Tech: Import Chord names in HARMONY

Subject: Tech: Import Chord names in HARMONY
From: pavane
Date: 06 Jul 04 - 03:51 AM

Just seen something in another thread which reminded me of a useful feature.

HARMONY can now import, from abc, chord names embedded within aligned lyrics like this (must be in SQUARE brackets)

w:[F]Oh That I could [Bb]hear the bi[F] rds again

The chord will be aligned to the same note as the following word
(oh, hear, rds in the example)

You can then just run the note generation (tools menu) and hear the tune with chords.

Subject: RE: Tech: Import Chord names in HARMONY
From: Mark Clark
Date: 06 Jul 04 - 02:59 PM

Neil, I saw the other thread but now that I read your post above, is the bracket-within-lyrics method really a standard part of ABC? (By standard I really mean ABC+ and abcm2ps, the latest implementation of the evolving standard.) I'm familiar with using quoted chord names in the note lines and then synchronizing the lyrics (small w:) with the notes but I don't recall seeing the bracket-within-lyrics coding associated with ABC before.

      - Mark

Subject: RE: Tech: Import Chord names in HARMONY
From: pavane
Date: 07 Jul 04 - 02:13 AM

No it is not standard abc, but it can be selected by program option, so you can turn it off if you want.

(It was actually added by request)