[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote :
>Steve Mansfield writes:
>| 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!)
>
>Methinks you got it backwards.  Currently K:  doesn't include  a  key
>signature,  only  tonic+mode.   The  term "key signature" in standard
>staff notation means a list of accidentals, not tonic and  mode.   If
>you  want a new header line for the signature, it should be k:  so as
>not to collide with existing notation.


Steve Mansfield
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