>>>>> "John" == John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> The <tonic> is a capital letter which may be followed by a # or b for
John> sharp or flat respectively. The case isn't significant.
So why say it's a capitalletter if the case isn't significant?
John> One question is about spaces. I'd prefer to say that the fields of a
John> K: line may be separated by spaces, for readability. The only problem
John> with this is the abc 1.6 description of "global accidentals", which
John> use the same syntax but with the accidentals separated from the
John> <tonic> and <mode>. However, I've been unable to find any abc that
John> uses global accidentals, or any software that implements it. So
John> perhaps we should decree "global accidentals" no longer part of abc's
John> syntax, and permit spaces between the K: fields.
I agree with this.
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