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_X4'

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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
%%staves {RH LH}
%%MIDI program 6
% same as bach.abc (abc2ps-1.3.0) but rewritten in a more standard way
X:4
T:Allegro grazioso
C:Schumann
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=66
%%staves {1 (2 3)}
K:Gmaj
V:1
(!p!B,,2A,,B,, G,,3)(A,, |B,,C,D,[G,,E,]) ([F,,3A,,3][^G,,B,,])|([A,,2C,2][^G,,B,,][A,,C,] A,,F,,=G,,A,,)|[G,,2B,,2][F,,2A,,2] {/G,,}G,,3B,,|
V:2
% this voice is not complete, but the measure must be respected
G,,,2C,,2 xD,,3- |D,,2x2 x4 | A,,,2D,,2 C,,2x2 |x8 |
V:3
(G,,,D,,C,,D,, B,,,D,,2)(F,,,|G,,,A,,,B,,,C,, (D,,2)C,,B,,,) |(A,,,E,,D,,E,, C,,D,,B,,,C,,)|D,,2[D,,,2C,,2] [G,,,3B,,,3]D,,|

% --- 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