7 Oct
2015
7 Oct
'15
3:50 p.m.
[david]
On 10/05/2015 08:46 AM, Tim Goetze wrote:
For composing or arranging ABC probably isn't the most immediate
approach. But when the music is in final shape (or close to it) and
only needs to be poured into standard notation for a human to read,
ABC's concise representation can be a joy if you're used to working on
text.
Tim
ABC is particularly dear to me. Its use can
become a bit arcane for
specialised tasks but thanks to abcm2ps getting from zero to a basic
score that's easy to read and edit is a breeze.
I'm too old-school. I can't imagine "writing music" by editing a text
file
anymore than I could return to "drawing pictures" by editing Postscript code
(which I did at one time a long while ago).