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I thought you might be interested on abc notation. This is from http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/abcplus_en-2016-05-19.pdf
Many text-based notations have been invented. ABC, introduced by Chris Walshaw in 1991, is one of the best available: being simple, easy to learn yet very powerful, it has gained widespread popularity. Thousands of tunes written in ABC are available on the Internet: in fact, this notation is the de facto standard among folk musicians. The ABC home page is http://abcnotation.com. ABC was later expanded to provide multiple voices (polyphony), page layout details, and MIDI commands. This is a major release of the ABC notation, and has been called ABC 2: its formal description is available at http://abcnotation.com/wiki/abc:standard:v2.2. A few programs implement most ABC 2 features and provide some extensions, which in turn may become part of the ABC standard in the future. The purpose of this guide is to introduce the reader to ABC 2 and the most important features of its related programs. Ideally, people who could benefit from this manual are:
• folk musicians who would like to learn as little ABC as necessary to understand the files they find on the net. These people can skip the part about harmony, and probably do not need to study this guide thoroughly;
• classical musicians who would like to use ABC 2 for typesetting their scores.
Inbothcases,ifyouwishtoprintsheetmusicforyourchoirorband,ormakeasongbook, or perhaps just teach music, you have found the right tool. Besides, it’s free! The ABC 2 home page is
http://abcplus.sourceforge.net.
I thought you might be interested on abc notation. This is from http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/abcplus_en-2016-05-19.pdf
Many text-based notations have been invented. ABC, introduced by Chris Walshaw in 1991, is one of the best available: being simple, easy to learn yet very powerful, it has gained widespread popularity. Thousands of tunes written in ABC are available on the Internet: in fact, this notation is the de facto standard among folk musicians. The ABC home page is http://abcnotation.com. ABC was later expanded to provide multiple voices (polyphony), page layout details, and MIDI commands. This is a major release of the ABC notation, and has been called ABC 2: its formal description is available at http://abcnotation.com/wiki/abc:standard:v2.2. A few programs implement most ABC 2 features and provide some extensions, which in turn may become part of the ABC standard in the future. The purpose of this guide is to introduce the reader to ABC 2 and the most important features of its related programs. Ideally, people who could benefit from this manual are:
• folk musicians who would like to learn as little ABC as necessary to understand the files they find on the net. These people can skip the part about harmony, and probably do not need to study this guide thoroughly;
• classical musicians who would like to use ABC 2 for typesetting their scores.
Inbothcases,ifyouwishtoprintsheetmusicforyourchoirorband,ormakeasongbook, or perhaps just teach music, you have found the right tool. Besides, it’s free! The ABC 2 home page is
http://abcplus.sourceforge.net.