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 'sample_X10'

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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:10
T:Chords with many accidentals
M:6/8
K:Dmaj
[^G^A] [^G^B] [^G^c] [^G^d] [^G^e] [^G^^f] |\
[^G,^A,] [^G,^B,] [^G,^C] [^G,^D] [^G,^E] [^G,^^F] |\
[^G^A^B] [^G^A^c] [^G^c^d] [^G^c^e] [^G=A=c^d_e=f] |]
[^G^c^e] [^G^c^^f] [^G^c^g] [^G^c^a] [^G^c^b] |\
[^G^B^c] [^G^c^d] [^G^d^e] [^G^d^^f] |\
[^G^A^g] [^G^B^g] [^E^B^g] [^D^B^g] \
[^G_B^d][^G^c^d][^G^d^e][^G^A^d][^D^B^g] ||