On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Steve Mansfield wrote:
> This (IMHO) looks to me like the way of resolving this one, in that it
> would satisfy both needs.
>
> However.
>
> As K: is already established as the 'key signature' field, and there are
> thousands of abc files already out in the wild, would it not make sense
> to leave K: as the 'key signature' and k: as the 'mode' (please excuse
> descriptors!)
I agree with Laura that this is not an option. K: (as is now) kan have
stuff like "C", "Cm", "Cdorian", so it's actually more of a mode
descriptor now. The idea some are hinting at by proposing that K: should
also allow accidentals is that you could choose in which way you wanna use
it. So G phrygian could be "Gphrygian" (don't know if this is
spelled exactly right, never mess with modal music), "Ab" (which of
course really bad!) or _B_E_A_D. This would all result in four flats.
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Atte Andr� Jensen
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