From: "Bernard Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [abcusers] ABC Standard 2.0 revision III
> 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. hear hear! BTW, what's normal music ? ;-) > 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. I second that! Arent To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
