Category: ABC Notation Tutorials

Last tutorial we looked at adding headers, lyrics and chords to our version of ‘Mary had a Little Lamb’, so go and have a read if your unsure about those things! This time we’ll be looking at notating some more complex tunes. An alternate tune While most people sing ‘Mary had a little lamb’ to…

In the previous tutorial, we took a very brief introduction to writing in ABC notation with EasyABC, so if you haven’t read it, go back to make sure you’re up-to-date! This time, we’ll be adding lyrics, chords and some more headers to our “Mary had a Little Lamb” file. Time Signatures As mentioned previously, a…

ABC Notation is a text-based music notation system that has become the de-facto notation for traditional music of the British Isles (and some of Europe). Used almost universally by popular websites such as The Session, FolkTuneFinder and irishtune.info, its easy to understand syntax makes transcribing short melodies quick and simple. So if you’re looking to…