>Here's an odd question. Say you have an abc file in 4/4 with "R:hornpipe"
>in the header. Is it possible to notate a pair of straight eighth notes
>in such a file?
>
I don't know if there is a standard way---but I'd be tempted to
put a legato mark, i.e. a little hyphen, over/under the straight notes,
which would probably get the idea across. (To me, at least, but perhaps
others would interpret this differently.) I know this can be done with
abc2mtex, but I think that other programs will do it too. (Won't the
notation "^-"a put a hyphen over the a? This was discussed some time
back.)
>I know that using R:hornpipe is deprecated in favor of a>b c<d notation,
Hmmm...not really. The swing in a hornpipe is usually less severe
than a>bc>d would indicate---tho different people play it different
ways---about one-and-a-half to one, or at most two to one, rather than the
three to one that a>bc>d would be. Same for jazz, I think---most swing
I've heard is similar. Of course, R:hornpipe is fine for the abc itself,
but it doesn't show up in the printed dots... But you can always put "with
a swing" at the head of the tune.
Richard Robinson writes:
>_Notate_, as in write the abc and get the dots printed, there's no issue,
>you just do it. And the players will just have to know which pairs are to
>be swung and which not (or abuse the "" guitar chord notation yet some
>more to put a comment; or just a comment in the abc). I don't know if you
>can get the output you'd want out of the player programs, though. I doubt
>it, somehow.
>
Nor do I, but Barfly has a means of making midi macros for the
playback, via the u: field. I don't know if this particular thing is
possible in it, but if you convince Phil Taylor it's useful, it probably
will be. :-)
Cheers,
John Walsh
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