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_X3'

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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 ..
%%staves {1 2}
% .. even when there are a lot of notes
X:3
T:Praeludium II (WT II)
C:J.S. Bach
M:C
L:1/16
Q:1/4=66
%%staves {RH LH}
%%MIDI program 6
K:Cm
% same as bach.abc (abc2ps-1.3.0) but rewritten in a more standard way
V:RH
zG,,F,,G,, A,,F,,E,,F,, G,,E,,D,,E,, F,,D,,C,,D,, | E,,2C,2F,,2C,2 E,,2C,2D,,2=B,,2 | 
V:LH
C,,,2C,,2F,,,2C,,2 E,,,2C,,2D,,,2=B,,,2 | C,,,G,,,F,,,G,,, A,,,F,,,E,,,F,,, G,,,E,,,D,,,E,,, F,,,D,,,C,,,D,,, | 

%%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