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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_X4'

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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
%%graceslurs 0
%%breakoneoln 0		% needed with abcm2ps-5.x.x
% tremolo: note the position of the decorations and the note lengths
%
%%staves 1 2
%%rightmargin 12cm
%%staves (melody1 chords melody2)
%%stemdir down
%%stemdir up
%%voicescale 0.8
X:4
T:Fantaisie
C:Camille Saint-Saëns
M:C
L:1/8
%%staves [recit GO pos ped]
K:Ebmaj
V:recit name="Récit"
z8|z8|z8|
V:GO clef=treble name="Grand\nOrgue"
z2[G,,,B,,,E,,][I:staff 3][G,,,B,,,E,,] \
[I:staff 2][A,,,C,,F,,][I:staff 3][A,,,C,,F,,] [I:staff 2][C,,E,,A,,][I:staff 3][C,,E,,A,,]| \
[I:staff 2][A,,,C,,F,,][I:staff 3][A,,,C,,F,,] [I:staff 2][B,,,D,,G,,][I:staff 3][B,,,D,,G,,] \
[I:staff 2][C,,E,,A,,][I:staff 3][C,,E,,A,,] [I:staff 2][D,,A,,C,][I:staff 3][D,,A,,C,]| \
[I:staff 2][E,,G,,B,,][I:staff 3][E,,G,,B,,] [I:staff 2][G,,B,,E,][I:staff 3][G,,B,,E,] \
[I:staff 2][E,,G,,B,,][I:staff 3][E,,G,,B,,] [I:staff 2][D,,F,,A,,][I:staff 3][D,,F,,A,,]|
V:pos clef=treble name=Positif
z2x6|x8|x8|
V:ped name="Pédale"
E,,,,8-|E,,,,8-|E,,,,2G,,,,2B,,,,2=B,,,,2|

%%staves [1 2] | (3 4)
% tablature
%%stafflines 6
%%staffscale 1.6
%%staffnonote 2
% percussion
%%stafflines 1