Re: Melodies move by step in any form of music?

On Jun 1, 5:46 pm, Jack Campin - bogus address
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> wrote:
> [ modes stuff on my site ]
>
> >>> I thought that you were referring to Scottish folk tunes.
> >> I was.  I was using Kodaly's terminology to talk about them.
> > OK, I see what you mean now. Thanks. I have looked on your site, and
> > found the section on modality. The notation used is not one that can
> > read at sight.
>
> It's ABC.  I sightread it all the time - doesn't take long to learn.
> I give links on my site for how to deal with it (conversion to staff
> notation or sound files, or just learning what it means so you can
> read it directly).  It's the best compromise between flexibility and
> compactness among net-friendly notation systems.  Great for linear
> melodic stuff in one or a few parts, crap for keyboard or guitar music.
>
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OK I thought it might be a system that I had seen before that coded in
staff notation. I will try to learn to read this the way you wrote it.
lol, Never can catch a time saving break!  Thanks for having it
there.

LJS