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 'voices_X1'

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% here are only some first lines of sample tunes
%%deco fp 6 pf 20 2 5 fp
% --- piano ---
X:1
T:Song for a guy
C:Elton John
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=128
%%staves {RH LH}
K:Gmaj
% most of piano tunes have only 2 voices ..
V:RH
[G,8B,8]|zB, CD- DB,G,2|[F,3B,3][F,A,]- [F,4A,4]|zA, B,C- CB,A,2|A,8|
V:LH
[G,,3D,3][G,,D,]- [G,,4D,4]|[G,,3D,3][G,,D,]- [G,,4D,4]|[F,,3D,3][F,,D,]- [F,,4D,4]|\
[F,,3D,3][F,,D,]- [F,,4D,4]|[=F,,3C,3][F,,C,]- [F,,4C,4]|

%%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
%%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