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Yvonne:
ABC notation
Has anyone got the time to explain this to me?
If D2 = D row second button
And G2 = G row second button
What doe cB mean?
Does A2 mean the A button twice? If so which row?
D2 | G2 D2 G2 A2 | B2 cB A2 Bc | d2 G2 G2 B2 | AGFE D2 \
D2 | G2 D2 G2 A2 | B4 A2 Bc | d2 G2 BAGF | G4 G2 ||\
Regards Yvonne
Steve_freereeder:
--- Quote from: Yvonne on February 15, 2018, 01:36:16 PM ---ABC notation
Has anyone got the time to explain this to me?
If D2 = D row second button
And G2 = G row second button
What doe cB mean?
Does A2 mean the A button twice? If so which row?
D2 | G2 D2 G2 A2 | B2 cB A2 Bc | d2 G2 G2 B2 | AGFE D2 \
D2 | G2 D2 G2 A2 | B4 A2 Bc | d2 G2 BAGF | G4 G2 ||\
Regards Yvonne
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Sorry Yvonne, but you are completely misunderstanding ABC.
It's not specifically melodeon related; ABC is a generic notation method for any type of music or instrument.
The letter names refer to the notes of the musical scale, not buttons.
The numbers refer to the note length. In its raw form 2 means a half note (minim), 4 means a quarter note (crotchet).
But the default note length can be set in the tune header (which isn't shown in your example) which in turn will affect the meaning of the numbers by a factor of 1/2 or 2 or some other value. Looking at your example, I would guess that the default note length is an 1/8th note (quaver) so un-numbered notes are quavers, notes with a 2 are crotchets, and notes with a 4 are minims.
A comprehensive set of explanations of ABC is here:
http://abcnotation.com/learn
and this one is good to start off with:
http://www.lesession.co.uk/abc/abc_notation.htm
Lester:
The music look like this
Barlow:
I first came across ABC when learning the melodeon, probably because the folk world seems to have taken to it (or is it vice versa?). I remember think it was pointless to learn another system, but how wrong I was.
For anyone in doubt I would suggest it is well worth jumping onto the learning curve, which is quick and easy.
ABC is very flexible from a software point of view. I always convert to dots but some people see that as a hindrance and just use the ABC as text.
Thrupenny Bit:
Yes, I always convert to dots *and* it will play the tune too, which means you can listen and read at the same time.
Particularly useful if your sight reading is a bit shaky, like mine!
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