A great resource I use all the time in conjunction with Concertina.net is this automated ABC transposer
http://www.sessionite.com/page.php?in=06 Just copy/paste the ABC and click on the button and it will transpose the whole tune into whatever key/mode you want, in halftone steps... Easy as hell. Enjoy! On Jan 6, 2008 6:16 PM, Leonard Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Derek-- > Though I run a version of abc on my Mac (abctab2ps--it does > tablature also), the Concertina site is a great tool for those who don't. > And a nice resource. Thanks for mentioning it. Like you, I have a music > collecting mania--more music for lute, especially than I can ever hope to > read through, and all from less than a century's (15th) repertoire! It > keeps things interesting, I suppose in self-defense. > A note about the Raimondo Volta: While the lute is not drone > instrument, the (untranscribed) bass line to this is a repeated F c f on > beats 1-3-5. Sounds like a drone to me! Seems to work on HG. > > Regards, > Leonard > > On 1/6/08 9:45 AM, "Derek Lofthouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > thanks Leonard. I dont think any of us frown on getting new tunes. > Although > > i do have more tunes than i could possibly ever play in 3 lifetimes. > > For those not familiar with abc notation, an easy way to convert to dots > is > > www.concertina.net , click on tun-a-tron, then ABC convertomatic > (really > > this isnt a joke) > > cut and paste the abc into the window, click submit and presto, you have > a > > tune. > > For more info on abc, go to Chris Walshaw;s site > > http://www.walshaw.plus.com/abc/ > > > > he also has links to tune search engines and collections of all kinds of > > trad tunes, irish english french italian etc. > > > > > > derek > >
