>>>>> "John" == John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> It's really the ABC representation that's misleading, implying that
John> ties and slurs are different things. It would be better for ABC to
John> officially go along with the usual musical convention, and just say
John> that the "tie" notation is shorthand for a two-note "slur", and for
John> identical notes, causes them to merge into a single long note.
If this were true, the usual notation for an F# tied across a bar
would have a sharp on the second F. And in the music I play, it
doesn't. I agree that most musicians are hazy on the distinction, but
I think most music printers are aware of it. And musicians are to the
extent that they don't play the second F tied.
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