Here is a pre-Christmas update on some freeware for abc notation:

abcm2ps

I have described this package above as being useful for propeller heard, but a number of new Windows interfaces are being made available. The pre-compiled version is available from Guido Gonzato's site (this may be a new address). Download the package known as Stable release abcm2ps-2.11.3.zip from Download .



GUI interface to abcm2ps:

If you don't like running abcm2ps in DOS mode, you can try out a little Windows GUI front end Ewan Macpherson has thrown together, Here . You still need to learn about the command-line options in order to fully exploit the wide rahnge of functionality available in abcm2ps, but it is very useful in its standard form. Download it and put it in the same directory as abcm2ps.exe . You'll of course need something like Ghostview to view or print the resulting .ps files.


ABC Navigator - Tune Player

A freeware program for organizing ABC tunes: File editing, with the possibility to merge tunes from different ones and good working search functions; tune editing, with a built in syntax highlighting text editor; midi player - no guitar chord support, but you can change tempo and instrument while playing.

Download abc Navigator here.

Regards

John