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 [=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 'sample4_X2'

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% sample4.abc - this file is part of abcm2ps
% definitions for tablature
%%beginps
%%endps
%%deco head-3 3 hn 0 0 0 3
%%deco head-4 3 hn 0 0 0 4
%%deco head-5 3 hn 0 0 0 5
%%abc-version 2.0
%%measurenb 1
X:2
T:abcm2ps-4.x.x new features
%%graceslurs 0
%%breakoneoln 0		% needed with abcm2ps-5.x.x
M:C
L:1/4
Q:
K:none
"^slur above.."('FG) "^..below"(FG)|\
"^dashed tie.."A-A "^..slur"(ce/2)d/2"^beam""crossing""a bar"!beamon!|\
c/2B/2 "^chord slur"{(G}[CA)]3||
"^standard tuplet"(3A/2A/2A/2 "^no bracket"[I:tuplets 1 0 0](3A/2A/2A/2 \
"^forced bracket"[I:tuplets 2 0 0](3A/2A/2A/2 "^ratio"[I:tuplets 0 0 2](3A/2A/2A/2| \
"^nested tuplets"[I:tuplets 2 0 2](7:8:8(3A/2A/2A/2 A/2A/2A/2A/2A/2|
"^1/4 tone""sharp"G ^G "^3/4 tone""sharp"G B |\
"^1/4 tone""flat"G ^F "^3/4 tone""flat"F ^D|"^deco on""grace note"{.A4.B4}c4||
% tremolo: note the position of the decorations and the note lengths
"^tremolo"C/2c/2C/2c/2 C!trem1!c | C2!trem1!c2 | \
C/4[Gc]/4C/4[Gc]/4 C/4[Gc]/4C/4[Gc]/4 C!trem2![Gc] | C2!trem2![Gc]2 ||
%
C/8D/8E/8F/8G/8F/8E/8D/8\
C/8D/8E/8F/8G/8F/8E/8D/8 \
"^beam break"C/8D/8E/8F/8!beambr2!G/8F/8E/8D/8\
!beambr1!C/8D/8E/8F/8!beambr2!G/8F/8E/8D/8||
%%staves 1 2
%%rightmargin 12cm
V:1
"^cross staff stems"cc/4c/4c/4c/4c2 | [CEGc]2[CEGc]2||
V:2 clef=bass
!xstem!C,C,/4!xstem!C,/4C,/4!xstem!C,/4!xstem!C,2 | !xstem![C,,C,]2[C,,C,]2||

%%staves (melody1 chords melody2)
%%stemdir down
%%stemdir up
%%voicescale 0.8
%%staves [recit GO pos ped]
%%staves [1 2] | (3 4)
% tablature
%%stafflines 6
%%staffscale 1.6
%%staffnonote 2
% percussion
%%stafflines 1