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    (e.g. Clarinet in) Bb    (e.g. Alt Sax in) Eb [=selected]    (e.g. Horn in) F    (e.g. Euphonium in) Bb, 1 octave down

general transposition:


Viewing score and abc source of 'sample4_X2'

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% sample4.abc - this file is part of abcm2ps
% definitions for tablature
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%%deco head-3 3 hn 0 0 0 3
%%deco head-4 3 hn 0 0 0 4
%%deco head-5 3 hn 0 0 0 5
%%abc-version 2.0
%%measurenb 1
X:2
T:abcm2ps-4.x.x new features
%%graceslurs 0
%%breakoneoln 0		% needed with abcm2ps-5.x.x
M:C
L:1/4
Q:
K:none
"^slur above.."('DE) "^..below"(DE)|\
"^dashed tie.."^F-F "^..slur"(A^c/2)B/2"^beam""arossing""f# g#ar"!beamon!|\
A/2^G/2 "^chord slur"{(E}[A,^F)]3||
"^standard tuplet"(3^F/2F/2F/2 "^no bracket"[I:tuplets 1 0 0](3F/2F/2F/2 \
"^forced bracket"[I:tuplets 2 0 0](3F/2F/2F/2 "^ratio"[I:tuplets 0 0 2](3F/2F/2F/2| \
"^nested tuplets"[I:tuplets 2 0 2](7:8:8(3^F/2F/2F/2 F/2F/2F/2F/2F/2|
"^1/4 tone""sharp"E F "^3/4 tone""sharp"F ^G |\
"^1/4 tone""dlat"E ^D "^3/4 tone""dlat"D C|"^deco on""erace note"{.^F4.^G4}A4||
% tremolo: note the position of the decorations and the note lengths
"^tremolo"A,/2A/2A,/2A/2 A,!trem1!A | A,2!trem1!A2 | \
A,/4[EA]/4A,/4[EA]/4 A,/4[EA]/4A,/4[EA]/4 A,!trem2![EA] | A,2!trem2![EA]2 ||
%
A,/8B,/8^C/8D/8E/8D/8C/8B,/8\
A,/8B,/8C/8D/8E/8D/8C/8B,/8 \
"^beam break"A,/8B,/8C/8D/8!beambr2!E/8D/8C/8B,/8\
!beambr1!A,/8B,/8C/8D/8!beambr2!E/8D/8C/8B,/8||
%%staves 1 2
%%rightmargin 12cm
V:1
"^cross staff stems"AA/4A/4A/4A/4A2 | [A,^CEA]2[A,CEA]2||
V:2 clef=bass
!xstem!A,,A,,/4!xstem!A,,/4A,,/4!xstem!A,,/4!xstem!A,,2 | !xstem![A,,,A,,]2[A,,,A,,]2||

%%staves (melody1 chords melody2)
%%stemdir down
%%stemdir up
%%voicescale 0.8
%%staves [recit GO pos ped]
%%staves [1 2] | (3 4)
% tablature
%%stafflines 6
%%staffscale 1.6
%%staffnonote 2
% percussion
%%stafflines 1