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Thread #66183   Message #1096551
Posted By: Mark Clark
19-Jan-04 - 05:18 PM
Thread Name: Practicing abc notation
Subject: RE: Practicing abc notation
Here is an ABC encoding of Silent Night found using John Chambers' tune finder. He uses ABC chord notation (i.e., [ … ]) to get harmony and uses guitar chord notation as well. The meter switches between 3/4 and 2/4. I see other versions are encoded using 6/8. It's also available in a number of other keys. I chose one in C because that was Sheila's preferred key.

      - Mark




X: 1
T: Stille Nacht
T: Silent Night
R: Zwiefacher
C: Franz Gruber
Z: John Chambers
N: Arrangement by the Cambidge Folk Orchestra (Massachusetts, USA)
M: 3/4
L: 1/4
K: C
| "C"[GE]>[AF][GE] |[E3C3] | "C"[GE]>[AF][GE] |[E3C3] \
|[M:2/4][L:1/4] "G7"[d2G2] |[B2-F2-] | "C"[c2E2] |[G2E2] \
|[M:3/4][L:1/4] "F"[A2F2][AF] |[cA]>[BG][AF] | "C"[GE]>[AF][GE] |[E3C3] |
|[M:2/4][L:1/4] "F"[A2F2] \
|[M:3/4][L:1/4] [cA]>[BG][AF] |"C"[GE]>[AF][GE] |[E3C3] \
|[M:2/4][L:1/4] "G7"[d2G2] \
|[M:3/4][L:1/4] [fB]>[dG][BF] \
|[M:2/4][L:1/4] "C"[c2E2] \
|[M:3/4][L:1/4] [e3G3] \
|[M:2/4][L:1/4] [cE2][EC] \
|[M:3/4][L:1/4] "G7"[GB,2]>F[DB,] | "C"[C3-C3-] |[CC]zz |]