Hi,
Phil Taylor wrote, about "R:hornpipe":
>Why do you think it's deprecated?
I seem to recall James Allwright writing to this list that a>b c<d notation was more
conventional. But perhaps I took his remarks out of context, and perhaps I don't even
remember correctly. Sorry....
Frank Nordberg wrote, also about "R:hornpipe":
>Why not simply "R:swing"?
The abc2midi program, running in WindowsNT, doesn't recognize "R:swing". Nor does it
allow "R:none" and "R:hornpipe" in the tune body (which was one of Phil's suggestions).
Frank suggested the following notation for straight eighths in "M:C", "L:1/8",
"R:swing":
>|_BB AA (2GF (2ED|
In "R:hornpipe", both abc2midi and yaps render this as (1/2 x 4) + (2/3 * 4) = 5 beats.
Phil's refinement of this idea *does* work in both abc2midi and yaps:
>write it like this (2:2:GF (2:2:ED
By Jove, I think we've got it! Thank you all for your suggestions.
Yours,
- Matt
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