On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 03:25:29PM +0000, John Chambers wrote:
> Laura Conrad writes:
> |
> | Speaking of advisory accidentals, that seems to me to be something
> | that we've talked about fairly often, and it still hasn't made it into
> | the standard. That is, for an accidental which isn't strictly
> | necessary by the "normal" standards for notation, but which the
> | transcriber believes will help a performer, there should be some
> | typographical distinction, like putting it in parentheses, and ABC
> | printing programs should allow you to indicate this.
>
> Some time back, someone (maybe several someones) pointed
> out that notation like (^)G is not in conflict with current
> abc syntax, and would be obvious to most users.
>
> It isn't the same meaning as with other parentheses, but it
> might be the best way to handle this specific case.
>
> Maybe I should try implementing it, and see just how
> difficult it really is. The main parsing problem is
> distinguishing the '(' it from the start of a slur.
It would be nice to be able to do them, somehow.
--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
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