abc2mtex 1.6.1 review

abc2mtex is a package designed to notate tunes stored in an ascii format (henceforth abc notation)

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 93K Developer: Chris Walshaw

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abc2mtex is a package designed to notate tunes stored in an ascii format (henceforth abc notation). It was designed primarily for folk and traditional tunes of Western European origin (such as Irish, English and Scottish) which can be written on one stave in standard classical notation. However, it can be used for multiple staves and should be extendible to many other types of music. The program can be used as a fast preprocessor for MusicTeX or MusiXTeX.

What's New in This Release:
Completely general tuplets are now available. The syntax is backwards
compatible with previous versions.
The possible modes and scales that can be specified in the K: field has now
been augmented by major, minor, lydian, ionian, aeolian, phrygian, locrian.
In addition global accidentals can be specifed in the K: field.
Unisons (or double stopping) can be specified with the chord notation,
e.g. [DD].
The automatic beaming feature (previously available with the -c option)
has been restored, although it is now switched on with a user switch
rather than a command line option.
Guitar chords can be placed above the staff rather than below with a user
switch.
Changes in meter in the middle of a bar now show up in the output.
It is now legal to use a broken symbol > after a close slur ).