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 '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:Cmaj
Q:"Tempo in the tune body"
"C"C,"Dm	G"D,2"C"C,"^<- guitar chords between symbols"|\
C,/4E,/4G,/4E,/4 \
[I:repeat 4 3]C,/4E,/4G,/4E,/4 "^sequence repeat"C,/4E,/4G,/4E,/4 C,/4E,/4G,/4E,/4|
"^measure repeat"G,A,B,C|[I:repeat 1 2]G,A,B,C|G,A,B,C|\
G,2D2|B,2D2|[I:repeat 2]G,2D2|B,2D2|C4||
"^tremolo 2 notes"\
z/2 C,/4!trem1!C/4 C,/2!trem1!C/2 C,!trem1!C | C,2!trem1!C2 | \
z/2 C,/4!trem2!C/4 C,/2!trem2!C/2 C,!trem2!C | C,2!trem2!C2 |
"^tremolo 1 note"\
z C,/4!/!C/4 C/4!/!C,/4 C,/2!/!C/2 C/2!/!C,/2 | \
z C,/4!//!C/4 C/4!//!C,/4 C,/2!//!C/2 C/2!//!C,/2 |
z !/!C,/2 !/!C/2 !/!C, !/!C | !/!C,2 !/!C2 | \
z !//!C,/2 !//!C/2 !//!C, !//!C | !//!C,2 !//!C2 ||
!/!C,4 | !/!C4 | !//!C,4 | !//!C4 |

%%writefields F 0
%%staves {M A1 A2}
%%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)}