lachenal74693 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Mikefule said: 1) ...I was giving basic advice to someone who said that they had no idea how to play jigs... 2) The trick with playing for a Morris jig is to know the tune well, check how the dancer expects the slows to sound, then watch the dancer carefully as you're playing. A good jig dancer will work with you. 1) That's me - guilty as charged m'lud ?... I now have a much better idea - thanks! 2) Ah! I also have a better understanding that the two are different - I'll be seeing the dancer at a session in 1h25m and we can talk about it - thanks again. I will also try your tune (at least the first few bars) on the assembled multitude... Edited February 16, 2019 by lachenal74693 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikefule Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 A quick demonstration video of the tune. I've not yet got it confidently up to performance standard — the left hand is surprisingly tricky — but the tune is there. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 FWIW, The “R” field in the abc protocol allows abc software to make subtle genre-specific changes to the lengths and/or accents of notes (much more subtle than xxx -> x>xx) to make the playing sound more organic. A live musician might do this instinctively without realizing it. A machine needs to be told the genre, and then applies pre-programmed rules specific to that genre. Phil Taylor’s abc app, “BarFly,” which (sadly) no longer runs on modern Macs, implemented this quite nicely. I don’t know of any other abc app that does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 4 hours ago, David Barnert said: FWIW, The “R” field in the abc protocol allows abc software to make subtle genre-specific changes to the lengths and/or accents of notes (much more subtle than xxx -> x>xx) to make the playing sound more organic. A live musician might do this instinctively without realizing it. A machine needs to be told the genre, and then applies pre-programmed rules specific to that genre. Phil Taylor’s abc app, “BarFly,” which (sadly) no longer runs on modern Macs, implemented this quite nicely. I don’t know of any other abc app that does. Interesting and actually a pretty obvious and rewarding option - nevertheless I‘d never heard of it being implemented before (which however may be because I‘m using ABC only for writing and printing myself). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cboody Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, David Barnert said: FWIW, The “R” field in the abc protocol allows abc software to make subtle genre-specific changes to the lengths and/or accents of notes (much more subtle than xxx -> x>xx) to make the playing sound more organic. A live musician might do this instinctively without realizing it. A machine needs to be told the genre, and then applies pre-programmed rules specific to that genre. Phil Taylor’s abc app, “BarFly,” which (sadly) no longer runs on modern Macs, implemented this quite nicely. I don’t know of any other abc app that does. EasyABC (actually abc2midi) has the capability based on Barfly. You can turn the capability on and off in the menus. I may be able to find a link to details if someone really wants it... Edited February 21, 2019 by cboody Correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lachenal74693 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 4 hours ago, cboody said: 1) EasyABC (actually abc2midi) has the capability based on Barfly. You can turn the capability on and off in the menus. 2) I may be able to find a link to details if someone really wants it... 1) Settings>ABC settings>abc2midi and tick the 'Barfly Mode' box 2) I really want it - now I have some inkling of what it is supposed to do. Ta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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