Re: [abcusers] Continuation Lines

On 10 Mar 2004, at 23:39, Steven Bennett wrote: Hi! I'm in the process of writing Yet Another ABC Parser as part of a larger project I've been working on for a while. (There are umpteen jillion reasons why I'm not using an existing parser - the biggest being this one is written in Objective

[abcusers] 8va octaviation

Hi all! Does abc music (especially abcm2ps ) support va8 octaviation lines ? -- J.Anders, Chemnitz, GERMANY ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

[abcusers] PocketPC

Hi, A few years ago I wrote TunePal for the Psion series 5/MX/Revo PDAs (www.bryanduggan.com/music.html). I am working on a port to the PocketPC platform. I am nearly finished with the first version. A few things: The program will be free, with source code available Could I

[abcusers] ABC and Jazz notation

Hi, I am quite a new user of ABC, and would like to ask if it is possible to use jazz notation for chords symbols (with no notes), as follows: A7 Edim7 G-7 D alt. __ __ __ __

Re: [abcusers] ABC and Jazz notation

Giovanni Ferro Luzzi writes: | | I am quite a new user of ABC, and would like to ask if it is | possible to use jazz notation for chords symbols (with no notes), | as follows: | | A7 Edim7 G-7 D alt. | __ | __ | __ |

[abcusers] Newbie Attempt at Bach Minuet 1

X:1 T:Minuet 1 C: Bach, Johann Sebastian Z:John Heim M:3/4 L:1/4 K:G d(dd)BA/2B/2GA(dc)B2Adc/2B/2A/2G/2ec/2B/2A/2G/2FE/2D/2FG2 d(dd)BA/2B/2GA(dc)B2Adc/2B/2A/2G/2ec/2B/2A/2G/2FE/2D/2FG2 Be2^cB/2^c/2Adefe/2d/2^c/2B/2Aag/2f/2e/2d/2bg/2f/2e/2d/2^cA^cd2

Re: [abcusers] ABC and Jazz notation

On 11 Mar 2004, at 14:52, John Chambers wrote: Giovanni Ferro Luzzi writes: | | I am quite a new user of ABC, and would like to ask if it is | possible to use jazz notation for chords symbols (with no notes), | as follows: | | A7 Edim7 G-7 D alt. | __ |

Re: [abcusers] Newbie Attempt at Bach Minuet 1

On 11 Mar 2004, at 15:26, John Heim wrote: X:1 T:Minuet 1 C: Bach, Johann Sebastian Z:John Heim M:3/4 L:1/4 K:G d(dd)BA/2B/2GA(dc)B2Adc/2B/2A/2G/2ec/2B/2A/2G/2FE/2D/2FG2 d(dd)BA/2B/2GA(dc)B2Adc/2B/2A/2G/2ec/2B/2A/2G/2FE/2D/2FG2 Be2^cB/2^c/2Adefe/2d/2^c/2B/2Aag/2f/2e/2d/2bg/2f/2e/2d/2^cA^cd2

Re: [abcusers] Newbie Attempt at Bach Minuet 1

At 09:45 AM 3/11/2004, Phil Taylor wrote: Bar lines would be nice. [...] I'll have to ask my teacher what those are. :-) I'm not just a newbie to ABC music I'm a newbie to music. I went blind a few years ago and decided to learn how to play the violin. Bach Minuet 1 is on the first Suzuki

Re: [abcusers] Newbie Attempt at Bach Minuet 1

On 11 Mar 2004, at 16:00, John Heim wrote: At 09:45 AM 3/11/2004, Phil Taylor wrote: Bar lines would be nice. [...] I'll have to ask my teacher what those are. :-) OK! I'm not just a newbie to ABC music I'm a newbie to music. I went blind a few years ago and decided to learn how to play the

RE: [abcusers] Newbie Attempt at Bach Minuet 1

Some ABC processing programs emit warnings/errors if the bars do not have the correct number of beats in them according to the key signature. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Taylor Sent: 11 March 2004 16:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [abcusers] ABC and Jazz notation

Phil, Thanks a lot to you and everyone who responded too! alt. is for altered. The chord is altered in every possible way: the ninth is both lowered and raised, the eleventh is raised, and the thirteenth is lowered. Also, it does not contain a fifth. Cheers, Giovanni On Thu, 11 Mar 2004,

[abcusers] Optional breath mark?

I have successfully created breath marks by using something like: U:h=!breath! ABCDh | | but is it possible to create an optional breath mark? (') ... paren's around it? I am typesetting some flute music for beginners and not having good breath control yet, it's good to place some optional

RE: [abcusers] Continuation Lines

Hi Steven, I've wrestled with the same issues. Here is how I handle it in iabc: if the '\' is the last character in the line, I read them as seperate lines in the parser but put the music from the second abc line on the same music line. If it is present in the w: line, it is used to 'escape'

RE: [abcusers] PocketPC

I would be interested in testing the program You seem to have all the main functions covered Can you view the tunes in standard notation on the pocket pc screen ? this would be excellent Regards Derek -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[abcusers] ABC 2.0 draft

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Steven Bennett wrote: I'm in the process of writing Yet Another ABC Parser as part of a larger project I've been working on for a while. Hi Steve, As the person responsible for the ABC 2.0 draft spec, I find it great that you are investing time in the development of ABC.

[abcusers] ABC 2.0 vs. ABCPlus 2.0

ABC users, I am currently writing a Python module to allow ABC files to be parsed and written. Originally I was working on parsing ABC 1.6 but I needed voice overlays for the work that I am doing. Looking around, I found ABCPlus and started working toward that specification. Today I saw the

Re: [abcusers] ABC 2.0 vs. ABCPlus 2.0

Dear Tom, Looking around, I found ABCPlus and started working toward that specification. Today I saw the post by Irwin about ABC 2.0 So, my question is - Are there really two competing specs? No, these are not competing specs, but rather two documents which serve different goals. ABC Plus

Re: [abcusers] Continuation Lines

As I remember, the real problems with the continuation---apart from the incompatibility of 1.6 and 2.0---come when there was a mixed bag: several staves, lyrics, etc. In that case, there are natural musical groupings, and there was a discussion on how, or whether, to have smart