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Chris Walshaw invented the input language abc and the translation program for this packages.

His concept has been so successful, that there are many programs now which use abc without TeX. With 10000+ available tunes, abc is perhaps the most common format on the internet.

Unlike other formats I haven't collected any examles. Chris Walshaw has done a good job with his abc pages . I can't supercede his pages.

Programs exporting abc:

Harmony Assistant - music composition and notation editing.	Mac OS 8.6, Mac OS 9.x, Mac OS X, Windows
Melody Assistant	Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Windows
NoteEdit - free music score editor for Linux	C++, Linux
MusiCAD score-editor	Windows
ABC Navigator - music notation software	Windows
tclabc	Linux, Windows via Freewrap
Virtual Composer	MacOS 7.x-9.x, Mac OS X
BarFly - integrated text editor/player/viewer for abc music files	Mac OS 8.5 - 9.2, Mac OS X
Five Line Skink	Java, Windows, MacOS 9, Mac OS X

Programs importing abc:

Harmony Assistant - music composition and notation editing.	Mac OS 8.6, Mac OS 9.x, Mac OS X, Windows
Melody Assistant	Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Windows
Django tablature editor and composer	Windows
ABC Plus (abcm2ps) - music notation software	Mac OS X, Windows, x86 RPM based Linux, source code
MusiCAD score-editor	Windows
modplug-xmms	Linux
ABC Navigator - music notation software	Windows
tclabc	Linux, Windows via Freewrap
abc2ly - abc to lilypond converter	Linux, Red Hat i386, LinuxPPC, SuSE, Shockware, Mandrake, Debian, Mac OS X, Darwin, NetBSD, Solaris, AIX, Windows
BarFly - integrated text editor/player/viewer for abc music files	Mac OS 8.5 - 9.2, Mac OS X
Five Line Skink	Java, Windows, MacOS 9, Mac OS X

Feedback (questions, suggestions, broken links): abc

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