr/abc/passemedio.pdf It doesn't need I write how to use it, it's self explanatory. Just | is for separation of voices, I should have done it for %%staves [1 2 3 4] (ex : staves [1 2 3 | 4]) it would have been more strikening... I've processed the same tune 5 times : X:1 staves {1 2 3 4} X:1 staves {1 2 | 3 4} X:2 staves (1 2)(3 4) X:3 staves {1 2 3} X:4 staves [1 2 3 4] you can even find the source here : http://anamnese.online.fr/abc/passemedio.abc X:4 T:Pavane - Pass e medio R:Pavane Z:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://anamnese.fr.st M:C L:1/4 Q:1/4=110 K:C %%staves [1 2 3 4] V:1 f3 e | d f2 e/d/ | e>d e/f/e/d/ | e3e | d>c d/e/ d | dfed | ^c>B c/d/c/B/ | ^c3 d/e/ | f3 e | d f2 e/d/ | e>d e/f/e/d/ | e/f/g/f/ ed | ^c/d/e/c/ d =B |\ ^c/A/ d3/2 c/4=B/4 d/c/ | d3d | d2 d2 :|] V:2 D3 E | FGAB | c3 c | c4 | A2 AA | _B A2 G | A3 A | A4 | D3 E | FGAB | c4 | c2 c/B/A/G/ | A2 D2 | AGA2 | ^F3 F | ^F4 :|] V:3 A3G | FDF2 | G>F G/A/G/F/ | G3 G | F D/E/ F/G/F/E/ | F2 GD | E>D E/F/E/D/ | E3 A | A3G | FDF2 | G>F G/A/G | G3 F | EA FG | EDE2 | D3 D | D2D2 :|] V:4 %%MIDI transpose -12 D4 | D4 | C4 | C4 | D4 | D2 C _B, | A,3 A, | A,4 | D4 | D4 | C4 | C3D | A,2 _B, G,| A, B, A,2 | D3 D | D4 :|] >It seems to me that the use of {} here is both redundant and >ambiguous. no, it's not : it's for piano partition only To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
