This Scottish Country Dances in this directory have been transcribed to abc using the following rules:

Files for a medley

Each medley has a header and format file in this directory, plus one or more tune files in subdirectories. The Makefile entry for "Medley Title" will typically create MedleyTitle.abc and MedleyTitle.ps, and "make clean" will delete both of these.

Makefile entries

The Makefile has an "all" entry that lists the medleys that can be made here. Each medley has a set of rules that collect the files for the tune, build MedleyTitle.abc, and run abc2ps to produce the MedleyTitle.ps PostScript file.

Header files

For the medley "Medley Title", there is a MedleyTitle.hdr file, which typically looks like:

		   X: 0
		   T: Medley Title
		   T: 8x32J3
		   O: RSCDS 15-4
		   K: C

Format files

There is a MedleyTitle.fmt file giving abc2ps formatting instructions. These are mostly links to a generic header file.

Tune files

The tunes are in subdirectories named for the rhythm: jig, march, reel, strathspey, and occasionally air, shottish or waltz. Each tune is in its own file.

Tune formats

The X file contains a prototype for the abc headers. Tunes should usually be typed with no more than 5 or 6 measures per line, so they can be printed in a fairly large font. Strathspeys are almost always 4 measures per line.

Attribution.

Any composers should be listed in C: lines. The source book should be in B: lines in the tune files, and in an O: line in the header file. The transcriber's name should be given in a Z: line in each tune file, including an email address or URL if possible.

_.abc

This little file is included last in the medleys, and gives a copyright notice and contact information (email and URL) for this collection as a whole.