Re: [abcusers] Voice header again

2003-01-06 Thread John Chambers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes | I think the standard (or Steve Mansfield's tutorial) says something about separating |them with a comma, like: | [V:1,L:1/4,M:3/8] | | That's how I implemented/am implementing it in iabc. Hmmm ... There seems to be a bit of an ambiguity here, in the form of a conflict

Re: [abcusers] Voice header again

2003-01-05 Thread ANewman110
I think the standard (or Steve Mansfield's tutorial) says something about separating them with a comma, like: [V:1,L:1/4,M:3/8] That's how I implemented/am implementing it in iabc. In a message dated 1/5/2003 12:50:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > with such > >construct

Re: [abcusers] Voice header again

2003-01-05 Thread Phil Taylor
Jack Campin wrote: >> Each voice is a completely separate tune, so they can have different >> default note lengths (common), metres (rarely) and even keys. Not >> sure about tempo though, since all the voices have to play together. > >I've never been able to predict exactly what BarFly will do wi

Re: [abcusers] Voice header again

2003-01-05 Thread Jack Campin
>> Here's another riddle for the group: >> V:1 >> L:1/4 >> V:2 >> L:1/8 >> V:1 >> >> What's the value of 'L' now? >> >> Likewise for key, meter and tempo. > > Each voice is a completely separate tune, so they can have different > default note lengths (common), metres (rarely) and even keys. Not >

Re: [abcusers] Voice header again

2003-01-04 Thread ANewman110
Maybe the solution is to allow key and meter to be specified on the V: line somehow.  Or another possibility is to allow inline headers to be at 'voice' scope and header lines be at 'global' scope. In a message dated 1/4/2003 5:51:18 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But it ou

Re: [abcusers] Voice header again

2003-01-04 Thread ANewman110
I think your misreading my last post (or maybe I misspoke) - I agree that this is a good idea, I just don't think most ABC files and ABC programs take this into account. In a message dated 1/4/2003 5:30:01 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I like the idea that everything is g

Re: [abcusers] Voice header again

2003-01-04 Thread Eric Galluzzo
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 00:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Phil, I'm not so sure I agree with that. If what you say is correct, you would >really need to go: > V:1 ... > K: Bb > V:2 > K: Bb > > And I have never seen an ABC tune that does that, and I would bet that Barfly >doesn't require that(d

Re: [abcusers] Voice header again

2003-01-04 Thread Phil Taylor
>Hi Phil, I'm not so sure I agree with that. If what you say is correct, >you would really need to go: >V:1 ... >K: Bb >V:2 >K: Bb > >And I have never seen an ABC tune that does that, and I would bet that >Barfly doesn't require that(don't have a Mac or I'd buy a copy and find >out :-) You're rig

Re: [abcusers] Voice header again

2003-01-03 Thread ANewman110
Hi Phil, I'm not so sure I agree with that. If what you say is correct, you would really need to go: V:1 ... K: Bb V:2 K: Bb And I have never seen an ABC tune that does that, and I would bet that Barfly doesn't require that(don't have a Mac or I'd buy a copy and find out :-) I like the idea th

Re: [abcusers] Voice header again

2003-01-03 Thread Phil Taylor
ANewman wrote: >Here's another riddle for the group: >V:1 >L:1/4 >V:2 >L:1/8 >V:1 > >What's the value of 'L' now? > >Likewise for key, meter and tempo. Each voice is a completely separate tune, so they can have different default note lengths (common), metres (rarely) and even keys. Not sure abou

[abcusers] Voice header again

2003-01-03 Thread ANewman110
Here's another riddle for the group: V:1 L:1/4 V:2 L:1/8 V:1 What's the value of 'L' now? Likewise for key, meter and tempo. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html