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abc2ly - grace notes
From: |
Hans Aberg |
Subject: |
abc2ly - grace notes |
Date: |
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:34:37 +0100 |
A bug and a rendering problem in abc2ly (LilyPond) 2.11.34, probably
easy to fix:
* The option "abc2ly --beams=None" does not nest properly the "["'s
it writes in the output with respect to the command \grace{...}. For
example, the input
----
T:abc2ly grace note bug
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
K:E Dorian
{ga}gdgb {a}g>d g<a|
----
will produce in the output .ly file:
...
\grace { gis''8[ a''8 } gis''8 dis''8
gis''8 b''8]
...
But it should be:
...
\grace { gis''8[ a''8] } gis''8[ dis''8
gis''8 b''8]
...
That is, an extra "]" within the \grace{...}, and an extra ”[", if
called for, on the note following.
* In addition, the written grace note values seem to be too long. ABC
does not leave any option to specify the written length of grace
notes, so it is up to the renderer for interpretation.
If I look into a folk music book, Robin Williamson, "Fiddle
Tunes" (1976), I think:
a. If there is only one note within the ABC grace note construct
"{...}", then one can use
\acciaccatura (as to produce a slurred note with a stroke on it).
b. If there are several notes within the ABC grace note construct
"{...}", the note values might be 1/4 (or at least 1/2) of the ABC
default value (in example above, the field "L:1/8"), and in addition,
it seems me one can write \acciaccatura instead of \grace.
I have tried to look for a semantic difference between grace notes
using slurs or not, and I have found none.
Below is how I think the "abc2ly --beams=None" output of the example
above might look like.
Hans Aberg
----
\version "2.7.40"
\header {
footnotes = ""
tagline = "Lily was here 2.11.34 -- automatically converted from ABC"
title = "abc2ly grace note bug"
}
voicedefault = {
\set Score.defaultBarType = "empty"
\override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'C
\time 4/4 \key e \major \acciaccatura { gis''32
[ a''32] } gis''8[ dis''8
gis''8 b''8] \acciaccatura { a''8 } gis''8.[ dis''16]
gis''16[
a''8.] \bar "|"
}
\score{
<<
\context Staff="default"
{
\voicedefault
}
>>
\layout {
}
\midi {
\context {
\Score tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 120 4 )
}
}
}
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