You could try N/B (No Body) Dafydd.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Campin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ABC Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 2:16 PM Subject: [abcusers] this tune intentionally left blank > I have some ABC files where I use the notation as a tunographic > database - there is no body, either because I haven't got round > to typing it in or don't intend to. The GS MacLennan tune file > on my website is an example: I've included bodies for the tunes > I can reproduce with no problem, but for the copyrighted ones > I've simply included a header to describe the tune and say where > to find it. > > I can imagine this might cause problems for some ABC software, > indexes like JC's Tune Finder in particular. Having a reference > to a print or audio source for a tune is an advance on having no > information about it at all, so these null-body tunes should be > indexed, but processing pipelines intended to create sound files > or staff notation will need to throw an exception. > > Would it be easier if there were an explicit keyword to declare > there was no body for the tune? If so, what? > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760 > <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack> * food intolerance data & recipes, > Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files, and my CD-ROM "Embro, Embro". > ------> off-list mail to "j-c" rather than "abc" at this site, please <------ > > > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
