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Note - Properly formatted ABC tunes can be converted directly in your browser. Alternately, to understand, write and edit ABC tunes, the links below allow you to download the program of you choice. For interactive editing and flexible playback, I use a Mac shareware program called Barfly (info). For IBMs the best notation is generated by abc2win.

Links below take you to download sites

For notation & internal playback: Macintosh Download Site (all versions of system software supported) BarFly 1.73 features Most PC user use a combination of the following programs - some use one for notation another for Playback Abc Navigator is a freeware program for handling music notation files in ABC format. Main Features Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000,XP Multiple files can be simultaneously opened Select/Copy/Paste/move/edit tunes Key and Rhythm filters Abc editor with Syntax Highlighting Fast sheet music / staff notation Viewer Play tunes through your sound card Save tune as a Midi File Sets playlist support Print tunes Notation ABC2Win (abc2win) DOS, Windows 3.1 or better. Playback & file management - ABCMUS AbcMus 2.0 has the following features: Fast search for a text through all your ABC files (composer, name, melody, even finding transposed tunes or variations. Automatic chordsetting utility, transposing of tunes and other abc tools. Easy handling of ABC tunebooks. Copy, move and edit tunes, etc. Automated generation of tune lists, cheat sheets, tune indexes, etc, with flexible format. Save tunes as MIDI files. Playback with a nice, definable style, via the sound card. Makes the tunes enjoyable to listening to.

Other ABC resources For more information, tutorials, links to a variety of different abc programs, and for links to numerous tune collections, go to Chris Walshaw's abc home page. In addition; for tunes, tutorials, ideas and utilities check out sites from the following individuals: John Chambers | Steve Mansfield | Richard Moon | Heinrich Norbeck | Paul Swartz