IABC 1.0.1 review

IABC is a free music notation program based on the ABC programming language

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: Aaron Newman

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IABC is a free music notation program based on the ABC programming language. It uses the ABC music notation language to produce high-quality graphical notation or MIDI output. The music notation and the ABC notation can be updated in real-time, making the construction of tunes using the ABC language hassle-free (or at least hassle-resistant).

The goal of iabc is to incorporate the functionality of a wide variety of 'filter' tools, such as abc2ps or abc2midi, into one easy-to-use application. My goal was to not make it the 'front end' (or worse, 'back end') of any other program, no matter how useful. Nothing against the text-based tools, but the technology has evolved to a point that it should be possible to provide free music software the is both graphical and robust.

Here are some key features of "IABC":
Graphical Display of music
Music printing
MIDI output
Multi-voice abc
Cut/paste/undo/transpose edit functions