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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 [=selected]    (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 'accordion_X3'

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% tablature examples
% --- diatonic accordion
%%beginps% length x y n accordh - accordion tablature header with 2 or 3 lines/accordh{%	/Times-Roman 14 selectfont	/nlines exch def	.8 SLW	gsave 20 add T /w exch def	0 0 M w 0 RL	0 3 M w 0 RL	0 21 M w 0 RL	0 39 M w 0 RL	nlines 2 eq{		0 42 M w 0 RL		stroke		/barh 42 def		3 7 M (T:) show		3 25 M (P:) show	}{		0 57 M w 0 RL		0 60 M w 0 RL		stroke		/barh 60 def		3 7 M (B/a:) show		3 25 M (T:) show		3 43 M (P:) show	}ifelse	grestore}!% string x y n accordn - accordion tablature/accordn{	-18 mul add barh add 3 add M showc}!/accordb{	0 eq{20 add M 0 barh RL stroke}	{pop pop}ifelse pop}!%%endps
X:3
T:Andro à Patrice Corbel
N:validé 03/05/01 -- 04/08/02
R:Andro
O:Bretagne
M:4/4
K:Am
%%tablature 70 accordh accordn accordb
"A"A,,2 C,A,, "F" A,A,,C,E, | "G"D,G,,B,,D, "C"E,4 | "F"F,E,D,C, "G"B,,2 A,,B,, |1 "F"C,A,,B,,C, "E"B,,4 :|2 "F"C,A,,B,,C, "A"A,,4 :|
w:*  * * * * * *   8 6 7 8  7'   * * * *  * * *   * * * *  7   * * * *  *
w:7  8 7 11 7 8 9   * * * *  *   8' 9 7' 8  6' 7 6'   8 7 6' 8  *   8 7 6' 8  7
"A"A,,2 G,,F,, "E"E,,3 B,, | "E"C,2 D,2 "C"E,4 | "F"F,E,D,C, "G"B,,2 A,,B,, |1 "F"C,A,,B,,C, "E"B,,4 :|2 "F"C,A,,B,,C, "A"A,,4 :|
w:* 6 *  4' 7   6' 8  7'   * * * *  * * *   * * * *  7   * * * *  *
w:7 * 4'  * *   * *  *   8' 9 7' 8  6' 7 6'   8 7 6' 8  *   8 7 6' 8  7

%%tablature 90 accordh accordn accordb