ABC (musical notation) - Revision history

Sembiance: /* Sample files */

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‎Sample files

Sembiance: sample files

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sample files

Jsummers: /* Structure */ Typo

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‎Structure: Typo

Bwl21: /* Other */ added zupfnoter

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‎Other: added zupfnoter

Felix at 14:07, 28 April 2015

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Felix: drop superfluous header

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drop superfluous header

VolodyA! V Anarhist: /* Tune Body */ fix markup

2015-04-27T14:05:13Z

‎Tune Body: fix markup

Felix:

2015-04-27T13:24:45Z

<pre>

Dan Tobias: /* Links */

2013-05-25T20:10:47Z

‎Links

Halftheisland: /* Software */

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‎Software

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 == Sample files ==
-* {{DexvertSamples|audio/abcNotation}}
+* {{DexvertSamples|music/abcNotation}}
 == Links ==

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 == Structure ==
 Every ABC file must start with the string "%abc", which may optionally be followed by a version identifier e.g. "%abc-2.1". In order to maintain backwards-compatibility with files created according to older standards, there are two ways in which ABC files may be interpreted. '''Strict interpretation''' applies to files with a version number of 2.1 or greater, with errors reported to the user. '''Loose interpretation''' applies to files with either a version number of 2.0 or lower, or to files with no version number.
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 === File Header ===
 As noted above, the file header contains processing information for the entire file. While many of the available information fields can be used in the file header, we have covered those mainly in the [[#Tune Header|Tune Header]] section. However, we will look here at the '''I''' (instruction) field which has a number of uses.
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 === Tune Header ===
 The header of an ABC file consists of a number of fields defining metadata and other information. A complete header using every field might look like this:
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 === Tune Body ===
 The "tune code" used by ABC is too complex to allow complete coverage of every element here. However, the table below will provide a brief overview of the various elements used.
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 === Standards ===
 The most current version of the ABC standard can be found at http://abcnotation.com/wiki/abc:standard
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 ==== X to ABC ====
 * [http://www.alfwarnock.info/alfs/links.php BIABTools] ([[Band-in-a-Box]] -> ABC)
 * [http://wim.vree.org/svgParse/xml2abc.html xml2abc] ([[MusicXML]] -> ABC)
 === Creation ===
 * [http://www.beilharz-family.de/software/abcedit.shtml AbcEdit] (Windows)
 * [http://www.alfwarnock.info/alfs/links.php ABCEditor / ABCTools / ABCFind] (
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 === Playback ===
 * [http://uk.androlib.com/android.application.uk-co-stephenmerrony-aabc-qxDmi.aspx aABC] (Android)
 * [http://normanschmidt.net/abassc.php ABassC] (Palm OS / Pocket PC)
 === Other ===
 * [http://welltemperedstudio.wordpress.com/code/abc2harp/ abc2harp] (adds harmonica tab data to ABC notation)
 * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/abc2index/ abc2index] generates indices of ABC files in plain text or [[CSV]] format
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 * [http://hudsonlacerda.webs.com/ microabc / TKmicroabc] is a set of tools for microtonal ABC music
 * [https://www.zupfnoter.de zupfnoter] is an online abc based tool to create sheets for table harps
 == Links ==

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 As noted above, the file header contains processing information for the entire file. While many of the available information fields can be used in the file header, we have covered those mainly in the [[#Tune Header|Tune Header]] section. However, we will look here at the '''I''' (instruction) field which has a number of uses.
-* '''I:abc-charset''' can be used to indicate the [[Character Encodings|character encoding]] used by the file. Legal values are [[ISO 8859-1|iso-8859-1]] to [[ISO 8859-10|iso-8859-1]], [[ASCII|us-ascii]] and [[UTF-8|utf-8]]. This cannot be changed further on in the file.
+* '''I:abc-charset''' can be used to indicate the [[Character Encodings|character encoding]] used by the file. Legal values are [[ISO 8859-1|iso-8859-1]] to [[ISO 8859-10|iso-8859-10]], [[ASCII|us-ascii]] and [[UTF-8|utf-8]]. This cannot be changed further on in the file.
 * '''I:abc-version''' can be used to indicate tunes conforming to a different standard than the one indicated at the start of the file. Presumably this appears most commonly in tune headers - while it can be used in the file header, it is hard to imagine a scenario in which this might be appropriate.

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 * [http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/#jedabc JedABC] is an extension to the [http://www.jedsoft.org/jed/ JED Editor], turning it into an IDE for ABC files
 * [http://hudsonlacerda.webs.com/ microabc / TKmicroabc] is a set of tools for microtonal ABC music
 == Links ==

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 |mimetypes=text/vnd.abc
 }}
 The '''ABC notation''' is a text-based ([[ASCII]]) musical notation format commonly used for folk and traditional music. It is an alphabetical shorthand, using the letters A to G to represent notes and other numbers and symbols to represent note length, sharps, flats, ornaments, etc.

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 }}
-== Description ==
+The '''ABC notation''' is a text-based ([[ASCII]]) musical notation format commonly used for folk and traditional music. It is an alphabetical shorthand, using the letters A to G to represent notes and other numbers and symbols to represent note length, sharps, flats, ornaments, etc.
-−
-ABC Notation is a text-based ([[ASCII]]) musical notation format commonly used for folk and traditional music. It is an alphabetical shorthand, using the letters A to G to represent notes and other numbers and symbols to represent note length, sharps, flats, ornaments, etc.
 While alphabetical notation systems have been used informally for a number of years, the current standard is based on work done by Chris Walshaw in the early 1990s and later revised and extended by a number of other users. The current standard is v2.1 (December 2011), with a draft v2.1.1 standard published in February 2013.
-== Information ==
+== Structure ==
 Every ABC file must start with the string "%abc", which may optionally be followed by a version identifier e.g. "%abc-2.1". In order to maintain backwards-compatibility with files created according to older standards, there are two ways in which ABC files may be interpreted. '''Strict interpretation''' applies to files with a version number of 2.1 or greater, with errors reported to the user. '''Loose interpretation''' applies to files with either a version number of 2.0 or lower, or to files with no version number.

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 |-
 | '''v, !downbow!''' || down-bow
 | '''!turn!''' || turn mark / grupetto
 |-

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 The header of an ABC file consists of a number of fields defining metadata and other information. A complete header using every field might look like this:
-X:1<br/>
+<pre>
-T:Sample Song<br/>
+X:1
-C:A. Composer<br/>
+T:Sample Song
-O:America; Nebraska; Power Cable.<br/>
+C:A. Composer
-A:Area<br/>
+O:America; Nebraska; Power Cable.
-M:6/8<br/>
+A:Area
-L:1/4<br/>
+M:6/8
-Q:"Allegro" 1/4=120<br/>
+L:1/4
-P:ABAB<br/>
+Q:"Allegro" 1/4=120
-Z:Tran Scriber, <t.s@notarealemail.com><br/>
+P:ABAB
-N:Notes<br/>
+Z:Tran Scriber, <t.s@notarealemail.com>
-G:Group<br/>
+N:Notes
-H:This song was traditionally played<br/>
+G:Group
-+:at the Power Cable, Nebraska Boot Festival<br/>
+H:This song was traditionally played
-R:Polka<br/>
++:at the Power Cable, Nebraska Boot Festival
-B:Tunes of Power Cable, Nebraska vol. I<br/>
+R:Polka
-D:Traditional Folk Music of Nebraska<br/>
+B:Tunes of Power Cable, Nebraska vol. I
-F:this.is.not.a.real.url/song.abc<br/>
+D:Traditional Folk Music of Nebraska
 S:Source
-K:D minor<br/>
+K:D minor
 Let's break this down field by field.

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 == Links ==
 == Notes ==
 <references />

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 * [http://colecovision.eu/ColecoVision/development/abc2cvm.shtml abc2cvm] (ABC -> [[ColecoVision music data]])
 * [http://lilypond.org/ abc2ly] (ABC -> [[LilyPond]])
 * [http://welltemperedstudio.wordpress.com/code/abc2mma/ abc2mma] (ABC -> Musical [[MIDI]] Accompaniment)
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 === Other ===
 * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/abc2index/ abc2index] generates indices of ABC files in plain text or [[CSV]] format
 * [http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/#abc2prt abc2prt] is a tool to extract parts from multi-voice ABC files