ABC(plus) tune page

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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 'newfeatures_X4'

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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
%%freegchord 1	% abcm2ps: don't print 'b' as a flat sign
%abcm2ps: don't have a new key signature
%K:C alto
% text moved out of tune header - change in abcm2ps-7.x.x
%%begintext align
%%endtext
%%sep
%%text Note: this line and the separator above are also associated with this tune. 
X:4
T:Vocals
T:Note also the trill
C:Music: Trad.
C:Text: Anonymous
M:C
K:C
L:1/4
e>e ez || edTc2 | ed(c2 | e2 c2- | Hc4) |]
w:*** 1.~~Three blind mice, three blind mice.___
w:*** 2.~~See how~they run, see how~they ru-uuu-un._

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%%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.- Text output using %%text, %%center, and %%begintext .. %%endtext.- "x" functions like a rest but is invisible on the page.- Bagpipe mode for K:HP.%%endtext