[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Ignoring for the present how much existing ABC might be broken by this,
> suppose it is decided that you have to write ^f-|^f. The notation
> software will omit the second sharp by default, in order to display the
> staff notation correctly. Now suppose you *want* the second sharp to be
> displayed, as a cautionary accidental. How could this be achieved?
I think we all agree that �^f-|f�, by virtue of �-� signifying a tie as
opposed to a slur, is essentially an �^f2� shifted across the bar line.
Therefore in ABC there is no ambiguity as to what the notation *means*
in musical terms (and thus what a MIDI player should do).
Whether this combination actually appears in a traditional printed score
with no accidental on the second �f�, with a cautionary accidental in
front of the note, with the accidental in parentheses, or (say) a small
�#� above the staff at that point, is an issue of taste and/or
convenience on the part of a notation program. A notation program might
(or ought to) offer a way for users to be able to specify what sort of
behaviour they prefer for such cases, but that preference has no bearing
on the ABC notation whatsoever.
Anselm
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