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_X9'

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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:9
T:Strange tuplet cases
M:C
K:Cmaj
L:1/8
(3C,D,E, C,(3D,/2E,/2F,/2 |(3zC,D, (3z/2C,/2D,/2 (3C,zC, C,(4D,/2E,/2F,/2z/2 D,2-(3D,E,F, | \
(3::2 C,4D,2 (3::4 C,D,E,/2F,/2 (3G,F,E, |
(3z2G,,,2A,,,2 (3C,,2E,,2G,,2 |E,-(5E,/4F,/4G,/4F,/4G,/4 D,E,- (5E,/4F,/4G,/4F,/4G,/4 |\
(6z/2C,/2E,/2G,/2E,/2C,/2 (6z/2C,/2E,/2G,/2E,/2C,/2 | (3D,/2E,/2F,/2G,-(3G,/2F,/2E,/2D, ||