On Fri 02 Nov 2001 at 06:48AM -0500, Laura Conrad wrote: > >>>>> "James" == James Allwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> >>>>> "James" == James Allwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > James> On Thu 01 Nov 2001 at 04:59PM +0100, Forgeot Eric wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Sharps, flats and natural signs may be indicated in guitar chords > >> >> using '\#', '\b' and '\='. > >> >> > >> > James> Sharps and flats are already indicated in guitar chords with # and b ! > >> > >> Yes, but they don't typeset right. > >> > > James> Maybe, maybe not, depending on what program you use, but this is nothing > James> to do with the standard. > > The lack of a standard way to indicate natural certainly is.
Ok, you have a point here, but I've never actually seen natural signs used in chords. > The lack > of a way to differentiate between lower case b and flat sign is, too, > in my opinion. The obvious test to use is that b or # is the second character in the chord after A-G. I did at one point create a version of the PostScript 'show' command that identified b and # and replaced them with the appropriate sharp and flat graphics. Unfortunately the results looked so bad that I decided to stick with b and # for yaps. If anyone wants to play with this, I'm happy to give them my bit of code. What is really needed is good PostScript graphics for the accidentals that fit in with the character set used for chords. James Allwright To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
