abc2notes

abc2notes adds the ABC notes to ABC music notation in the form of lyrics text. It can be run as a window application, a Perl script, a webpage plugin, or as JavaScript application using node.js.

• Sample Tunes, with added "notes" (lyrics)

• Sample Tunes, converted to XHTML

FEATURES

• • This is very strongly based on abc2harp by Gek S. Low

  • This does not cover the full chromatic scale ....

  • Inline key changes are not supported, but clef changes should be okay

  • This is NOT a parser! we're just using mostly string substitution to get the results we want. We're too lazy to write a full abc parser.

  • We do not claim to handle all possible abc notation scenarios. There are many features of abc notation which we don't use, so we're sure there are many cases which are broken.

  • Use at your own risk! We're not responsible for any damages, etc ... that may result from the use of this software.

SAMPLE

DOWNLOAD

• • See bottom of page. 

  • Suggest download the .zip file with everything included. 

USAGE

• perl abc2notes.pl <abcfile.abc | abcfile.txt> [options]

• node abc2notes.js <abcfile.abc | abcfile.txt> [options]

• abc2notes_cons.exe <abcfile.abc | abcfile.txt> [options]              

  • Options:
    -o or -output=<notesfile>              
    output to <notesfile>.abc           
    default output filename is <abcfile>_notes.abc
    -writefile=<yes|no>              
    generates file (overrides -outfile) (default=yes)           
    -v or -verbose              
    turns on verbose mode   

• Can also be run as a graphical windows application:

  • abc2notes_win.exe        

• Can also be run as a script in a browser:

  • abc2notes_base.js

AUTHORS

• • John Keeney (John<dot>Keeney<at>gmail<dot>com)

  • Gek S. Low

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• Can I use/fix/break abc2notes for my own stuff?

  • Yes!

  • abc2notes is free for anyone to use, in any way. However, please let us know if you change it.

• If I change the perl script, how do I build a .exe file from the .pl files?

  • • pp --gui -B -o abc2notes_win.exe abc2notes_win.pl      

    • pp -B -o abc2notes_cons.exe abc2notes.pl

CHANGE LOG

• • Version 0.1: 3 December 2018

  •     Initial version

  • Version 0.1.1: 6 December 2018

  •     Added Javascript version. Fixed some typos.

TO DO LIST

• • Lots to do!