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 'voices_X1'

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% here are only some first lines of sample tunes
%%deco fp 6 pf 20 2 5 fp
% --- piano ---
X:1
T:Song for a guy
C:Elton John
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=128
%%staves {RH LH}
K:C
% most of piano tunes have only 2 voices ..
V:RH
[C8E8]|zE FG- GEC2|[B,3E3][B,D]- [B,4D4]|zD EF- FED2|D8|
V:LH
[C,3G,3][C,G,]- [C,4G,4]|[C,3G,3][C,G,]- [C,4G,4]|[B,,3G,3][B,,G,]- [B,,4G,4]|\
[B,,3G,3][B,,G,]- [B,,4G,4]|[_B,,3F,3][B,,F,]- [B,,4F,4]|

%%staves {1 2}
% .. even when there are a lot of notes
%%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