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_X3'

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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
X:3
T:Praeludium II (WT II)
C:J.S. Bach
M:C
L:1/16
Q:1/4=66
%%staves {RH LH}
%%MIDI program 6
K:Gm
% same as bach.abc (abc2ps-1.3.0) but rewritten in a more standard way
V:RH
zDCD ECB,C DB,A,B, CA,G,A, | B,2G2C2G2 B,2G2A,2^F2 | 
V:LH
G,,2G,2C,2G,2 B,,2G,2A,,2^F,2 | G,,D,C,D, E,C,B,,C, D,B,,A,,B,, C,A,,G,,A,, | 

%%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