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:

Viewing score and abc source of 'sample4_X5'

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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
%%staves [recit GO pos ped]
X:5
T:Special staves
M:9/8
L:1/8
%%staves [1 2] | (3 4)
K:Cm
V:1 stem=up 
[C,,G,,C,E,G,]6[C,,-G,,-C,E,G,]3-|[C,,G,,C,E,G,]3[C,,G,,C,E,G,]6|
% tablature
V:2 clef=none
%%stafflines 6
%%staffscale 1.6
%%staffnonote 2
[K:none][M:none]i[jG,,lB,,lD,kF,jA,]6i[jG,,lB,,lD,kF,jA,]3|iA,,3i[jG,,lB,,lD,kF,jA,]6|
% percussion
V:3 clef=perc
%%stafflines 1
[K:none]^C,3C,3C,C,C,|^C,3C,3C,C,C,|
V:4 clef=perc stafflines=1 
[K:none]A,,3A,,3A,,3|A,,6A,,3|