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 'voices_X2'

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% here are only some first lines of sample tunes
%%deco fp 6 pf 20 2 5 fp
% --- piano ---
%%staves {RH LH}
% most of piano tunes have only 2 voices ..
X:2
T:8th Sonata for piano
C:L. van Beethoven
M:C
L:1/16
Q:1/8=66
%%staves {1 2}
K:Cm
% .. even when there are a lot of notes
V:1
!fp![E,,,4G,,,4C,,4]- [E,,,3/2G,,,3/2C,,3/2]!3![G,,,/2C,,/2]!4![G,,,3/2=B,,,3/2D,,3/2]!5![G,,,/2C,,/2E,,/2] ([=A,,,4C,,4E,,4]!4![=B,,,2D,,2])z2|\
!fp!!3![=B,,,4D,,4F,,4]- [B,,,3/2D,,3/2F,,3/2][B,,,/2D,,/2F,,/2][B,,,3/2D,,3/2G,,3/2][B,,,/2D,,/2A,,/2] ([B,,,4D,,4A,,4]!3![C,,2E,,2G,,2])z2|
V:2
[C,,,,4E,,,,4G,,,,4C,,,4]- [C,,,,3/2E,,,,3/2G,,,,3/2C,,,3/2]!2!E,,,/2!3!D,,,3/2!4!C,,,/2 (!2!^F,,,4G,,,2)z _A,,,,|\
_A,,,4-A,,,3/2!2!A,,,/2!1!G,,,3/2=F,,,/2 E,,,4-E,,,2z3/2 E,,,/2|

%%staves {RH LH}
%%MIDI program 6
% same as bach.abc (abc2ps-1.3.0) but rewritten in a more standard way
%%staves {1 (2 3)}
% this voice is not complete, but the measure must be respected
% --- vocal ---
%%staves [(S A) (T B)]
% Breton words on a Wales choral
% --- organ ---
%%staves [1 (2 3) 4]
%%MIDI program 53
%%MIDI program 73
%%MIDI program 73
%%MIDI program 73
%%staves {(Pos1 Pos2) Trompette}
%
%%MIDI program 78
%%MIDI program 78
%%MIDI program 56