Frank Nordberg wrote:
>"Alan S. Watt" wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have or know of an ABC version of the Terpsichore
>> collection of dances, by Michael Praetorius?
>
>
>I've started making ABC transcriptions of Tersichore. You can get the
>ones I have at:
>
>http://www.musicaviva.com/abc/tunes/france/terpsichore/index.tpl
>
>At the moment there are 12 complete ones, two with just the tune and
>bass part and two with just the tune there.
>I'll be adding a couple more during the next few weeks, but don't expect
>a complete edition. I don't have all the tunes myself, and as I've said
>earlier, it'd be far too much work for a single person in any case. (But
>maybe somebody would like to join me in the work?)
Excellent piece of work. If you have the sheet music, and you'd like to
scan a few pages and mail the pics to me I'll make a contribution.
>
>Phil Taylor wrote:
>>
>> midi2abc and a lot of editing anyone?
>
>I tried that approach, but frankly midi2abc isn't nearly powerful enough
>for this kind of music. I had full control over the midi source files,
>and used every unwritten rule in the book to make them as midi2abc
>friendly as possible. But the post-processing work was still so much,
>I'd just as well type the ABC manually.
Yes, it's something that we really need, a sophisticated midi parser which
can track tempo changes, detect and compensate for stress patterns and
deal with music which is as complex as abc can handle. There are huge
collections of midi files out there which would be so much more useful
in abc format. Maybe I'll have a go at it once I get BarFly to a state
where I can leave it alone for a while.
Phil Taylor
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