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_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:Gm
% .. even when there are a lot of notes
V:1
!fp![B,,4D,4G,4]- [B,,3/2D,3/2G,3/2]!3![D,/2G,/2]!4![D,3/2^F,3/2A,3/2]!5![D,/2G,/2B,/2] ([=E,4G,4B,4]!4![^F,2A,2])z2|\
!fp!!3![^F,4A,4C4]- [F,3/2A,3/2C3/2][F,/2A,/2C/2][F,3/2A,3/2D3/2][F,/2A,/2E/2] ([F,4A,4E4]!3![G,2B,2D2])z2|
V:2
[G,,,4B,,,4D,,4G,,4]- [G,,,3/2B,,,3/2D,,3/2G,,3/2]!2!B,,/2!3!A,,3/2!4!G,,/2 (!2!^C,4D,2)z _E,,|\
_E,4-E,3/2!2!E,/2!1!D,3/2=C,/2 B,,4-B,,2z3/2 B,,/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