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_X6'

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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
X:6
T:Chords, Unions, First and Second Endings
M:9/8
K:Dmaj
L:1/4
%|: [D2FA] ~+d2fa+ | [c2e][df][eg]|\	% abcm2ps: '+' is no more handled
|: [D,,2F,,2A,,2] ~[D,2F,2A,2] | [C,2E,2][D,F,][E,G,]|\
[C,C,] [D,D,] [F,,/2A,,][G,,/2B,,][D,,/2F,,]>[C,,/2E,,] [G,,/2E,][A,,/2E,] [G,,/2E,]>.[A,,/2E,][B,,/2E,]>.[C,/2E,]\
|1 (3[A,,/4D,F,][A,,/4E,F,][A,,/4C,G,] [G,,3C,,E,] :|2 (3[A,,/4=D,F,][^A,,/4D,G,][_A,,/4_C,^G,] [E,3G,C,] |]

% 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