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_X4'

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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
X:4
T:Allegro grazioso
C:Schumann
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=66
%%staves {1 (2 3)}
K:Emaj
V:1
(!p!G2FG E3)(F |GAB[Ec]) ([D3F3][^EG])|([F2A2][^EG][FA] FD=EF)|[E2G2][D2F2] {/E}E3G|
V:2
% this voice is not complete, but the measure must be respected
E,2A,2 xB,3- |B,2x2 x4 | F,2B,2 A,2x2 |x8 |
V:3
(E,B,A,B, G,B,2)(D,|E,F,G,A, (B,2)A,G,) |(F,CB,C A,B,G,A,)|B,2[B,,2A,2] [E,3G,3]B,|

% --- 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