>>>>> "John" == John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> That really wasn't what spurred by the "^f-|f" top9ic; it was in
John> response to the suggestion that we absolutely need abc to be
John> precisely defined in all cases or else it's useless.
OK, I don't agree with that either. But I do think defining the
ABC-note to pitch correspondence as precisely as possible makes ABC
more useful, not less so.
John> It's easy to see why people might like precision and
John> unambiguity, but that isn't likely with something as simple
John> and compact as abc. And the claim that we even need these
John> things is disproved by the huge success of "standard" (;-)
John> staff notation.
No, I don't think so. Staff notation is a way to communicate with
humans. ABC is sometimes a way to communicate with humans, but also a
way to communicate with computers, which requires much more precision
and less ambiguity.
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