>>repeat signs are bars,
> I don't think so. At a quick glance, seven out of the first twelve
> tunes in the Northumbrian Piper's Tune Book have repeat symbols that
> don't coincide with bars.
Okay, I guess both I and the 1.6 standard are wrong on that.
> For instance, I want to be able to do
Ah. I do apologise for maligning your software!
L.
- Original Message -
From: Phil Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [abcusers] Re: Initial repeats
Laurie Griffiths wrote:
>(I think there was (and may still be) a res
John Chambers said -
>As I've noted before, we have a population of users who
>can't even be bothered to type "X:1" at the start of their tunes.
I've heard it said that if a door is clearly marked PULL but everyone who comes to it tries to PUSH, it is not because they are all stupid;
Laurie Griffiths wrote:
>(I think there was (and may still be) a restriction in Barfly that repeats
>are only allowed at bar boundaries - but I also recall Phil admitting that
>is a restriction in Barfly caused by a misunderstanding when he wrote it.
No, repeats can go anywhere, and don't have t
John wrote:
| On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, James Allwright wrote:
|
| > My point is that missing out a start repeat is bad notation; an
| > anacrusis at the start of a piece generates ambiguity and I think you
| > will be hard pressed to find a music textbook that legitimizes the
| > process of missing of
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, James Allwright wrote:
> My point is that missing out a start repeat is bad notation; an
> anacrusis at the start of a piece generates ambiguity and I think you
> will be hard pressed to find a music textbook that legitimizes the
> process of missing off start repeats.
>From
I beg to differ. (Incidentally Scarce Of Tatties is a jig that I rather
like - it's in Sue Songer's Portland Collection).
Version 1 - stripped to the bone
X:1
K:A Mix
A>ee e>fg|e>dB A3:|
a>ea a2e |e>dB A3:|
is incorrect ABC but can be fixed up by guessing (YES, GUESSING!!) where the
two repeats
Someone incorrectly writes:
>
> : James is adamant that abc2midi won't play a repeat unless there's
> : a balanced begin/end.
>
Damn! Take a day off work and someone decides to put nonsense words
in your mouth! Just for the record, abc2midi does have code in there
to guess the start of repeats
