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Abc = Tune Name


JimLucas

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As a fan of ABC I just note down the tune name and the first half a dozen notes...

 

So I wondered, how many tunes are there where the ABC of the first several notes is the name?

 

None that I know of, so I wrote one -- titled "Cabbage" -- and I put it in the Tune-O-Tron. It seems like there's a real opportunity here to create a whole new genre of tunes. :o

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So I wondered, how many tunes are there where the ABC of the first several notes is the name?

 

None that I know of, so I wrote one -- titled "Cabbage" -- and I put it in the Tune-O-Tron.  It seems like there's a real opportunity here to create a whole new genre of tunes.

So what's next? "Aged cabbage"? :D

 

Henk

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X:1

T:Baggage

C:David Barnert

M:C|

K:G

B2AG GAGE|GAGE EDB,D|B2AG GABd|e2ed edBA|

B2AG GAGE|GAGE EDB,D|E2GE DEGA|BdBA G4:|

|:B2d2d4|BdBA GABd|B2e2e4|BeBA BAGA|

B2d2d4|BdBA GABd|e2ed BAGB|AGED G4:|

 

Perhaps a little derivative. I decided to keep it pentatonic, since the title is.

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X:2

T:Feed Dad

C:David Barnert

M:6/8

K:Dmin

|:fee ddA|def efg|agg ffc|fga gab|

add add|c'ba gfe|daa gfe|fdd d3:|

c'ac' d'2c'|agf fed|ad'c' b2g|fga bag|

dd'd' dc'c'|d=bb d_bb|daa gfe|fdd d3:|

 

Take it down an octave if it suits your instrument better.

Edited by David Barnert
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  • 2 weeks later...

OK, I've been motivated to write one whose entire lyrics are in abc free verse, although the title, Bad Trip, is not.

 

X: 1

T: Bad Trip

M: 9/8

L: 1/8

R: slip jig

K: Am

|Baggage|ACE cab|fad cafe|aged beef|cabbage|add egg|fed face|

|beg decaff|bad beef|gaffe gag|bed fade|

|cede deed|ebb dead|GAD ABBA

 

I'm not posting this to the Tune-O-Tron, as it is completely devoid of musical value, unlike prior postings.

 

I'm really very sorry about this.

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