Re: [abcusers] gracenotes

[Phil Taylor]

Laurie wrote:

>I think the distinction between graces that steal time from the
>previous note and those which steal from the following is
>musically important.  I'm not 100% clear on the syntax you
>are proposing for this.  If I want to do
>  | G4 {A} B4 |
>how do you write the two cases which would sound like
> | G2-G-G/2-G/4-G/8 A/8 B4 |
>or
> | G4 A/8 B/8-B/4-B/2-B-B2 |
>?

BarFly can play it either way (it's a local option, so you can't change
it in mid-tune).  As far as writing it is concerned I'd use slurs, i.e.
  | (G4 {A}) B4 |
  | G4 ({A} B4) |

Phil Taylor


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