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abc notation is a text-only way of notating music. It has the advantage of being very compact, making it easy to share music by email and other text-based media, and of being human-readable with a little practice. There is also a strong software base to provide conversion to conventional western musical notation and MIDI renderings.
abc notation is a text-only way of notating music. It has the advantage of being very compact, making it easy to share music by email and other text-based media, and of being human-readable with a little practice. There is also a strong software base to provide conversion to conventional western musical notation and MIDI renderings.


[[http://www.walshaw.plus.com/abc/ abc Home Page]]
[http://www.walshaw.plus.com/abc/ abc Home Page]



[http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html online abc conversion utility]


== Medieval music ==
== Medieval music ==
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[[Saltarello]] (''Dance'')
[[Saltarello]] (''Dance'')

[[Sumer is icumen in]] ''(English)''
[[Sumer is icumen in]] ''(English song)''

[[Ther ys ne rose of swych vertu]] ''(English song)''

[[Agincourt Carol]] ''(English dancing song)''

[[Mery yt ys]] ''English song''




[[category:Music]]

Latest revision as of 19:02, 11 July 2007

What is abc notation?

abc notation is a text-only way of notating music. It has the advantage of being very compact, making it easy to share music by email and other text-based media, and of being human-readable with a little practice. There is also a strong software base to provide conversion to conventional western musical notation and MIDI renderings.

abc Home Page

online abc conversion utility

Medieval music

Saltarello (Dance)

Sumer is icumen in (English song)

Ther ys ne rose of swych vertu (English song)

Agincourt Carol (English dancing song)

Mery yt ys English song