I've updated Skink to handle breves (and N: in mid-tune) - will
release shortly. Longas would be easy to implement, but is there
a modern notation for them? they seem to be represented as
the 'old style' breve ( like |=| ) except with a tail, but is that OK mixed in
with 'new style' breves (like |O|) ? And what about maximas??
where does it end????
BTW my reading of the standard is that M is optional and defaults
to M:4/4. I agree that N: should be allowed in the tune body.
wil
Laura Conrad wrote:
> >>>>> "Phil" == Phil Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Phil> (You'll have to move the K: field to the end of the header
> Phil> where it belongs, and also put a bar line at the end of each
> Phil> line, otherwise BarFly will display it all on one line.)
> >>
> >> I don't think there are fields after the K: field that aren't
> >> allowable in the body of the tune. (OK, the standard doesn't say that
> >> about N, but I think it should about some note field, and I think it
> >> does about T:, M:, and L:.)
>
> Phil> An M: field in the header (i.e. before the K:) is mandatory,
> Phil> I think.
>
> I don't see that in my copy of the standard. abc2ps defaults to 4/4,
> I think, if there isn't an M: field at all. Is that wrong?
>
> Phil> However, it's actually not that but the N: in the tune which
> Phil> foxes BarFly.
>
> Yes, that's a change I'd like to see in the standard. Either N: or
> some other text field should be allowed in the body, so that notes
> that actually apply to a particular note or lyric can be entered _in
> situ_. abc2ps does the right thing already. abc2midi complains, but
> wouldn't do anything about the N: field wherever it was.
>
> >>
> >> I agree about the multiple ways of displaying a17, but what about a16?
> >> If I want to transport ABC from a program that knows what a longa
> >> looks like to one that doesn't, how should I do that?
> >>
>
> Phil> Perhaps the breve and longa should go in the standard. Certainly the
> Phil> breve should, as it's sometimes used even in modern music. In the
> Phil> meantime we're stuck with a8-a8, or even a4-a4-a4-a4.
>
> So you think a program that does handle longas should be able to parse
> a4-a4-a4-a4 as a16?
>
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