Re: ASCII Music Notation?

In article <8940on$17t$1...@fcnews.fc.hp.com>,
Keith Blackwell <kei...@homemail.NO.UCE.PLEASE.com> wrote:
>Henry Segerman (sjo...@sable.ox.ac.uk) wrote:
>| _____._______________________.___________________
>| _____|____|____._____________|____|____._________
>| ___(_|__,-|____|____|______(X|__,v|____|____|____
>| ________`-'__(_|__,-|___________`^'__(X|__,v|____
>| __________________`-'_____________________`^'____
>
>
>| This last one looks clearest to me.
>
>
>I believe the primary problem with all the proposals is that the staff
>lines take up too much of the narrow contrast-bandwidth afforded by ASCII
>characters.  Perhaps you should consider trying to reduce this effect
>somehow.  For example, rather than using dash or underscore, use something
>small like a dot.  Or simply increase the white space around every note.
>Here's what I mean:
>
>.................................................
>.....|....|..................|....|..............
>...(_|..,-|....|....|......(X|..,v|....|....|....
>........`-'..(_|..,_|...........`^'..(X|..,v|....
>..................`_'.....................`^'....


How would you write dotted notes?

>
>____ . __   ________________ . __   _____________
>__  _| _  | __ . __   ____  _| _  | __ . __   ___
>__ (_|  ,-|   _| __ | ____ (X|  ,v|   _| _  | ___
>_______ `-'  (_|  ,_| _________ `^'  (X|  ,v| ___
>_________________ `_' ___________________ `^'____

To my eyes it's harder to tell whether these are on lines or spaces.

>
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