[Musicians] Re: Best or Favorite ABC Notation Program

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/