Henrik Norbeck wrote:

>John Walsh wrote:
>>      Obligatory abc content:  The R: field is only supposed
>> to go in the header, according to the 1.6 spec.  Now that some
>> playback programs use this field for their stress programs, I think it
>> should be allowed in the tune.
>
>Hear, hear! I suggested this about half a year ago, I think. For
>players of Scottish music this would be very useful, e.g. for
>"march/strathspey/reel" sets.

I hadn't realised that the current standard forbade it. BarFly permits
R: fields in the tune.  As always, the R: field has to match the metre
to activate the appropriate stress program, so if there is a change of
metre and rhythm together, the M: field has to come first.

Phil Taylor


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