ABC(plus) tune page

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I am a keen exponent of the ABC(plus) method of music notation. This section of my website tries to showcaces some of its possibilities.

Tranposition Options

Special 'one-click transpositions:
None (1 octave down) Cello (2 octaves down) Cello (e.g. Clarinet in) Bb (e.g. Alt Sax in) Eb (e.g. Horn in) F (e.g. Euphonium in) Bb, 1 octave down [=selected]

general transposition:

Viewing score and abc source of 'sample5_X1'

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% sample5.abc - this file is part of abcm2ps
%%writefields NF 1
%%infoname F "This file is part of the "
X:1
%%titleformat T,TTQ-1C1A1
T:New features in abcm2ps-5.x.x
T:Subtitle one
T:Subtitle two
C:This is the composer field
A:This is the Area/Author field
N:Here are some notes (N:)
N:on two lines
M:C
L:1/4
Q:"Tempo in the tune header"
K:Dmaj
Q:"Tempo in the tune body"
"D"D,"Em	G"E,2"D"D,"^<- guitar chords between symbols"|\
D,/4F,/4A,/4F,/4 \
[I:repeat 4 3]D,/4F,/4A,/4F,/4 "^sequence repeat"D,/4F,/4A,/4F,/4 D,/4F,/4A,/4F,/4|
"^measure repeat"A,B,CD|[I:repeat 1 2]A,B,CD|A,B,CD|\
A,2E2|C2E2|[I:repeat 2]A,2E2|C2E2|D4||
"^tremolo 2 notes"\
z/2 D,/4!trem1!D/4 D,/2!trem1!D/2 D,!trem1!D | D,2!trem1!D2 | \
z/2 D,/4!trem2!D/4 D,/2!trem2!D/2 D,!trem2!D | D,2!trem2!D2 |
"^tremolo 1 note"\
z D,/4!/!D/4 D/4!/!D,/4 D,/2!/!D/2 D/2!/!D,/2 | \
z D,/4!//!D/4 D/4!//!D,/4 D,/2!//!D/2 D/2!//!D,/2 |
z !/!D,/2 !/!D/2 !/!D, !/!D | !/!D,2 !/!D2 | \
z !//!D,/2 !//!D/2 !//!D, !//!D | !//!D,2 !//!D2 ||
!/!D,4 | !/!D4 | !//!D,4 | !//!D4 |

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%%voicescale 0.8
%%staffscale 0.8
%%staves M
%%rightmargin 0.5cm
%%leftmargin 0.5cm
%%staves 1s 3s | {(1 2) 3}
%%staffscale 0.8
%%staffscale 0.8
%%clef bass
%%staves (1s 2) 3s | {(1 2) 3}
%%staves 1s 3s | {(1 2) (3 4)}