>
> 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 and I can play along with it, but it stops after one
> time
> through the tune. How can I get it to repeat so I can practice with it
> and not go to a jam and stop once through the tune to press the F1 key?
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 to make the tune repeat easily. Another option might be
to use the Part fields to specify a repeating playing order like this:
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...
... 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@...
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). ...
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@...
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@...
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 ...
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; -...
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,...
... 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@...
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...
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...
... 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...
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 ...
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