I. Oppenheim writes: | | %%propagate-accidentals <0 | 1> | | When set to 0, accidentals apply only to the note they're attached to. | When set to 1, accidentals also apply to all the notes of the same pitch | in the same octave that appear after the note that they're attached to, | up to the end of the bar. | | The default value is 1.
Hmmm ... As others have pointed out recently, a very common rule (except when it's not ;-) would be: When set to 2, accidentals also apply to all the notes of the same pitch in all octaves up to the end of the bar. This is probably what abc player programs should take as the default. For display purposes, of course, it doesn't matter, since all three cases look the same on paper. And we might mention that "advisory" accidentals are often good even when not strictly necessary. | %%writeout-accidentals <0 | 1 | 2> | | When set to 0, modifying or explicit accidentals that appear in the key | signature field (K:) are printed in the key signature. When set to 1, | only the accidentals belonging to the mode indicated in the K: field, | are printed in the key signature. Modifying or explicit accidentals are | printed in front of the notes to which they apply. When set to 2, both | the accidentals belonging to the mode and possible modifying or explicit | accidentals are printed in front of the notes to which they apply; no | key signature will be printed. | | The default value is 0. French horn players will approve. ;-) (I wonder how many programs will implement all of this? I'd think there would be a real temptation to put it off until you need it yourself.) To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
