Hmmm, I feel a bit bad about spoiling the party, but: Atte Andre Jensen wrote: >
lots of god reasons for using abc, but one or two dubious ones too, I'm afraid: > * stuff like my songbook (server generated pdf's in 12 keys) are AFAIK not > really possible using Finale That appears not to be the case. Both Finale's and Sibelius' web formats allow for transposition. There are plenty of other *very* good reasons not to post Finale and Sibelius files on the web, though... > * runs on any platform well... there has been some half hearted attempts to port various abc applications to Mac over the years, but basically Mac users are stuck with BarFly. Fortunately BarFly is an extremely good applications, but it does have some limitations. > * speed? I think I'm faster in abc than I used to be in encore, but I'm > not sure... No way. I don't know about Encore, but when it comes to sheer speed, an abc typist have no chance whatsoever against an experienced Finale user. John Chambers wrote: > > One of my favorite ways to test music software is to attempt to enter > some of the better-known Balkan songs. For instance, Jovano, Jovanke, > which wants a meter of 7/8 and a key signature of one sharp and two > flats (^f_B_e). It's a simple little love song, right? > > So far, all commercial music packages have flunked this test. Really? Have another look at: http://www.musicaviva.com/pdf/turkey/jovano-jovanke-d.pdf and http://www.musicaviva.com/pdf/turkey/jovano-jovanke-e.pdf For those who are new to the list since last time we had that particular discussion, the abcs are: X: 1 T: Jovano, Jovanke R: lesnoto N: *1 Optional held measures. N: The instrumental phrases are from two different recordings. M: 7/16 L: 1/16 K: Dphr^F "Vocal"\ |: "D"F3 "(Cm)"GFE2 | "D"D7- | "*1"D7 \ | "D"[A2F2][cA] "(Cm)"[BG][AF][GE][F/D/][G/E/] | "D"[A7-F7-] | "*1"[A7F7] :| |: "Gm"[d2B2][dB] [d2B2][d2B2] | [dB][cA][dB] "Cm"[e2c2][ec][dB] \ | "F"[c2A2][cA] [c2A2][c2A2] | [cA][BG][cA] "Bb"[d4B4] | | "Gm"[B2G2][BG] [B2G2][cA][dB] | "Cm"[ec][d2B2] [c2A2][B2G2] \ | "D"[A2F2][AF] [BG][AF][BG][cA] | [A2F2][cA] [BG][AF][G2E2] | [F7-D7-] | "*1"[F7D7] :| "Instr.1"\ |: "D"ABG A2GF | FGE F2ED |1 DEC DEFG | ABG A2z2 :|2 "Cm"DEC DEFC | "D"D7- | "*1"D7 :| "Instr.2"\ |: "D"c2d cBA2 | "Gm"B2c BAG2 | "D"F2G ABAG |1 F2G A4 :|2 F2E D4 |] X: 2 T: Jovano, Jovanke R: lesnoto N: *1 Optional held measures. N: The instrumental phrases are from two different recordings. M: 7/16 L: 1/16 K: Ephr^G "Vocal"\ |: "E"G3 "(Dm)"AGF2 | "E"E7- | "*1"E7 \ | "E"[B2G2][dB] "(Dm)"[cA][BG][AF][G/E/][A/F/] | "E"[B7-G7-] | "*1"[B7G7] :| |: "Am"[e2c2][ec] [e2c2][e2c2] | [ec][dB][ec] "Dm"[f2d2][fd][ec] \ | "G"[d2B2][dB] [d2B2][d2B2] | [dB][cA][dB] "C"[e4c4] | | "Am"[c2A2][cA] [c2A2][dB][ec] | "Dm"[fd][e2c2] [d2B2][c2A2] \ | "E"[B2G2][BG] [cA][BG][cA][dB] | [B2G2][dB] [cA][BG][A2F2] | [G7-E7-] | "*1"[G7E7] :| "Instr.1"\ |: "E"BcA B2AG | GAF G2FE |1 EFD EFGA | BcA B2z2 :|2 "Dm"EFD EFGD | "E"E7- | "*1"E7 :| "Instr.2"\ |: "E"d2e dcB2 | "Am"c2d cBA2 | "E"G2A BcBA |1 G2A B4 :|2 G2F E4 |] ------- Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
