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This could probably be improved with an axe but it does the job of converting .mid to .mp3.. R...
rjp
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Dear rjp, Greetings! Whoops! I inadvertently had "Individual Emails" switched off and I missed the file download. The programme sounds very useful; would it be...
lewiswjones
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Sep 4, 2008
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Dear abc users, Greetings from Birmingham, England! With his permission I have uploaded r.p.j.'s "short bash script" to our Files section. As you may recall...
lewiswjones
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Sep 5, 2008
6:08 pm
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Whoops, folks. Initial typo! Sorry. I meant "r.j.p." of course. Lewis. ... our...
lewiswjones
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Sep 5, 2008
6:13 pm
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Can anybody recommend (from personal experience) an abc notation utility that will run on a Linux (Xubuntu Dapper) system? Ideally I would like a port of...
Myscha
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Sep 14, 2008
11:15 pm
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... I edit my ABC files with GNU Emacs (with Matthew K. Junker's "abc-mode.el"). There are key strokes for the usual tasks such as converting to PS and MIDI....
Hudson Lacerda
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Sep 15, 2008
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... It's just taken me an hour or more (on OpenSuse 11.0 64 bit). rpm fails on dependency, libc6.2-2.so.3 I decided to compile from source instead. I kept...
Jon Freeman
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Sep 15, 2008
4:09 am
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Well, ... I should be written: flabc (version 1.0.8) installed easy and from the .deb package on a Debian 3.0 (stable) system. BTW, I think flabc ``misses'' an...
Hudson Lacerda
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Sep 15, 2008
12:14 pm
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I've put an alpha version of Skink up http://celticmusic.ca/skinkbeta/Skink2_0AlphaLinuxWin.zip tested on Ubuntu Linux using Sun Java (needs Java 5 or up) ...
Wil Macaulay
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Sep 16, 2008
6:39 pm
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I've put a new alpha of Five Line Skink up at http://celticmusic.ca/skinkbeta/Skink2_0AlphaLinuxWin.zip Tested on win XP and Ubuntu Linux Requires Sun Java 5...
Wil Macaulay
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Sep 16, 2008
6:45 pm
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I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to play with the & operator. Many tunes, especially some hymns and gospel tunes, have a few measures where part of the...
Richard L. Walker
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Sep 18, 2008
3:47 am
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X:1 T:Voice Overlay (abcm2ps) K:C % %%text Single bar CD EC G4 & w: do re mi do sol E2E2 D2G2 | w: mi mi re sol % %%text Multibar (& cc gg ff ee | dc df ed | e...
Hudson Lacerda
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Sep 19, 2008
2:36 am
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Perfect !! Thank you so much. One question. The examples show the overlaying notes and lyrics on separate lines. Is this a requirement? If so, I certainly...
Richard Walker
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Sep 19, 2008
4:30 am
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... AFAIK, yes, it is, when lyrics are used. The format (& & &) is not supported by abcMIDI and other programs. ... [...]...
Hudson Lacerda
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Sep 19, 2008
2:26 pm
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... You can also use | in the w: rows. This helps line up the syllables %%text Multibar (& cc gg ff ee | dc df ed | e &\ w: do do sol...
Doug Edmunds
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Sep 19, 2008
3:03 pm
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Thank you. I'm still experimenting. Just when I think I have it, I try something and don't get the results I'm expecting. Once I get the technique I'll...
Richard Walker
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Sep 19, 2008
6:35 pm
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Hi folks, Please forgive my ignorance if I'm missing the point - but would this achieve what you are aiming for? c d e f | g a b c w:* * * * fah la ti doh ...
Calum Galleitch
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Sep 20, 2008
1:24 pm
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Almost. At places in the tune there are simultaneous notes and lyrics. This would take care of the lyrics, but not the notes. Thank you. ... From: Calum...
Richard Walker
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Sep 20, 2008
4:21 pm
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Is there a way to convert a tune, documented with abc format in a major key, to a tune in a minor key? Normal transposing results in just going to another...
Richard Walker
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Sep 20, 2008
4:25 pm
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... Transposing from Major to Minor is not just a mathematical thing that a computer could easily accomplish. For example I know at least 3 different A minor...
Martin Tarenskeen
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Sep 20, 2008
5:27 pm
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I'm just looking for the natural minor at this point. Of course if anyone is chomping at the bit to write a tool, it would be handy to include the harmonic...
Richard Walker
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Sep 20, 2008
10:07 pm
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Do this whatever program was being used to handle the abc BEFORE passing it on to something like abcm2ps. 1) Change the K field to the relative minor of the...
Chuck Boody
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Sep 20, 2008
10:18 pm
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... No, that won't work. Changing the K: field to the relative minor won't change anything at all: the tune will sound exactly the same, and will look the...
Phil Taylor
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Sep 21, 2008
12:22 am
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I changed a K:D to K:Dm and it definitely gave it a minor sound. Like you indicated, not exactly perfect, but certainly VERY close. Thanks for all the...
Richard Walker
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Sep 21, 2008
12:33 am
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AAACK! Phil is absolutely correct. Sorry for the mis-information. Step 1 should have read: Change the key signature to that of the parallel minor (C ...
Chuck Boody
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Sep 21, 2008
12:43 am
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... Note that this only affects the melody. If there are accompaniment chords, they will still be the chords for the major version of the tune, since in abc,...
John Chambers
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Sep 21, 2008
9:07 pm
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Thank you. ... From: John Chambers <jc1742@...> Note that this only affects the melody. If there are accompaniment chords, they will still be the chords...
Richard Walker
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Sep 21, 2008
11:56 pm
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Hi In sample.abc as supplied by abcmp2s 4.12.30 sample.abc starts like this: U: M = !tenuto! % abcm2ps: default M is lowermordent What exactly is going on...
Atte André Jensen
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Sep 24, 2008
10:30 am
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... Hi Atte, From the test file below, I understood that when defined inside a tune, ``U:'' is valid only for that tune. Outside a tune, it is valid for the ...
Hudson Lacerda
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Sep 24, 2008
2:26 pm
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... Thanks for the example, I'll see if I can make something out of it! ... Wow, I'm pleased that someone finds it useful :-) Actually I'm in the process of...
Atte André Jensen
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Sep 24, 2008
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