John Chambers wrote -
>I've also found the phrase "explicit key signature" more useful than
>"global accidentals", though I don't suppose that's a real big deal.
These seem to me to be two separate things. Whem converted to conventional
notation, an "explicit key signature" is the collection of sharps, naturals and
flats you find at the start of the staff; "global accidentals" are
accidentals applied to notes throughout the music. (Does anybody ever use these?)
>Careful readers might note that I also dropped the old standard's
>requirement that global accidentals be set off by spaces.
Setting off by spaces is the only way to distinguish between these two
different things in John's proposed notation.
I would like to propose the addition of two new optional parameters to the K:
command; tonic= and mode=. Using these, John's K:Amix=g could become -
K:^f^c=g tonic=A mode=mixolydian
which seems much clearer to me.
Bryan Creer
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