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 (e.g. Horn in) F [=selected] (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:Gmaj
Q:"Tempo in the tune body"
"G"G,"Am	G"A,2"G"G,"^<- guitar chords between symbols"|\
G,/4B,/4D/4B,/4 \
[I:repeat 4 3]G,/4B,/4D/4B,/4 "^sequence repeat"G,/4B,/4D/4B,/4 G,/4B,/4D/4B,/4|
"^measure repeat"DEFG|[I:repeat 1 2]DEFG|DEFG|\
D2A2|F2A2|[I:repeat 2]D2A2|F2A2|G4||
"^tremolo 2 notes"\
z/2 G,/4!trem1!G/4 G,/2!trem1!G/2 G,!trem1!G | G,2!trem1!G2 | \
z/2 G,/4!trem2!G/4 G,/2!trem2!G/2 G,!trem2!G | G,2!trem2!G2 |
"^tremolo 1 note"\
z G,/4!/!G/4 G/4!/!G,/4 G,/2!/!G/2 G/2!/!G,/2 | \
z G,/4!//!G/4 G/4!//!G,/4 G,/2!//!G/2 G/2!//!G,/2 |
z !/!G,/2 !/!G/2 !/!G, !/!G | !/!G,2 !/!G2 | \
z !//!G,/2 !//!G/2 !//!G, !//!G | !//!G,2 !//!G2 ||
!/!G,4 | !/!G4 | !//!G,4 | !//!G4 |

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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)}