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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_X5'

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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
%%staves {1 (2 3)}
% this voice is not complete, but the measure must be respected
% --- vocal ---
X:5
T:Tridal a ra va c'halon
T:(Mor Fawr Wyt Ti!)
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=48
%%staves [(S A) (T B)]
K:Amaj
% Breton words on a Wales choral
V:S
E,,E,,E,, |C,,3E,, E,,E,,F,,F,, |(D,,2F,,3) F,,F,,F,, |E,,3C,, E,,E,,D,,D,, |C,,4 z:|
w:Ka-na a |rin, ka-na a rin be-|pred,* rag an Ao-|trou en-eus va zan-tel-|let.
w:Eñ eo va|nerz, eñ eo i-vez va|Zad,*    eñ eo va|han, ka-na a rin e     |hloar.
V:A
C,,C,,C,, |A,,,3A,,, B,,,C,,A,,,A,,, |(B,,,2A,,,3) D,,D,,B,,, |C,,3A,,, B,,,A,,,A,,,G,,, |A,,,4 z:|
V:T
A,,,A,,,A,,, |E,,,3E,,, G,,,A,,,F,,,F,,, |(F,,,2F,,,3) A,,,A,,,G,,, |A,,,3A,,, G,,,A,,,F,,,E,,, |E,,,4 z:|
V:B
A,,,,A,,,,A,,,, |A,,,,3C,,, B,,,,A,,,,D,,,D,,, |(B,,,,2D,,,3) D,,,D,,,B,,,,|E,,,3F,,, E,,,C,,,B,,,,E,,,, |A,,,,4 z:|

% --- 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