> It is just simply
>incorrect to not make the normal distinction between ties and
slurs in any
>form of musical notation (which does include ABC), and, worst of
all,
>ultimately confusing to users if improper usage is allowed. Ties
and slurs
>are not the same thing, nor are they intended to be, nor were
they ever
>intended to be so far as I know. To not make the correct
distinction is
>just simply unnecessary, in my opinion, and will continue to
promote
>sloppy, or lazy, or ignorant, or individualistic, or
non-standard, or what
>ever you want to call it, practices in writing ABC.
we can draw a parallel with the > : in fact we don't need this
symbol, instead of A > A there is the A3/2 A/ notation but it's
simplier to use.
I don't think people, like me or John Chamber, who want in this
case a more tolerant standard wish to confuse pple with the
notions of slurs and ties. For example B and G *can't*
(physically, in acoustic) be tied, can they ? So we could say this
is just a convention to notate slur *both* with - and (). That
doesn't mean slurs becomes ties.
And a last remark : in french we only use one word for the two :
it is called "liaison", we would not confuse the two. But I've
just read in a musical theory that there was a difference of
interpretation for slurs according as the slur concerns only two
notes, or several notes : it is said for two slured notes which
are at a different length, the 1st one should be emphasized, i.e.
: (c2B) z/ d/ (d2c) z/e/ | (e2d) /.../
so it's not so illogical to use - to write a slur/tie ("liaison")
between 2 notes (whatever they are and whatever that particular
slur/tie means) and brackets for slur between several notes (more
than 2 at least). For ties between more than 2 notes like
A3-A2-|A2 I don't find it really logical to allow (A3 A2 |A2), but
why not ?
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