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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:


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"(C,E,/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}C,4||
% tremolo: note the position of the decorations and the note lengths
"^tremolo"C,,/2C,/2C,,/2C,/2 C,,!trem1!C, | C,,2!trem1!C,2 | \
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"C,C,/4C,/4C,/4C,/4C,2 | [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