OK, while this discussion of what is or is not 'standard' or 'acceptable' musical notation is fascinating, this was not the intent of my original question.
I suppose, the direct route would be to appeal to one of the many *abc*2ps hackers -- er -- developers out there, to see if one or any has an idea as to how to implement any of my issues/suggestions/RFE's. So, how 'bout it? Jean-Francois? Atte? JC? Guido? Anyone? Bueller? :-) -Chris > > From: Bert Van Vreckem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/06/16 Mon PM 01:32:54 EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps, guitar chords, vocal music, etc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > <snip> > > Problem 1: > > As far as I can tell, you can only align chords with actual notes. > > This is a problem for me. Suppose I have a measure that looks > > like this (M:C, L:1/4) > > > > E/D/ C3 > > > > and I want guitar chords to change on beats 1 and 3. If I do this: > > > > "Am"E/D/ "C"C3 > > > > It looks like the "C" chord should start on beat 2. If I put the "C" > > after the note C3, it shows up in the next measure. Any ideas on > > this one? How do I tell abcm2ps to put the guitar chord "C" beyond > > the start of the note "C3", or can I? > > You could use a second voice, where the chords are aligned with > invisible rests: > > V:1 > E/D/ C3| > V:2 > "Am"x2 "C"x2| > > For the other problems, I don't know a solution... > > Cheers, > > bert > -- > Bert Van Vreckem > > Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and > oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital > ingredient in beer. -- Dave Barry > > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: > http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
