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 '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:Dm
% .. even when there are a lot of notes
V:1
!fp![F,4A,4D4]- [F,3/2A,3/2D3/2]!3![A,/2D/2]!4![A,3/2^C3/2E3/2]!5![A,/2D/2F/2] ([=B,4D4F4]!4![^C2E2])z2|\
!fp!!3![^C4E4G4]- [C3/2E3/2G3/2][C/2E/2G/2][C3/2E3/2A3/2][C/2E/2B/2] ([C4E4B4]!3![D2F2A2])z2|
V:2
[D,,4F,,4A,,4D,4]- [D,,3/2F,,3/2A,,3/2D,3/2]!2!F,/2!3!E,3/2!4!D,/2 (!2!^G,4A,2)z _B,,|\
_B,4-B,3/2!2!B,/2!1!A,3/2=G,/2 F,4-F,2z3/2 F,/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