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_X11'

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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:11
T:Horizontal beams
M:9/8
K:Cmaj
L:1/8
C,,D,,C,, D,,E,,D,, E,,F,,E,, B,,C,B,, | C,,/2D,,/2C,,/2 D,,/2E,,/2D,,/2 E,,/2F,,/2E,,/2 |\
C,,/4D,,/4C,,/4 D,,/4E,,/4D,,/4 E,,/4F,,/4E,,/4 |
C,D,C, D,E,D, E,F,E, B,,A,,B,,| C,/2D,/2C,/2 D,/2E,/2D,/2 E,/2F,/2E,/2 | C,/4D,/4C,/4 D,/4E,/4D,/4 E,/4F,/4E,/4 |
CDC DED EFE FGF | C/2D/2C/2 D/2E/2D/2 E/2F/2E/2 |\ 
C/4D/4C/4 D/4E/4D/4 E/4F/4E/4 |