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 [=selected] (1 octave down) Cello (2 octaves down) Cello (e.g. Clarinet in) Bb (e.g. Alt Sax in) Eb (e.g. Horn in) F (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:C
Q:"Tempo in the tune body"
"C"C"Dm	G"D2"C"C"^<- guitar chords between symbols"|\
C/4E/4G/4E/4 \
[I:repeat 4 3]C/4E/4G/4E/4 "^sequence repeat"C/4E/4G/4E/4 C/4E/4G/4E/4|
"^measure repeat"GABc|[I:repeat 1 2]GABc|GABc|\
G2d2|B2d2|[I:repeat 2]G2d2|B2d2|c4||
"^tremolo 2 notes"\
z/2 C/4!trem1!c/4 C/2!trem1!c/2 C!trem1!c | C2!trem1!c2 | \
z/2 C/4!trem2!c/4 C/2!trem2!c/2 C!trem2!c | C2!trem2!c2 |
"^tremolo 1 note"\
z C/4!/!c/4 c/4!/!C/4 C/2!/!c/2 c/2!/!C/2 | \
z C/4!//!c/4 c/4!//!C/4 C/2!//!c/2 c/2!//!C/2 |
z !/!C/2 !/!c/2 !/!C !/!c | !/!C2 !/!c2 | \
z !//!C/2 !//!c/2 !//!C !//!c | !//!C2 !//!c2 ||
!/!C4 | !/!c4 | !//!C4 | !//!c4 |

%%writefields F 0
%%staves {M A1 A2}
%%voicescale 0.8
%%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)}