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 '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:Dmaj
Q:"Tempo in the tune body"
"D"D"Em	G"E2"D"D"^<- guitar chords between symbols"|\
D/4F/4A/4F/4 \
[I:repeat 4 3]D/4F/4A/4F/4 "^sequence repeat"D/4F/4A/4F/4 D/4F/4A/4F/4|
"^measure repeat"ABcd|[I:repeat 1 2]ABcd|ABcd|\
A2e2|c2e2|[I:repeat 2]A2e2|c2e2|d4||
"^tremolo 2 notes"\
z/2 D/4!trem1!d/4 D/2!trem1!d/2 D!trem1!d | D2!trem1!d2 | \
z/2 D/4!trem2!d/4 D/2!trem2!d/2 D!trem2!d | D2!trem2!d2 |
"^tremolo 1 note"\
z D/4!/!d/4 d/4!/!D/4 D/2!/!d/2 d/2!/!D/2 | \
z D/4!//!d/4 d/4!//!D/4 D/2!//!d/2 d/2!//!D/2 |
z !/!D/2 !/!d/2 !/!D !/!d | !/!D2 !/!d2 | \
z !//!D/2 !//!d/2 !//!D !//!d | !//!D2 !//!d2 ||
!/!D4 | !/!d4 | !//!D4 | !//!d4 |

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%%clef bass
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%%staves 1s 3s | {(1 2) (3 4)}