>>>>> "Jean-Francois" == Jean-Francois Moine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jean-Francois> As nobody did it yet, here is a definition of the
Jean-Francois> V: field to be included in the ABC draft.
Jean-Francois> $ V:voice yes V:2, V:Soprano
We need a little more explanation about V:<number>, especially if
we're going to make the <number> optional, as implied by V:Soprano.
Currently, abc2ps pretty much ignores it, except as an identifier, but
abc2midi requires that there be a strict sequence, and ignores a V:3
if there isn't a V:2. That is, I was playing with extracting parts
from a 4-part piece (via Christoph Dalitz' perl program, abcselect),
and if I extracted voices 1 and 4, I could get printout, but not MIDI
playback of the fourth voice.
I would prefer the abc2ps treatment of the number.
But if the number is going to be significant, we need to be able to
specify a name as well, as in:
V:2 name=Alto
I agree that there's no necessity to provide key and clef information
in the V: field.
If we do go to this symplification of the current V: syntax, I hope
someone writes a simple program for converting lines in the current
abc2ps syntax to V: and K: lines in the new syntax.
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