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 'voices_X4'

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% here are only some first lines of sample tunes
%%deco fp 6 pf 20 2 5 fp
% --- piano ---
%%staves {RH LH}
% most of piano tunes have only 2 voices ..
%%staves {1 2}
% .. even when there are a lot of notes
%%staves {RH LH}
%%MIDI program 6
% same as bach.abc (abc2ps-1.3.0) but rewritten in a more standard way
X:4
T:Allegro grazioso
C:Schumann
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=66
%%staves {1 (2 3)}
K:Amaj
V:1
(!p!C2B,C A,3)(B, |CDE[A,F]) ([G,3B,3][^A,C])|([B,2D2][^A,C][B,D] B,G,=A,B,)|[A,2C2][G,2B,2] {/A,}A,3C|
V:2
% this voice is not complete, but the measure must be respected
A,,2D,2 xE,3- |E,2x2 x4 | B,,2E,2 D,2x2 |x8 |
V:3
(A,,E,D,E, C,E,2)(G,,|A,,B,,C,D, (E,2)D,C,) |(B,,F,E,F, D,E,C,D,)|E,2[E,,2D,2] [A,,3C,3]E,|

% --- vocal ---
%%staves [(S A) (T B)]
% Breton words on a Wales choral
% --- organ ---
%%staves [1 (2 3) 4]
%%MIDI program 53
%%MIDI program 73
%%MIDI program 73
%%MIDI program 73
%%staves {(Pos1 Pos2) Trompette}
%
%%MIDI program 78
%%MIDI program 78
%%MIDI program 56