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 'sample_X12'

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% Sample file to test various features of abc2ps
% abcm2ps >= 7.6.0 - definition of '...' (ellipsis) for PostScript
%%glyph 2026 ellipsis
%K:C		% abcm2ps: automatic clef processing gives a bass clef
% RA Rg MA Mg | .A .g vf/-g/ (u.a/.b/)  | uR~M.c2  Hg4 || % abcm2ps: '-' is not a slur
%|: [D2FA] ~+d2fa+ | [c2e][df][eg]|\	% abcm2ps: '+' is no more handled
% abcm2ps: '\' is no more handled
%"Am7"A,CC DFF GBB |\M:4/4\"G"a,2b,2"D"c2d2 ||\L:1/4\\K:Bb\"Eb"e4|
%| -"Gb"ede edc | def fed |1 "A"efg "D"gfe | e6 \ % abcm2ps: cannot have '-' before a note
X:12
T:Gracenotes
L:1/8
M:C
K:Bmaj
DF{A}FD B,D{^BA}F d{F}Bd d{FEF}Bd |{G}B,2 {F}B,2 {E}B,2 {D}B,2 {C}B,2 |\
{C}A2 {D}A2 {E}A2 {F}A2 {G}A2 | 
{F}^A2 {eAB}A2 {eFEFE}F2{e}A<{EBE}c {EBA}B>A {eGB}G<{c}E |\ 
{E}[E4c4] {DEFG}[^A4F4] {cd}[c4A4] {bagfedcBAG=FAGDEA,}B,4|