In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > Correction: in Irish music, a roll is a specific way of playing >several repeated notes, not a general ornament on a given note. It's >basic to the music, which is why it's part of abc. I'm not at all >surprised rolls aren't in the standard notation texts. Matter of fact, >I'd be surprised if they were.
Then I suggest the term "roll" in the standard be changed to "Irish Roll" or otherwise commented on in a footnote. In normal music a "roll" means something quite different. I implemented a roll as a tremolo (and it sounded good!) by just working from the standard. You *have* to make your standards document intelligible by "normal" musicians if you want the abc standard to be taken up by a wider musical community than that represented here. Bernard Hill Braeburn Software Author of Music Publisher system Music Software written by musicians for musicians http://www.braeburn.co.uk Selkirk, Scotland To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
