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 '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,,2D,2|B,,2D,2|[I:repeat 2]G,,2D,2|B,,2D,2|C,4||
"^tremolo 2 notes"\
z/2 C,,/4!trem1!C,/4 C,,/2!trem1!C,/2 C,,!trem1!C, | C,,2!trem1!C,2 | \
z/2 C,,/4!trem2!C,/4 C,,/2!trem2!C,/2 C,,!trem2!C, | C,,2!trem2!C,2 |
"^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 !/!C,2 | \
z !//!C,,/2 !//!C,/2 !//!C,, !//!C, | !//!C,,2 !//!C,2 ||
!/!C,,4 | !/!C,4 | !//!C,,4 | !//!C,4 |

%%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)}