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 'sample_X10'

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% Sample file to test various features of abc2ps
% abcm2ps >= 7.6.0 - definition of '...' (ellipsis) for PostScript
%%glyph 2026 ellipsis
%K:C		% abcm2ps: automatic clef processing gives a bass clef
% RA Rg MA Mg | .A .g vf/-g/ (u.a/.b/)  | uR~M.c2  Hg4 || % abcm2ps: '-' is not a slur
%|: [D2FA] ~+d2fa+ | [c2e][df][eg]|\	% abcm2ps: '+' is no more handled
% abcm2ps: '\' is no more handled
%"Am7"A,CC DFF GBB |\M:4/4\"G"a,2b,2"D"c2d2 ||\L:1/4\\K:Bb\"Eb"e4|
%| -"Gb"ede edc | def fed |1 "A"efg "D"gfe | e6 \ % abcm2ps: cannot have '-' before a note
X:10
T:Chords with many accidentals
M:6/8
K:Gmaj
[^C,^D,] [^C,^E,] [^C,^F,] [^C,^G,] [^C,^A,] [^C,^B,] |\
[^C,,^D,,] [^C,,^E,,] [^C,,^F,,] [^C,,^G,,] [^C,,^A,,] [^C,,^B,,] |\
[^C,^D,^E,] [^C,^D,^F,] [^C,^F,^G,] [^C,^F,^A,] [^C,=D,=F,^G,_A,_B,] |]
[^C,^F,^A,] [^C,^F,^B,] [^C,^F,^C] [^C,^F,^D] [^C,^F,^E] |\
[^C,^E,^F,] [^C,^F,^G,] [^C,^G,^A,] [^C,^G,^B,] |\
[^C,^D,^C] [^C,^E,^C] [^A,,^E,^C] [^G,,^E,^C] \
[^C,_E,^G,][^C,^F,^G,][^C,^G,^A,][^C,^D,^G,][^G,,^E,^C] ||