lachenal74693 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I just came across this ABC reference card. http://www.stephenmerrony.co.uk/uploads/ABCquickRefv0_6.pdf I can't see it flagged anywhere in this forum. It may be of use to some readers? Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccannic Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 As someone who has often tried to make sense of tunes in abc without actually sitting down and learning it, I think this looks useful. However, unless I'm missing something, it doesn't say much about rhythm, i.e. note lengths (minim, crochet, quaver etc.) or rests. Can anybody add to this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lachenal74693 Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 (edited) ...it doesn't say much about rhythm, i.e. note lengths (minim, crochet, quaver etc.) or rests... I agree - it also doesn't say much (anything?) about 'unusual' key signatures (eg: K:Hp), or comments (%), etc. There are probably other shortcomings, but I thought it seemed useful enough to draw it to the attention of the community. Once upon a time, a million years ago, I prepared a similar card for TOPS-10, the operating system for the DECSystem-10 computer - it was difficult getting all the stuff onto a card like this - and deciding what to leave out. I think the compiler has done a pretty fair job, bearing in mind the space restrictions... Roger Edited March 14, 2018 by lachenal74693 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 (edited) As someone who has often tried to make sense of tunes in abc without actually sitting down and learning it, I think this looks useful. However, unless I'm missing something, it doesn't say much about rhythm, i.e. note lengths (minim, crochet, quaver etc.) or rests. Can anybody add to this? Some of it (tuplets) is covered under “Notes.” The more basic stuff is just that a number after a note means hold the note that many times the default note length defined in the L: field in the header. A / between two numbers makes them a fraction, and a / after a number without a 2nd number is interpreted as /2. So, if: L:1/8 C = eighth note = quaver C2 = quarter note = crotchet C3 = dotted quarter = dotted crotchet C4 = half note = minim C/ = 16th note = semiquaver C3/2 = dotted eighth = dotted quaver C3/ = dotted eighth = dotted quaver ------------------- L:1/4 [everything double the value of above list] Does that answer your question? Edited March 16, 2018 by David Barnert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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