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
>
>

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