I think I'd better rethink my proposal, since (as expected) it's been soundly rejected by several folk-tune collectors whose support is needed. I have ideas for a better format (IMHO) for transcribing tunes; besides correcting some "mistakes" in ABC and borrowing a few things from NMD, it would look more like a programming language... but I can convert it to ABC for public consumption.
Pretend I never said anything about header fields or any other radical changes. What's more important are some constraints: 1) Something we can all agree on 2) Simplicity rather than completeness 3) Unambiguous notation (certain informational fields notwithstanding) 4) No extensions except within %% comments and, 5) A separate format (like AbcPlus) for music that doesn't fit these contraints. Is this too much to hope for? To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
