Personally, I like abctab2ps because it prints tablature as well as
staff--But--I was happy to see that the MuseSource program will import abc
files because there are loads of tunes and tunebooks available in abc
format.  They might need a little layout tweaking, but the data entry is
done.
Just my 2¢,
Leonard Williams

On 5/7/11 5:14 PM, "Jon Lucas" <[email protected]> wrote:

> There are those among us who can glance at a score, hear the music in
> their heads, and sit down and play it straight off.  Alas there are
> also the Musically Challenged, like myself, who have to squint
> repeatedly at the score, muttering 'Every Good Boy Does Fine', and
> puzzle it out note by note.  For these benighted folk it is helpful to
> hear the music "as she is wrote" and be able to play it over and over
> until it sinks in.  So I got a music writing program called MuseScore
> (available as a free download at MuseScore.Org) and transcribed most
> of the tunes in the OTW archive.
> 
> Anyone who would be interested in getting these scores can email me
> and I will send them.  Of course you will first have to download
> MuseScore.  It is worth getting.  Not only can you hear all those
> tunes played as the composer intended (and the harmonies in some of
> those Bourées are amazing),but you can create scores of your own or
> copy others you run across.
> 
> My apologies to those who already know all this stuff.
> 
> Jon

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