[Menvi-discuss] A question regarding ABC notation

[Merilyn Jaeski]

Hello,
Thank you for your response. It was really helpful.



All the best,
Merilyn
On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 at 00:37, Stephanie Pieck via Menvi-discuss <
menvi-discuss at menvi.org> wrote:

> Merilyn,
>
>
>
> To do melodies that begin before the first beat, just write the partial
> measure and don’t worry about missing beats. You’ll just subtract those
> beats from the last measure of your song. This way, everything balances
> out. So for example, if my song is in four-quarter time and the first
> measure only contains one quarter note, then the last measure of my song
> will only contain three beats.
>
>
>
> To write notes longer than one measure, use whatever note value fills the
> full measure followed immediately by a dash or hyphen without a space
> between the note name and the dash. Then add your vertical line to indicate
> the start of the next measure and continue as needed. So to write a whole
> note in four-quarter time tied to a dotted half note, you would type where
> the quarter note is the unit (shown in the tune’s heading as T: ¼):
>
> C- _ c3
>
>
>
> *Hope this helps.*
>
>
>
> *Stephanie Pieck*
>
> *From:* Menvi-discuss [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Merilyn Jaeski via Menvi-discuss
> *Sent:* Friday, December 21, 2018 4:33 PM
> *To:* Menvi-discuss at menvi.org
> *Cc:* Merilyn Jaeski
> *Subject:* [Menvi-discuss] A question regarding ABC notation
>
>
>
> Hello, I am a blind student from Estonia, who uses the Easy ABC on a mac
> with VoiceOver enabled. I was trying to notate a piece using the ABC
> system, but some questions arose. I was wondering, how do you write notes
> that are longer than one measure? And is there a way to notate a melody
> which sounds before the first beat?
>
> I could not find the answers to these questions in the manual..
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Merilyn Jaeski
>
>
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