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 [=selected] (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:

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%%textfont Helvetica-Bold 21
%%center Examples for new features in abc2ps-1.2.5
%%textfont * 16
%%center Oct. 5 1997
%%textfont Times-Roman 16
%%freegchord 1	% abcm2ps: don't print 'b' as a flat sign
X:2
T:Scale with Bass and Alto Clef
M:C
K:Cmaj clef=bass% abcm2ps: no transposition
L:1/4
P:Bass
"C,,,"C,,,,,"D,,,"D,,,,,"E,,,"E,,,,,"F,,,"F,,,,, "G,,,"G,,,,,"A,,,"A,,,,,"B,,,"B,,,,,|\
"C,,"C,,,,"D,,"D,,,,"E,,"E,,,,"F,,"F,,,, "G,,"G,,,,"A,,"A,,,,"B,,"B,,,,|\
"C,"C,,, "D,"D,,,"E,"E,,,"F,"F,,, "G,"G,,,"A,"A,,,"B,"B,,,"C"C,, |
P:Alto
%abcm2ps: don't have a new key signature
%K:C alto
K: clef=alto
"C,,"C,,,,"D,,"D,,,,"E,,"E,,,,"F,,"F,,,, "G,,"G,,,,"A,,"A,,,,"B,,"B,,,,\
| "C,"C,,,"D,"D,,,"E,"E,,,"F,"F,,, "G,"G,,,"A,"A,,,"B,"B,,,| "C"C,, "D"D,,"E"E,,"F"F,, "G"G,,"A"A,,"B"B,,"c"C, |

% text moved out of tune header - change in abcm2ps-7.x.x
%%begintext alignHere is an example for a block of text which is associated with a specifictune. It will only be printed if this tune (number 3) is selected.The text should be placed after the "T:" field and before theblock is terminated by a blank line.Text which is outside a block isalways printed; for example, the title at the top of the page.%%endtext
%%sep
%%text Note: this line and the separator above are also associated with this tune. 
%%leftmargin 3cm
%%titleleft
%%titlefont Helvetica-Bold 24
%%subtitlefont Helvetica-Bold 16
%%composerspace 0.4cm
%%composerfont Helvetica 13
%%staffwidth 5.5in
%%scale 0.75
%%staffsep 55
%%vskip 1cm
%%textfont Times-Roman 16
%%begintextSummary of changes:- Bass and alto clefs.- Vocals.- In-line info fields can be coded using [...].- Subtitles now printed without "or:".- Can be more than one composer field.- Predefined formats: standard, pretty, pretty2 (flag -p, -P).- Format page layout by .fmt file selected with flag -F.- Format page layout by %%-pseudocomments in abc file.- Other pseudocomments: %%sep, %%vskip, %%newpage.%%endtext