ABC2Win
Shareware Music Notation Program
LOGO and DOWNLOAD LINK
Beta Information and Download -- a public test version of the next release is available..

Highlights  -- Welcome and introduction
ABC Notation - What is it?  -- ABC2Win Tune Shareware overview and sample
Download -- Register -- On-line registration is now available.
View the Readme file  -- Discussion of installation, registration and formalities.

Everything you need to know about version 2.1 is here, now. 
  • Read, edit and write ABC notation. 
  • View music pages on screen. 
  • Play tunes on your PC speaker. 
  • Manage files of ABC notation. 
  • Use the extensive music layout features. 
  • Get everything in one convenient program. 
  • All this is available free in ABC2Win. 
    A $20 registration fee unlocks the printing and publishing features.
     Welcome to the ABC2Win site. The ABC2Win program provide a convenient way to work with tunes collected from Irish and other traditional music sources. Publish your own tunes or compile a collection of the best from the Internet.
    ABC2Win -- This program allows users of Microsoft Windows to write tunes, view the tunes as publication-quality music and play the tunes over the built-in PC speaker. Note that the program supports melody lines in the treble clef. Other clefs are not supported.

    For a small registration fee, users can unlock the printing functions to publish pages of music at the highest quality available on their printer.

    For more information see the:
    ABC2Win Overview .

    See Beta Information for updated playback information.
    PlayQABC -- T
    he tune play program runs in DOS to play tunes in ABC notation. It can be run with or without ABC2Win. It plays tunes in the correct pitch, with user control of playback speed. 

    Other authors have written playback programs using midi. See details at the ABC Home Pages (Link below). 

    Some Useful Links
    ABC Home -- ABC Tune Files, links and information provided by Chris Walshaw. This site contains details about the notation system, links to many tune sources, and information about other software programs including Unix and Mac. Here you will also find information about the abc-users email discussion list.
    Henrik Norbeck's extensive tune collection.
    Milwaukee Slow Session Tunes -- Download a selection from the collection prepared by Phil Rubenzer of tunes commonly played in Milwaukee slow sessions. 


    ABC2Win and PlayQABC are trademarks of jimvintSystems. All other products mentioned are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective comanes.

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    Last modified: March 10, 2008