Atte writes: | On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, John Chambers wrote: | > Luis Pablo Gasparotto writes: | > | I think the problem is in the ABC-to-ABC stuff when transposing chords. | > | I transpose "Cm7(b5)" six steps up (ninth for alto saxophone) this chord | > | becomes in "Am7(gb5)". It parses b like a note and not like a flat. | > | > This is probably because the most common use of such parens is to | > indicate an alternate chord. | | Say what? What happened to "Cm7""b5". *That's* an alternate chord for you. | True you can but alternate chords between brackets but then above the | other chords.
Hmmm ... How many abc programs accept this? My copies of abc2ps don't. They give a warning and display only the first chord. This doesn't think that I object to this notation. In fact, I think it's a good one. Maybe I'll implement it in my abc2ps clone. But the problem will still exist that other programs don't understand it. Notation like "C(Am)" is probably widely understood, in the sense that programs don't object to it, and it gets displayed correctly. An abc player might always play a C major chord, but that's a valid interpretation. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
