Re: [abcusers] Over the rainbow

2002-10-27 Thread Frank Nordberg
Toni Schilling wrote: > > Don't you think it's time to change the subject-line of this thread? Definitely not! Discussions at abcusers always turn out this way, and finally we have found a subject-line that covers all bases! ;-) To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullo

Re: [abcusers] Over the rainbow

2002-10-26 Thread \"R.J.Peach (personal mail)\"
On 25 Oct 02 3:08 pm, John Chambers wrote: > Of course, as with the plain-text vs word-processor debate, ABC lacks > most of the fancy music formatting of some other packages. Once upon a time, the orchestra was given the tune & perhaps an indication of the bass line together with some general com

Re: [abcusers] Over the rainbow

2002-10-25 Thread John Chambers
RJP wrote: | On 24 Oct 02 5:16 pm, John Chambers wrote: | > Maybe some day we'll all have full music software on our pocket comm | > gadgets. | A tin whistle / Harmonica in the pocket is easier... (apart from the fluff) At musical events, I often have a whistle or three tucked into a belt.

Re: [abcusers] Over the rainbow

2002-10-25 Thread \"R.J.Peach (personal mail)\"
On 24 Oct 02 5:16 pm, John Chambers wrote: > hand-written, human readable music notation that didn't even require > a computer, much less any specialized software. There are quite a lot > of abc users who still use it this way. I've suggested this to a > number of people who asked me how

RE: [abcusers] Over the rainbow

2002-10-25 Thread Toni Schilling
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Re: [abcusers] Over the rainbow

2002-10-24 Thread Gary J Sibio
At 04:35 PM 10/24/2002 +0100, you wrote: But a preposition is not a word to end a sentence with. Reminds me of a joke I heard recently: Man from Alabama: So, mister, where are you from? Man from Boston: Somewhere where we do not end a sentence with a preposition. Man from Alabama: OK, where

Re: [abcusers] Over the rainbow

2002-10-24 Thread Jack Campin
Thanks to Aaron and Frank for their input; I used both. Aaron's tune, while only a few keystrokes away from being perfectly acceptable ABC, wasn't quite the way I remembered the tune as being structured, but having it that way made it far quicker to get it the way I wanted from those MIDIs. I had

Re: [abcusers] Over the rainbow

2002-10-24 Thread Judy Hawkins
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Please try tunes on your abc player before posting them. Nobody > > wants to post or read abc that doesn't work > > > Better yet I'll just stop posting. > Please don't stop posting. Many of us lurker types are perfectly delighted by people who have the gumptio

Re: [abcusers] Over the rainbow

2002-10-23 Thread ANewman110
> Please try tunes on your abc player before posting them. Nobody > wants to post or read abc that doesn't work Better yet I'll just stop posting.

Re: [abcusers] Over the rainbow

2002-10-23 Thread Frank Nordberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Please try tunes on your abc player before posting them. Nobody > wants to post or read abc that doesn't work. Good point, David, but is that really the right way to greet a new contributor? I know you only wanted to offer some helpful advice, but it ended up lookin

Re: [abcusers] Over the rainbow

2002-10-23 Thread Laurie (ukonline)
> Curious. Did these work in the abc software you put them > together in? (How's that for a split infinitive?) Actually that is not a split infinitive. You don't need to really bother about them though. Some authorities on English (e.g. Fowler) say that people make fools of themselves trying to

[abcusers] Over the rainbow

2002-10-23 Thread DavBarnert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Here are 3 different versions... Curious. Did these work in the abc software you put them together in? (How's that for a split infinitive?) They have no K: fields (K:C works fine) and are full of blank lines that effectively end each tune at the headers (and several oth