[abcusers] To tell the dancer from the dance

2002-05-25 Thread Frank Nordberg
John Chambers wrote: Atte wrote: | On Fri, 24 May 2002, Jack Campin wrote: | The point of ABC is to notate music, not music notation. | | Sorry, to interrupt, but why did you propose the i and j modifiers then? Hey, i was my suggestion; Jack only gets credit/blame for j. ;-) |

Re: [abcusers] To tell the dancer from the dance

2002-05-25 Thread Laurie (ukonline)
Frank Evil Grin Nordberg challenged Can anybody come up with a clear and consise definition (in twenty words or less) of the difference between musically relevant and purely notational features? A difference between two pieces of notation is musically relevant if and only if it means they should

Re: [abcusers] To tell the dancer from the dance

2002-05-25 Thread Phil Taylor
Laurie wrote: Frank Evil Grin Nordberg challenged Can anybody come up with a clear and consise definition (in twenty words or less) of the difference between musically relevant and purely notational features? A difference between two pieces of notation is musically relevant if and only if it

Re: [abcusers] To tell the dancer from the dance

2002-05-25 Thread Frank Nordberg
Laurie (ukonline) wrote: A difference between two pieces of notation is musically relevant if and only if it means they should sound different. (20 words) Nice one, Laurie :-) Except, I think it ought to be will sound different rather than should sound different, that is, what matters in

Re: [abcusers] To tell the dancer from the dance

2002-05-25 Thread Jeff Bigler
From: Laurie (ukonline) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 17:34:58 +0100 Thus writing in a different key and inserting accidentals to correct is not musically relevant. I disagree. Writing __B instead of A, for instance, gives an indication of the chord or chord progression that the