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_X8'

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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
X:8
T:Changing Time or Key Signatures, Guitar Chords
M:6/8
K:Gmaj
"Em"A,,B,,C, D,E,F, |\
M:9/8
% 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|
"Am7"A,,,C,,C,, D,,F,,F,, G,,B,,B,, |[M:4/4]"G"A,,2B,,2"D"C,2D,2 ||[L:1/4][K:Bbmaj]"Eb"E,4-|
K:F#maj
M:6/8
L:1/8% abcm2ps: basic length is not reset on M:
%| -"Gb"ede edc | def fed |1 "A"efg "D"gfe | e6 \ % abcm2ps: cannot have '-' before a note
| "Gb"D,C,D, D,C,B,, | C,D,E, E,D,C, |1 "A"D,E,F, "D"F,E,D, | D,6 \
:|2 "G"F,G,F, "F"E,"Em"D,"D7"C, | "C"B,,6 |]