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Why I like ABC

1) It is easy to email.
2) For simple tunes (that is, everything I need) it is simple.
3) It is the easiest system that can be written on a bar napkin (try
figuring out if the dot that ripped the napkin was on a line or a space!)
4) I seem to have an unusual way of writing down tunes that doesn't fit
with any WYSIWYG editor: if I have music paper, I scribble all the dots
for the pitches. Then I go back and put in the bar lines. Then I go back
and put in the rhythms. All the traditional notation systems I've seen
make you put in the rhythm of a note when you enter it.


--
Paul Rosen
--- Life is a musical, every once in a while
the plot stops and you start singing and dancing ---
http://plumjammusic.com/
http://cdbaby.com/cd/plumjam
http://www.paulrosen.net



Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:02 am

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Hi Mark, I recently added yet another ABC application called ABCJ (URL below) which is Java based and similar to Skink. To my knowledge its OK on both Unix...
Steve Spencer-Jowett
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Dec 1, 2006
3:51 pm

... whether it was possible (and who I needed permission from) to get underneath the interface of abc applications (e.g. abc2win, abc2midi, muse, ABC...
Jon Freeman
jon@...
Send Email
Dec 1, 2006
3:55 pm

I have (and when pressed, still) use Finale, Encore and TablEdit. They all require a lot of work to produce an acceptable product (at least by my standards). ...
Richard Walker
rlwalker2
Offline Send Email
Mar 26, 2007
11:26 pm

Suitable applications for my needs (mostly abcm2ps and occasionally abcmidi when I'm trying to write harmonies) on my choice of platform (Linux again), good...
Calum Galleitch
abc@...
Send Email
Mar 27, 2007
12:06 am

1) It is easy to email. 2) For simple tunes (that is, everything I need) it is simple. 3) It is the easiest system that can be written on a bar napkin (try ...
Paul Rosen
paulerosen@...
Send Email
Mar 27, 2007
3:00 am

... Yes! I do that too, at least when I'm transcribing a tune out of my head. Another reason to like abc is that it's quick to enter compared with a ...
Phil Taylor
carpedestria
Offline Send Email
Mar 27, 2007
10:12 am

Why I like ABC? - It is an open and transparent format, readable by human beings and several pieces of software; - It is simple, compact, and easy to learn; -...
Hudson Lacerda
hfmlacerda
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Mar 27, 2007
3:56 pm

There has already been a lot of testimony expressed here regarding the merits of abc as a musical notation, provided mostly from a personal viewpoint. Perhaps,...
RWW Taylor
rwwt
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Mar 28, 2007
5:25 pm

... Oh, I do. When I learn a tune, I often take it down in ABC as I'm listening to it, then, when I have my instruments handy, work it up off the ABC. Jerome...
jcolburn@...
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Mar 28, 2007
6:51 pm

Somthing that may not be totally obvious but is nonetheless important, abc, being text tokens, is easily open to analysis through common text-processing tools...
Gary Lawrence Murphy
revg
Offline Send Email
Apr 6, 2007
1:38 pm

I've been trying out ABCEdit and I like it much better now that it types out what I type in. I do have another question. When I press F1, it plays the tune...
Jim C
liteguy.rm
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Apr 6, 2007
3:25 pm

... I know that abcEdit uses abc2midi to generate a midi file, but I don't know what program it uses to play that file. That's where you need a loop setting...
Phil Taylor
carpedestria
Offline Send Email
Apr 6, 2007
4:06 pm

Actually, this is the main reason that my ABC Tune Finder site only deals with ABC so far. It's the only online music format I've found that 1) has enough ...
John Chambers
jeanchambres
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Apr 7, 2007
1:47 am

Thank you to all who replied, it is greatly appreciated. mjh ... From: Mark Hall <hallmark7328@...> To: abcusers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, 26...
Mark Hall
hallmark7328
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Mar 27, 2007
5:11 pm
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