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 'sample5_X1'

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% sample5.abc - this file is part of abcm2ps
%%writefields NF 1
%%infoname F "This file is part of the "
X:1
%%titleformat T,TTQ-1C1A1
T:New features in abcm2ps-5.x.x
T:Subtitle one
T:Subtitle two
C:This is the composer field
A:This is the Area/Author field
N:Here are some notes (N:)
N:on two lines
M:C
L:1/4
Q:"Tempo in the tune header"
K:Amaj
Q:"Tempo in the tune body"
"A"A,"Bm	G"B,2"A"A,"^<- guitar chords between symbols"|\
A,/4C/4E/4C/4 \
[I:repeat 4 3]A,/4C/4E/4C/4 "^sequence repeat"A,/4C/4E/4C/4 A,/4C/4E/4C/4|
"^measure repeat"EFGA|[I:repeat 1 2]EFGA|EFGA|\
E2B2|G2B2|[I:repeat 2]E2B2|G2B2|A4||
"^tremolo 2 notes"\
z/2 A,/4!trem1!A/4 A,/2!trem1!A/2 A,!trem1!A | A,2!trem1!A2 | \
z/2 A,/4!trem2!A/4 A,/2!trem2!A/2 A,!trem2!A | A,2!trem2!A2 |
"^tremolo 1 note"\
z A,/4!/!A/4 A/4!/!A,/4 A,/2!/!A/2 A/2!/!A,/2 | \
z A,/4!//!A/4 A/4!//!A,/4 A,/2!//!A/2 A/2!//!A,/2 |
z !/!A,/2 !/!A/2 !/!A, !/!A | !/!A,2 !/!A2 | \
z !//!A,/2 !//!A/2 !//!A, !//!A | !//!A,2 !//!A2 ||
!/!A,4 | !/!A4 | !//!A,4 | !//!A4 |

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%%staffscale 0.8
%%staves M
%%rightmargin 0.5cm
%%leftmargin 0.5cm
%%staves 1s 3s | {(1 2) 3}
%%staffscale 0.8
%%staffscale 0.8
%%clef bass
%%staves (1s 2) 3s | {(1 2) 3}
%%staves 1s 3s | {(1 2) (3 4)}