James Allwright wrote: >The inconsistency is deliberate. The point is that when you play >a hornpipe or anything else with dotted rhythm (or swing, or >whatever you want to call it), keeping a 3:1 ratio is rather >harder than keeping a 2:1 ratio and doesn't really add much >musically apart from a certain pedantic pleasure in knowing that >you are playing exactly what your notation says. This is why >abc2midi makes the assumption that a>b is meant to be played as >a 2:1 ratio. I think this is in accordance with the original >spirit of '>' even if this is not spelt out in the standard.
It sounds like you're saying that ">" cannot be used to notate the first notes of "Mari's Wedding" to play as I've always heard it played. This would be unacceptable. ______ /\/\/\/\ <______> | | | | | David Barnert <______> | | | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <______> | | | | | Albany, N.Y. <______> \/\/\/\/ Ventilator Concertina Bellows Bellows (Vocation) (Avocation) To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
