Steve, You know how that tune is supposed to sound right? I'm sure you do. There's like at least 4-5 recordings of that tune I can think of off-the-cuff. So just take the notes and make them sound like the tune is supposed to go. Tap your foot, or use a metronome and the timing should be pretty obvious. Heck, since it's a slow air, you have all kinds of freedom to bend the timing and tempo. You don't even have to stick to strict meter. Just make sure you're looking your guitar-player or piano player in the eye so they know when you're about to take "liberties" :-) I've long since given up on getting precise accuracy out of abc's. It's a pleasant surprise when they're dead on, and you always know who's abcs will usually be perfect. Usually Jack's are spot-on, because precision seems to be an important element of his personality. Most of the time though, I just use them to either give me a rough idea of the notes, or else to confirm what I think I've figured the notes out to be, off the recording..
> Rita Hamilton wrote: > >> I got a copy of Rose Among the Heather from the Chambers website. >> HOWEVER, it has, if you look at the GIF file, only 1/8th notes. >> However,if you play the midi >> file, it has 1/16th's and dotted 1/8/s. What's going on? >> > > I'm not sure what's going on but here's the text file he has posted > along with the midi and gif files: > > X: 1 > T: the Rose Among the Heather > R: strathspey > Z: John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > M: C > L: 1/8 > K: D > G2 \ > | "D"F<A A>F "G"G<B B>G | "D"F<A D>F "A7"E2 G2 \ > | "D"F<A A>F "G"G>B d>B | "A7"A>F G<E "D"D2 :| > A2 \ > | "D"d>e d>B A<f d>B | A>F d<f "A7"e4 \ > | "F#7"f>g f>e "G"d<B d>B | "D"A>d "A7"e<c "D"d2 || > A2 \ > | "D"d>e d>B A<f d>B | A>F d<f "A7"e4 \ > | "D"f>e d>B "Bm"A<F d>B | "A7"A>F G<E "D"D2 |] > > (I removed a line with URL info from JC's header because it screws up > some abc readers). > > If you paste the above text into the Tune-O-Tron converter at > http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html you'll get a pdf output > with the correct rhythm. I suspect the method he's using for notating > the dotted rhythm (< and > instead of /) is causing the problem but I > don't know for sure. -Steve > -- > Steve Wyrick -- Concord, California > > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To > subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: > http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
