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| abcFileStructure.......................................................................................................................1
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| File Headers & Tune Headers ......................................................................................1
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| Important Information Fields......................................................................................2
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| Determining Which Fields Get Printed......................................................................2
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| The Default Print Settings ...............................................................................2
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| Modifying the Print Settings ...........................................................................3
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| The Body of the Tune ................................................................................................................3
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| Pitch Notation ...............................................................................................................3
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| Changing Meter, Key, or Default Note Length Mid-Tune........................................ 4
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| An Illustration: The abc Code for the Notating Pitch Example ...............................5
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| Note Length, Timing, Rhythm & Rests .......................................................................5
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| Musical Structure: Beams, Line Breaks, Bar Lines & Repeats.................................. 6
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| Parts Notation: Handling Variant Orders of Parts, Repeats and Endings ..............7
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| Modifying Notes: Ties & Slurs, Grace Notes & Triplets ........................................... 9
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| Ties & Slurs ......................................................................................................9
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| Accents,Decorations,RedefinableSymbols&SpecialCharacters..........................9
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| Special Characters..........................................................................................10
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| Chords & Unisons.......................................................................................................10
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| Multiple Noteheads Per Stem .........................................................................11
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| Chord Symbols ................................................................................................11
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| Using Voice Overlays with Unison Drones ....................................................11
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| Page Layout and the Use of Text in abc Documents and Scores ........................................12
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| Text in abc Documents...............................................................................................12
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| Text Outside the Staff .................................................................................... 12
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| Text Inside the Staff ........................................................................................13
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| Blank Space in abc Documents ................................................................................. 13
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| Blank Space in the Resulting Score ...........................................................................14
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| Printing & The Use of Fonts in abc Notation........................................................... 15
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| Some Issues Related to Printing .....................................................................15
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| Use of Fonts With abc Notation .................................................................... 17
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| An Example To Illustrate Many of These Concepts Together ...................... 17
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| Text to the Left of an Indented Staff ............................................................. 19
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