Roger Hare Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 (edited) I've been trying the patience of the readers of this forum with dumb questions for some time. Here's another one: EasyABC allows the manipulation of the fine detail of the way chords are played by specifying a 'template' in the ABC script, thus: %%MIDI gchord fcbz where fcbz means fundamental, chord, both, rez(s)t. For some time signatures, there is no built-in template which means that no chords are played - for example 3/2. I have tried a couple of templates for 3/2, from the very simple ccc to others like fcbfcb. To my tin ear, none of them are entirely satisfactory. Can any kind person suggest a template for 3/2? If I've understood things correctly, strictly, all of this is a function of abc2midi, not the ABC player (EasyABC in my case), so I've looked at abc2midi documentation in the hope of finding a 'chord crib' for 3/2 - no joy... Thank you. Roger Edited October 16, 2016 by lachenal74693 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Campin Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Can this actually be done? Are the bars really all the same? Or can you specify a multi-bar sequence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cboody Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Can this actually be done? Are the bars really all the same? Or can you specify a multi-bar sequence? See http://ifdo.ca/~seymour/runabc/abcguide/abc2midi_guide.html And look at guitar chords. It appears that the patterns can only be one bar long. It is easy to set up in EasyABC without needing the command, just the pattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cboody Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 I'd suggest experimenting with things like "fcfcfc". 3/2 is like 3/4, not like 6/8. However if you are working with 3/2 hornpipes you'll find things might not fit well because they tend to use shifting accents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Can this actually be done? Are the bars really all the same? Or can you specify a multi-bar sequence? Apparently yes and no - see below (Oh, you already have...): See http://ifdo.ca/~seymour/runabc/abcguide/abc2midi_guide.html And look at guitar chords. It appears that the patterns can only be one bar long. It is easy to set up in EasyABC without needing the command, just the pattern Thank you - that's exactly the bit of documentation I found and followed... I'd suggest experimenting with things like "fcfcfc". 3/2 is like 3/4, not like 6/8. However if you are working with 3/2 hornpipes you'll find things might not fit well because they tend to use shifting accents. Thank you again - that's exactly what I have been doing - nice to think that some times, at least, I'm getting it more or less 'right'. I just wondered if there was something subtle, I was missing. Done and dusted! Thanks again folks. Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_Hardy Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Can any kind person suggest a template for 3/2? Roger In my Paul Hardy's Session Tunebook, I mainly use the following pattern for 3/2 hornpipes, e.g. If You Will Not Have Me, You May Let Me Go. %%MIDI beatstring fpppmpmpmppp %%MIDI gchord czfzczfzczfz Download the abc and search it for gchord - For some tunes I change the pattern for the different sections - see Old Lancashire Hornpipe which switches the six sub-beats between two lots of three, and three lots of two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 In my Paul Hardy's Session Tunebook, I mainly use the following pattern for 3/2 hornpipes, e.g. If You Will Not Have Me, You May Let Me Go. %%MIDI beatstring fpppmpmpmppp %%MIDI gchord czfzczfzczfz Download the abc and search it for gchord - For some tunes I change the pattern for the different sections - see Old Lancashire Hornpipe which switches the six sub-beats between two lots of three, and three lots of two. Thank you very much! I don't have to download the file - I did that months ago great selection of tunes! Those beatstring/gchord combinations sound good to me. Thanks again! Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_Hardy Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I don't have to download the file - I did that months ago great selection of tunes! Thanks for the thanks. As a general aside, if you or anyone else downloaded my session tunebook more than a month ago, it's worth doing it again now, as the 2016 edition was released on 10 September, with 569 tunes and much improved chord suggestions. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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