The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #73647 Message #2190464
Posted By: treewind
10-Nov-07 - 09:44 AM
Thread Name: ABC to standard notation
Subject: RE: ABC to standard notation
Yes, the dots.
ABC was originally designed as a notation for input to a set of typesetting tools (mTeX), for eventual printing.
Since then other software has been written to convert the same notation into Postscript (as mentioned by Jack), MIDI or direct to the printer, not to mention utilities for playing tunes back directly though your computer's speaker.
Anahata