I would like to support Phil Taylor's recent comments.
Though ABC allows an amazing complexity of composition to be represented and played, its original conception was not to be a competitor to existing scoresetting programs, but to be a cheap and easy way for practicing musicians to record and communicate the bewildering number of tunes and their variations.
Having said that, I am humbled by the intellectual effort and sheer doggedness of developers on this list: I am truly grateful to all concerned.
Can someone suggest a list of publications that might be regarded as authorities on musical notation?
Gerou et al: Essential Dictionary of Music Notation. Brilliant value at $5.95/£5.50 and much less at Amazon.
Gardner Read: Music Notation. The classic since the 60s.
Kurt Stone: Music Notation in the 20th century. Excellent and comprehensive. Complementary to Read, and in spite of the title there is much of traditional rules.
Ross: The art of music engraving and processing. For the details on exact spacing and beaming angles and such detail.
-- Bernard Hill Braeburn Software Author of Music Publisher system Music Software written by musicians for musicians http://www.braeburn.co.uk Selkirk, Scotland
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