How do I print out music from www?

Subject: How do I print out music from www?
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Date: 18 Feb 97 - 01:00 AM

There is a web site that contains Morris dance tunes written in some kind of ABC musical notation language my computer does not understand these files I am running windows 95 with MS Internet Explorer and would like to print out several tunes what can I do? The web site of these tunes is http//ucowww.ucsc.edu /~sla/morris/music/abclib.html

Greg from Sonoma County,CA

Subject: RE: How do I print out music from www?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 18 Feb 97 - 04:36 AM

Looks like you came across something interesting, Greg. I had trouble with the URL you posted. Is this the one you meant?

http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/morris/music/music.html

This leads you to a library of music in ABC format, and has a link to a page about transmitting music on the WWW. This page talks about your ABC files, and should explain how you can play and print them.

It also talks of a converter for Songwright files like the ones on Digital Tradition. I wonder if it will work. I'd sure like to make better use of the tunes on Digital Tradition, but I can't see spending a hundred bucks for Song Wright. I think it's time to switch the Digital Tradition tunes to a format that's more widely available. Dick, are you listening?

-Joe-

Subject: RE: How do I print out music from www?
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 19 Feb 97 - 12:52 PM

Hi- Yep, we're listening. We're working on---and haven't found yet--a no-cost method of transcribing the tunes in the DT. SongWright works, but it costs, and we're looking at a $10-20 subset that will permit printing. ABC works, but the SongWright-to-ABC converter isn't really a reliable product as far as we can tell. AND it requires that you have a C compiler.

The way our thinking is running now, we're going to try converting our files to MIDI, which makes playing them easy, since all the major Web Browsers have MIDI players; then we'll pursue MIDI-to-ABC converters. The thing to remember is that most of the DT's users are cyberphobes; we have to keep it simple to use.

Have faith. And a bit of patience.

dick greenhaus

Subject: RE: How do I print out music from www?
From: Bert Hansell
Date: 19 Feb 97 - 02:38 PM

I have been following this thread with great interest.

I use a machine in an office environment where sound output is not acceptable. So any readable protocol would suit me (as long as it is defined somewhere).

This is not a complaint. I think you guys are doing a great job.

Bert.

Subject: RE: How do I print out music from www?
From: belter
Date: 19 Feb 97 - 07:35 PM

I hate to state the ovious, but is there any way you could plug a head set in to your computer. Thats what I do for listening to the audio net cd juckbox. It makes my time spent working at the computer much less arderous.