I am one of the world's only specialists in Thuglarki music, which as you know is performed by three or four elderly yak herders in the Kletnuf Mountains of Central Asia when they have nothing better to do.
Thuglarki music, which is horribly (and perhaps needlessly) complex, appears to have a different key signature for each "measure". Or maybe it's just that lads are getting a little tone deaf as they age - hard to tell. In any case, I recently ABC'd one of their favorite songs, the "Bu Shpremt yig Platsl 'c Uv" (roughly "Who Was that Nanny Goat I Saw You with Last Night?), and had to use the following K: field: K: D =c^g[?]^A[maybe]=f[are you serious?]_B[aw come on]=D,, ...and that was only for the first measure. Is there any way we can expand the standard to satisfy my (admittedly) peculiar requirements? These guys won't be around forever - the "young lad" of the group is 113 (gotta love that mountain air and simple diet). I was going to suggest that we add a new header field called K:) to contain key signatures whose use is limited to .073 percent of possible ABC users. (Yes, it DOES resemble a smiley face, and there may be a reason for that.) Respectfully submitted Zouki (ethnomusicological dilettante - don't waste time asking for my credentials) To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
