Sorry, but I actually got bored about the discussion about the abc2midi behaviour...so
bored I actually felt sick!
The problem about the way abc2midi handles the broken rythms shortcut is that it
actually playes (and "save as" midi) any beat using the ">" symbol as a triplet, even
if in the R: field you state the tune is a schottische (and English schottisches, at
least the oldest ones, are usually played dotted, unlike the recent ones of the
hornpipes), or a polka, or anything else...
In other terms, the basic thuth is that ac2midi is not an "abc compliant" software,
or, to say better, is unreliable...and that's all we can (and should) say about it!
The "real" problem, IMO, is a totally different one: is there anybody who actually
cares about the respect of the standard anymore?
I assume the answer is: no... except fot those who actually think to be in charge of
its update! Pity the rest of us parias is still waiting for "news from the front"...
Gianni
P.S: No. I won't enter a debate about what anybody as a little common sense left is
able to see and (hopefully) understand. So, please, don't reply to this mine... thank
you! If you really feel prompted to, make concrete suggestions in order to save the
abc notation (assuming we're still in time to...), or even better the wealth of tunes
that has been availbale on the web using it.
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