A MusiCAD file is a file using plain ASCII text describing the notes and layout of a tune according to musicad-syntax.
melodie "Welkom";
! first line MUST start
with the word "melodie"
! followed by the title between quotes and a semicolon
! text items:
!# sTitle=Welkom;sSubtitle2=lees HELP|LaatsteWijzigingen!;
!# sCopyright=Musys Software;sOriginal=Musys Software;
!# sCreationDate=23-02-2000;sID=Musys Software;sMCVer=MusiCAD 3.00;
!# sFile=M:\RELEASE3\WELKOM.MC;sMCDate=03-03-2002;sTrack=798b1b42;
! Header using macro's:
! sHC1=$T $L
!# sHL1=$M;sHL2=$I;sHL3=Versie $Q;sHC1=$T
$L;sHC2=op $V om $? ;sHR1=$M;
! tune information
!# iCurBar=4;iTuneVersion=25;
! layout
!# iHeaderSize=23;iHdrDist=10;iLineFillPct=80;iPageFillPct=80;
! headerlayout
!# fHC3=(Name=Courier New, Style=fsUnderline|fsNarrow,
Color=clBlack);
!# fVoiceHdrX=(Size=0, Color=clBlack);fChords=(Size=9, Color=clBlack, Y=-9);
!# fBarnumbers=(Size=6, Color=clBlack, Y=7, Align=taLeft);
!********** 0 ***********
stem "1e stem";
! the word "stem"
starts a new voice
!# sVoiceName=1e stem;sAbbreviation=1e;
! instrumentation etc.
!# iInstrument=21;sMIDIName=Accordeon;iVolume=127;iChannel=4;iStaffNr=0;
!# bMainVoice=1;
! notes
0 =v; 0 =G; 0 =4/4;
G5 1/8 ~; 0 _G7; F# 1/8; G; F#; G; A; G; F;
E5 1/8 m; 0 _C; Eb 1/8; E; Eb; E; F; E; D;
C#5 1/8 z; 0 _A7; D 1/8; E; F#; A; 0 _D7; G 1/4; F# 1/8;
G5 1/2 c; 0 _G; R 1/4; F5 1/12 {; F# 1/4; 0 :|;