Wow.... Michael.... that's some amazing info about ABC! Thank you! I was going to say that my favourite online ABC program is https://www.mandolintab.net/abcconverter.php
I love that you can put in ABC notation and then quickly transpose into other keys! :) Emily On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 8:16 PM Michael Pavan via Musicians < [email protected]> wrote: > There are a number of applications and websites to use ABC music notation. > Some people use a combination that may require command lines and other > advance computer knowledge. > Some 'techies' write their own programs. > > I'm a self-taught computer user and prefer a free 'one stop shopping' > application, and for me (and many others) that is EasyABC. > I mostly prepare sheet music for myself and several groups I play with. > I use the References (below, usually in that order) and other tunes' ABCs > for examples. > 5) is an old, but good quick introduction for new ABC music notation users. > > > -Michael > > Here's information I've collected: > > > ABC MUSIC NOTATION: > > GENERAL ABC MUSIC NOTATION INFORMATION, GUIDES, AND REFERENCES: > ABC music notation > ABCs are a simple and compact way of notating and storing written music in > a universal, plain text format which can be used for composing, > transposing, playing and creating sheet music, tablature, MIDIs, and more. > http://abcnotation.com > > > SOFTWARE: > EasyABC software (free) > https://sourceforge.net/projects/easyabc/ > https://sourceforge.net/projects/easyabc/files/ > EasyABC is the leading (and free) application (works on Linux, Mac, and > Windows) > compose, edit, transpose, and listen to ABCs; and print sheet music PDFs > > Other software (some free) > http://abcnotation.com/software > > > SOME ABC website CONVERTERS: > -convert ABCs to PDFs, PNGs and/or MIDIs, MP3s > http://moinejf.free.fr/js/edit-1.xhtml see, print, hear, > and save PDF or MIDI > https://www.abcjs.net/abcjs-editor.html see, print, and hear > https://editor.drawthedots.com/ see, print, hear, > and save PDF or MIDI > https://colinhume.com/Music.aspx see, print, hear, > and save PDF or MP3 > https://www.montrealsession.ca/editor.php see, transpose, > print, and save PDF, PNG, MIDI or MP3 > http://s280013308.onlinehome.us/abcPlay/abcPlay.html see, print, hear, > and transpose https://groups.io/g/abcusers/message/20124 > http://www.franziskaludwig.de/abctransposer see, transpose, put > note names below, create Fiddle Tabs (string name & finger number) > https://www.thursdaycontra.com/~spuds/SPUDSConverter.html see, and > download MIDI > > https://www.mandolintab.net/abcconverter.php * see, transpose, create > tablature, print, and save PDF or MIDI > *with or without tablature for Whistle, Galoubet, Mandolin, Tenor > Mandolin, or various Ocarinas > below the standard music notion. > [does not print some headers such as Rhythm (R: ), unless you include it > in a %%writefields header] > *2020-05-11 'account suspended' - 2020-09-01 seems to be working again, > sometimes ... > > > ABC REFERENCE RESOURCES: > 1) ABC Quick Reference Card v.6 > http://www.stephenmerrony.co.uk/uploads/ABCquickRefv0_6.pdf > > 2) ABC parameters > abcm2ps / abc2svg documentation > http://moinejf.free.fr/abcm2ps-doc/ > > 3) Making Music with ABC 2 > http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/#ABCGuide > http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/abcplus_en.html > > 4) ABC standards > ABC 2.1 is the latest release 12/2011 > http://abcnotation.com/wiki/abc:standard:v2.1 > Draft ABC 2.2 (2/2013 - present) > http://abcnotation.com/wiki/abc:standard:v2.2 > > 5) ABC workshop examples - Spuds 2004.02.01 (a good but old, basic > introduction) > https://www.thursdaycontra.com/~spuds/ABCWorkshop.pdf > > 6) Guide to Advanced Features of Abc2midi > https://abcmidi.sourceforge.io > > > ABC USER GROUPS: > abcusers email List > leading active developers of ABC notation (and many users) are members > questions asked and answered, discussion may be a bit 'techie', > however sometimes improvements and new features are quickly instituted as > a result > https://groups.io/g/abcusers OR https://abcusers.groups.io > > ABC Notation Users Group > a less active group > https://www.facebook.com/groups/498671610282070/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Musicians mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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