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 [=selected]    (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

general transposition:


Viewing score and abc source of 'sample4_X2'

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% sample4.abc - this file is part of abcm2ps
% definitions for tablature
%%beginps/hn{	1 1 1 setrgbcolor 1 SLW	1 index 2 sub 1 index M 8 0 RL stroke 0 0 0 setrgbcolor	3 sub M /Helvetica-Bold 8 selectfont show}!%%endps
%%deco head-3 3 hn 0 0 0 3
%%deco head-4 3 hn 0 0 0 4
%%deco head-5 3 hn 0 0 0 5
%%abc-version 2.0
%%measurenb 1
X:2
T:abcm2ps-4.x.x new features
%%graceslurs 0
%%breakoneoln 0		% needed with abcm2ps-5.x.x
M:C
L:1/4
Q:
K:none
"^slur above.."('F,G,) "^..below"(F,G,)|\
"^dashed tie.."A,-A, "^..slur"(CE/2)D/2"^beam""crossing""a bar"!beamon!|\
C/2B,/2 "^chord slur"{(G,}[C,A,)]3||
"^standard tuplet"(3A,/2A,/2A,/2 "^no bracket"[I:tuplets 1 0 0](3A,/2A,/2A,/2 \
"^forced bracket"[I:tuplets 2 0 0](3A,/2A,/2A,/2 "^ratio"[I:tuplets 0 0 2](3A,/2A,/2A,/2| \
"^nested tuplets"[I:tuplets 2 0 2](7:8:8(3A,/2A,/2A,/2 A,/2A,/2A,/2A,/2A,/2|
"^1/4 tone""sharp"G, ^G, "^3/4 tone""sharp"G, B, |\
"^1/4 tone""flat"G, ^F, "^3/4 tone""flat"F, ^D,|"^deco on""grace note"{.A,4.B,4}C4||
% tremolo: note the position of the decorations and the note lengths
"^tremolo"C,/2C/2C,/2C/2 C,!trem1!C | C,2!trem1!C2 | \
C,/4[G,C]/4C,/4[G,C]/4 C,/4[G,C]/4C,/4[G,C]/4 C,!trem2![G,C] | C,2!trem2![G,C]2 ||
%
C,/8D,/8E,/8F,/8G,/8F,/8E,/8D,/8\
C,/8D,/8E,/8F,/8G,/8F,/8E,/8D,/8 \
"^beam break"C,/8D,/8E,/8F,/8!beambr2!G,/8F,/8E,/8D,/8\
!beambr1!C,/8D,/8E,/8F,/8!beambr2!G,/8F,/8E,/8D,/8||
%%staves 1 2
%%rightmargin 12cm
V:1
"^cross staff stems"CC/4C/4C/4C/4C2 | [C,E,G,C]2[C,E,G,C]2||
V:2 clef=bass
!xstem!C,,C,,/4!xstem!C,,/4C,,/4!xstem!C,,/4!xstem!C,,2 | !xstem![C,,,C,,]2[C,,,C,,]2||

%%staves (melody1 chords melody2)
%%stemdir down
%%stemdir up
%%voicescale 0.8
%%staves [recit GO pos ped]
%%staves [1 2] | (3 4)
% tablature
%%stafflines 6
%%staffscale 1.6
%%staffnonote 2
% percussion
%%stafflines 1