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If you play recorder, you might be interested in ABC notation

Post 1

Kittybriton

ABC is a very simple, text-only notation, originally developed so that people could share large collections of music in melody-only text files via the internet (and other text transmissions) without having to worry about software compatibility.

Since the early days more complexity has been added to the notation but the intention is still that it should be possible to notate music using only text characters commonly available.

The first place to look for ABC resources is the ABC homepage:
http://staffweb.cms.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/#collections


If you play recorder, you might be interested in ABC notation

Post 2

Gnomon - time to move on

It looks very similar to the standard tonic solfa notation. Is it based on that?


If you play recorder, you might be interested in ABC notation

Post 3

Kittybriton

I have no idea whether it was intentionally based on the sol-fa system, but it would make sense if that was the case.

My main reason for advocating it widely is that it is completely software independent. Something which is only now beginning to be addressed with systems like MHTML (Music HTML).


If you play recorder, you might be interested in ABC notation

Post 4

Gnomon - time to move on

smiley - ok


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