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MusiCAD can read and write most multi-voice abc-tunes from other sources. Since abc-tunes are designed to be written manually you may often need to edit an abc-tune al little bit to get rid of some anomalies/errors produced in hand-writing and/or differences in software. Much more information regarding ABC notation can be found at http://abcnotation.com.

After opening an abc-file you can instruct MusiCAD to use a special template to create a uniform layout for all abc-read tunes.

 

Abc-files can be edited in source form within MusiCAD: [View|Textdisplay]

 

An abc-example is listed below.

X:1
T:Astleys Ride
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
af|: d2 d2 d2 cd|e2 e2 e2 fe|dcBA B2 c2|defg agfe|
d2 d2 d2 cd |e2 e2 e2 fe|dcBA B2 c2 |1 d4 d2 af :|2 d4 d2 z A
|:f2 f2 f2 ef|g2 g2 gabg|e2 e2 e2 de|f2 f2 fgaf|
d2 d2 d2 cd |e2 e2 e2 fe|dcBA B2 c2 |1 d4 d2 zA :|2 d4 d2 z2||
 

On opening a multi-tune abc-file you are presented a screen like below:

abc-tune1.jpg

From left to right is shown:

 

On abc-import the abc-key-fields are copied to corresponding MusiCAD text-fields:

A (author)

Author

B (book)

Info

C (composer)

Composer, Arranger

D (discography)

Info

G (group)

Tuning

H (history)

Info

O (origin)

Country, Area

N (notes)

Comment

R (rhythm)

Style

S (source)

Source

T (Title)

Title, Subtitle, SubTitle2

Z (transcription notes)

Arranger

 

When exporting a tune as abc-file, the reverse is performed, note however that there is no 1 to 1 correspondence between abc-key-fields and MusiCAD text fields.

 

A large part of the long awaited abc-2.0 standard is implemented with a few exceptions:

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