On Wed 06 Mar 2002 at 12:14PM +0000, Erik Ronstr�m wrote:
> I have been wondering about this all since I first come across abc, but
> I haven't figured it out yet and I have never thought of asking until
> now. Anyway:
> 
> 
> Is there a good reason why the X: field is required?
> 
> * It is not nessecary to separate the tunes since
>   an empty line is used for that purpose.
> 

If you have arbitrary text in with the abc, the X: field is useful to
mark the start of the tune. Also, some programs allow you to select a
set of tunes using the X: field.

James Allwright
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