On 24 Oct 02 5:16 pm, John Chambers wrote: > hand-written, human readable music notation that didn't even require > a computer, much less any specialized software. There are quite a lot > of abc users who still use it this way. I've suggested this to a > number of people who asked me how to solve their abc software > problems, and some of them have been happy with the answer.
Y. that is it's main virtue AFAIKS > Maybe some day we'll all have full music software on our pocket comm > gadgets. A tin whistle / Harmonica in the pocket is easier... (apart from the fluff) > to always use fancy music software, the Lilypond and MusicML folks > are going to give you something much more powerful than ABC. The > value of ABC is that it's simple, typable, and readable without any > special software. If we lose that, we will have lost one of the main > reasons that ABC came into existence in the first place. Something like Sibelius is just NOT going to be matched where complex musical notation is concerned. What might be useful is an import / export facility for ABC that could be worth doing I reckon. -- RJP - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.sedric.co.uk>. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
