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You can search various collections of and notated tunes at: | You can search various collections of and notated tunes at: | ||
| − | * [http://abcnotation.com/search tune search at abcnotation] | + | * [http://abcnotation.com/search tune search at abcnotation] (including finding tunes on our site) |
* [http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind JC's ABC Tune Finder] | * [http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind JC's ABC Tune Finder] | ||
* [http://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA Traditional Tune Archive] | * [http://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA Traditional Tune Archive] | ||
Revision as of 13:18, 13 February 2017
ABC notation is a shorthand form of musical notation. In basic form it uses the letters A through G to represent the given notes, with other elements used to place added value on these - sharp, flat, the length of the note, key, ornamentation. For more details, see the Wikipedia ABC notation page, and the ABC Music Notation site.
Reference Material
For some introductory tutorials on this notation, you can start with:
- learn abc page at abcnotation
- How to interpret abc music notation by Steve Mansfield
- An ABC primer by John Chambers
Once you have an understanding of this notation, you may find the following references useful:
- ABC Quick Reference Card from Stephen Merrony Music
- The abc music standard 2.1 (Dec 2011)
- Frequently Asked Questions about ABC Music Notation by John Chambers
Other Sites
You can search various collections of and notated tunes at:
- tune search at abcnotation (including finding tunes on our site)
- JC's ABC Tune Finder
- Traditional Tune Archive
Software
There is a wide range of software available, for most computer and mobile platforms, supporting this notation. One good list is ABC Music Notation Software page. The creators of this site happily use ABCexplorer (Windows), EasyABC (Linux, Mac, Windows) and TradMusician (Android). And this site relies on the abcjs javascript package to render its abc content.
Or you can have a play with our ABC sandbox.
