>> I think abc's biggest shortcomming is the fundamental of only >> being able to put a chord where there is a melody-note. I consider this a >> major bummer, and guess everybody (except me) writes stuff like >> | "A Am"C4 | > if your software supports non-printing rests (BarFly, Skink) you can write > | "A"C4 "Am"x |
In Barfly, "x" doesn't print but does play, like a "z". So that example is in 5/4 with a rest and chord change on the 5th beat. Neither does the same thing using the "y" non-printing non-playing space work. Try lining it up with a parallel voice containing four crotchets and see what you get. This ugly mess is the best I can do in BarFly to get those chords to line up with four crotchets in another voice while retaining the semibreve: V:1 "A" C4 "Am"y4 | V:2 GyGy Gy2G| and every additional voice would require quadratically more y's to sort the misalignments out. An example of why I don't show other people the ABCs I've written with y's in. =================== <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> =================== To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
