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 'voices_X2'

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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 ..
X:2
T:8th Sonata for piano
C:L. van Beethoven
M:C
L:1/16
Q:1/8=66
%%staves {1 2}
K:Am
% .. even when there are a lot of notes
V:1
!fp![C,4E,4A,4]- [C,3/2E,3/2A,3/2]!3![E,/2A,/2]!4![E,3/2^G,3/2B,3/2]!5![E,/2A,/2C/2] ([^F,4A,4C4]!4![^G,2B,2])z2|\
!fp!!3![^G,4B,4D4]- [G,3/2B,3/2D3/2][G,/2B,/2D/2][G,3/2B,3/2E3/2][G,/2B,/2F/2] ([G,4B,4F4]!3![A,2C2E2])z2|
V:2
[A,,,4C,,4E,,4A,,4]- [A,,,3/2C,,3/2E,,3/2A,,3/2]!2!C,/2!3!B,,3/2!4!A,,/2 (!2!^D,4E,2)z =F,,|\
=F,4-F,3/2!2!F,/2!1!E,3/2=D,/2 C,4-C,2z3/2 C,/2|

%%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 ---
%%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