>> T:Fluffy Thing
>> C:Jack Campin <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> 2004
>> M:6/8
>> L:1/8
>> K:A Lydian
>> A2e e3|d2A e3 |A2 e e3 |=g2^g a3 |
>> A2e e3|d2A e3 |ag=g e2d| ed`e a3:|
>> f2d e3|aga f2d|f2 d e3 | ag`a b3 |
>> b2d e3|agf f2e|ag=g e2d| ed`e a3:|
> Good one - about a cat by any chance?
Nope. One other person knows what it means and she ain't telling.
> What's the symbol between the d and the e (| ed`e |) mean?
It's a spacer. Allows you to align notes without breaking beams;
the ` character wasn't being used for anything and is usefully
inconspicuous. I suggested it as addition to the ABC standard
about a year ago and (uniquely for an ABC proposal in my experience)
it was instantly agreed to and implemented by all the developers
within a few days. You could do the same thing before, using non-
breaking space characters, but no two OSes used the same codes
for those.
It resolves a conflict between ABC readability and the readability
of the staff notation generated from that ABC. Not very significant
here, but it lets you show what parallels what (or not) in tunes
like this:
X:2
T:Mrs Hamilton of Pencaitland
S:William Shepherd: A Collection of Strathspey Reels &c
B:NLS Glen.345(1)
N:copy inscribed to his brother the Rev John Shepherd, 13 June 1793
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:D
.F2.F2`.G2````.G2| ef`````ge (dc).B.A|\
.F2.F2`.G2````.G2| ef/g/ ec Td4: |
Tfe`fg (fg/)a/ fd|(ef/g/) ec dA``FD |\
Tfe`fg (fg/a/) fd|(ef/g/) ec Td4 :|
or this:
X:53
T:Lord Mayo
S:Smollett Holden, A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs [1806]
B:NLS Glen.398
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=80 "Slow"
K:G Dorian
GF | D>`G (G/A/)c d2 cA | d2 G>A GF D2 |\
D``G (G/A/)c d2 f>d| d>c``A>G G2 :|
d2 |(f``d)`(f````g) a2 (gf)|(dc) (d/e/f) F>G``(FD)|\
(f``d)`(f````g) a2 (gf)| d2 (g```a) g2
(ag)| f``d```f````g a2 gf |(dc) (d/e/f) (F>G)`(FD)|\
D>(G```c)``(A G)F`(fd)| d>c``A>G G2 |]
(You probably know that one from Tim O'Leary - he plays it lower,
in E minor, and his first part is different).
Or in this sort of tune (a minuet, more or less) the usual beaming
ties six quavers in a bar together but spacing the beats out makes
the ABC easier to read:
X:82
T:The Flower of the Thorn
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Brian McNeill
H:Welsh, from Jones c.1812
K:A Minor
E2|A4 B2|c2 B2 A2|e2 dc`BA| B4 E2|A2 Ac`Bd|c2 B2 A2|^G2^GB`Ac|B4 :|
B2|c3 B c2|d3 c d2|e4 f2| e4 ed|cB`cd c2|dc`de d2| ed`ed`ef|g3 fed|
cB`cd`ec|dc`de`fd|e2 e2 a2|^g4 b2|a2 e2 c2|f2 e2 d2| c2 dc`Bc|A4 |]
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