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_X12'

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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:12
T:Gracenotes
L:1/8
M:C
K:Dmaj
F,,A,,{C,}A,,F,, D,,F,,{^D,C,}A,, F,{A,,}D,F, F,{A,,G,,A,,}D,F, |{B,,}D,,2 {A,,}D,,2 {G,,}D,,2 {F,,}D,,2 {E,,}D,,2 |\
{E,,}C,2 {F,,}C,2 {G,,}C,2 {A,,}C,2 {B,,}C,2 | 
{A,,}^C,2 {G,C,D,}C,2 {G,A,,G,,A,,G,,}A,,2{G,}C,<{G,,D,G,,}E, {G,,D,C,}D,>C, {G,B,,D,}B,,<{E,}G,, |\ 
{G,,}[G,,4E,4] {F,,G,,A,,B,,}[^C,4A,,4] {E,F,}[E,4C,4] {DCB,A,G,F,E,D,C,B,,_A,,C,B,,F,,G,,C,,}D,,4|