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Thread #35658   Message #560266
Posted By: pavane
27-Sep-01 - 06:51 PM
Thread Name: HARMONY program to add chords to tunes
Subject: RE: HARMONY program to add chords to tunes
Just had a brilliant idea (I think). I have found a lot of abc format tunes have been transcribed as reels, even though they are actually hornpipes.

For example Boys of Blue Hill, and Harvest Home.

So I have put in a function to HARMONY which converts the whole tune from 'reel' rhythm, where all notes are the same length, to 'broken' or dotted rhythm, where a dotted quaver is followed by a semi-quaver. Does this sound useful, or have I just wasted my time? Certainly, Boys of Blue Hill sounds much more like I am used to hearing it!