Hello, James Allwright wrote: I think what is actually wanted is the ability to write > Q:allegro > because the word "allegro" was the tempo indicator in the original > score. If a player program recognizes this and picks an appropriate > tempo, then all is well. I believe that there are only a finite > number of italian words used to indicate musical tempo, so this > approach should actually be possible.
YES BUT: There is a more or less infinite number of tempo indicaters that have been or are used today by composers and other musicans. No troubles if the player program simply uses whatever default if it does not recognize the term. All proposals that use Q:text within a tune loose backwards compatability whith (all?) old programs. All proposals which use "Q:numeral (space?) 'extention of whatever kind' " have better chances that backwards compatability whith (some) old programs is provided. Simon Wascher - Vienna, Austria http://members.chello.at/simon.wascher/ To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
