Re: [abcusers] two hand notation examples

2001-10-02 Thread Frank Carmickle
Well let me toss some examples your way and see if anyone can help me. I didn't see the kind of notation I am looking for. X:1 T:foo C:bar L:1/4 M:3/4 K:d V:RH clef=treble V:LH clef=bass [V:RH] za-[ad,] [V:LH] D-[DA]-[DAf] Although this is readable it is not correct. the D in the left hand

Re: [abcusers] two hand notation examples

2001-10-02 Thread Frank Nordberg
Laura Conrad wrote: I don't see chopsticks there. I'm sure that used to be on Musica Viva. It is, but not as a piano arrangement. That is, there is a piano arrangement too at Musica Viva, but not in ABC format, I mean... Oh well, here it is. Don't ask me who transcribed it, I'm sworn to

Re: [abcusers] two hand notation examples

2001-10-02 Thread James Allwright
On Tue 02 Oct 2001 at 09:49AM -0400, Frank Carmickle wrote: Well let me toss some examples your way and see if anyone can help me. I didn't see the kind of notation I am looking for. X:1 T:foo C:bar L:1/4 M:3/4 K:d V:RH clef=treble V:LH clef=bass [V:RH] za-[ad,] [V:LH]

Re: [abcusers] two hand notation examples

2001-10-02 Thread Laura Conrad
Frank == Frank Nordberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't see chopsticks there. I'm sure that used to be on Musica Viva. Frank It is, but not as a piano arrangement. That is, there is a piano Frank arrangement too at Musica Viva, but not in ABC format, I mean... I never

Re: [abcusers] two hand notation examples

2001-10-02 Thread Frank Carmickle
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, James Allwright wrote: [V:RH] za-[ad,] [V:LH] D-[DA]-[DAf] Although this is readable it is not correct. the D in the left hand should be D3 not D-D-D. So something like this maybe? Inventing a way of writing abc so that you see D3 instead of D-D-D would be

Re: [abcusers] two hand notation examples

2001-10-02 Thread Frank Carmickle
I'm not convinced of this. I like abc. I think it is an easier way of me writing music then in braille notation. Braille notation does allow piano and guitar notation by using chars that represent intervals. I am interested in expanding the spec to allow for such things. Anyone else? On

Re: [abcusers] two hand notation examples

2001-10-02 Thread Phil Taylor
It is certainly possible for abc to represent keyboard music. I have transcribed the entire Goldberg Variations using BarFly. It plays perfectly, but the problem is that some of the pieces require as many as five voices to represent it adequately, and merging those five voices correctly onto

Re: [abcusers] two hand notation examples

2001-10-01 Thread Frank Nordberg
Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi I am a new abc user and I am trying to figure out how best to do piano notation. That's a tricky question. We've been discussing piano notation a couple of times here at abcusers, and so far nobody has managed to come up with a good solution. The problem is

Re: [abcusers] two hand notation examples

2001-10-01 Thread Laura Conrad
I don't see chopsticks there. I'm sure that used to be on Musica Viva. -- Laura (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] , http://www.laymusic.org/ ) (617) 661-8097 fax: (801) 365-6574 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html