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 [=selected]    (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 'newfeatures_X1'

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%%textfont Helvetica-Bold 21
%%center Examples for new features in abc2ps-1.2.5
%%textfont * 16
%%center Oct. 5 1997
%%textfont Times-Roman 16
X:1
T:Scale with Treble Clef
M:C
%%freegchord 1	% abcm2ps: don't print 'b' as a flat sign
K:Dmaj clef=treble% abcm2ps: must be forced because too low at the beginning
L:1/4
"D,"D,"E,"E,"F#,"F,"G,"G, "A,"A,"B,"B,"C#,"C\
| "D"D"E"E"F#"F"G"G "A"A"B"B"C#"c| "d"d "e"e"f#"f"g"g "a"a"b"b"c#"c'"d'"d' |

%abcm2ps: don't have a new key signature
%K:C alto
% text moved out of tune header - change in abcm2ps-7.x.x
%%begintext alignHere is an example for a block of text which is associated with a specifictune. It will only be printed if this tune (number 3) is selected.The text should be placed after the "T:" field and before theblock is terminated by a blank line.Text which is outside a block isalways printed; for example, the title at the top of the page.%%endtext
%%sep
%%text Note: this line and the separator above are also associated with this tune. 
%%leftmargin 3cm
%%titleleft
%%titlefont Helvetica-Bold 24
%%subtitlefont Helvetica-Bold 16
%%composerspace 0.4cm
%%composerfont Helvetica 13
%%staffwidth 5.5in
%%scale 0.75
%%staffsep 55
%%vskip 1cm
%%textfont Times-Roman 16
%%begintextSummary of changes:- Bass and alto clefs.- Vocals.- In-line info fields can be coded using [...].- Subtitles now printed without "or:".- Can be more than one composer field.- Predefined formats: standard, pretty, pretty2 (flag -p, -P).- Format page layout by .fmt file selected with flag -F.- Format page layout by %%-pseudocomments in abc file.- Other pseudocomments: %%sep, %%vskip, %%newpage.%%endtext