The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #21856   Message #3511815
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
05-May-13 - 10:34 AM
Thread Name: Mudcat ABC Tune Guide
Subject: RE: Mudcat ABC Tune Guide
For those doubting the versatility of ABC, here's one I prepared earlier (Christmas before last)
At "Mandolintab" it gives some weird notes in the lower staves, but at Concertina.net it gives a lovely print out in PDF, ready to sing.(complete with 4 part harmonies, an words linked to each part separately)

X: 1
T: Adam lay ybounden
M: 3/4
L: 1/4
C: Boris Ord (1897-1961)
Z: NP 31/10/2011
K: D
V: 1
B>B A/2 B/2 | F F2 | B>d c/2B/2 | F3 | dcd | BB2 | A/2A/2 B ^G | F3 | F2 F/2B/2 | A A>A | d>d A/2B/2 | A2 z | AAB | (A/2G/2) G2 | F/2F/2 G B | F3 | d d/2d/2 c/2d/2 | A/2A/2 A>A | d>f e/2d/2 | B3 | e/2e/2 d/2d/2 e | A A>B | c d/2 e/2 f | e3 | d d c/2B/2 | A2 A | f>f e/2 d/2 | e3 | e>e f/2d/2 | e e e/2f/2 | (g>f d/2e/2 | f>e c/2)d/2 | e f d | (B>A B/2d/2 | c)(>BA) | B3 ||
w: A-dam lay y-bound-en bound-en in a bond; Four thou-sand win-ter thought he not too long. All for an ap-ple, an ap-ple that he took, as clerk-es find-*en writ-ten in their book. Ne had the ap-ple tak-en been, the ap-ple tak-en been, Ne had nev-er our la-dy A been hea-ven-é queen. Bless-ed be the time that ap-ple tak-en was, There-fore we moun sing-en, De-o gra_____-ci-as! De-o gra___-ci-|as!
V:2
F F E/2D/2 | C C2 | D F E/2D/2 | (D C2) | F (F/2E/2) A | A2 G | F/2F/2 F (E/2D/2) | C3 | D2 C/2B,/2 | C C>F | G>F E/2D/2 | C2 z | F (F/2E/2) F | E D2 | D/2D/2 D E | C3 | F F/2G/2 A/2F/2 | E/2E/2 E F | F F G/2A/2 | (A G2) | G/2G/2 F/2F/2 E | D F F | A A/2A/2 F | A3 | d d c/2B/2 | A2 A | A A A/2^G/2 | A3 | ^G A A/2F/2 | A A =G/2A/2 | (B>A F/2)G/2 | A2 A/2F/2 | (B A) A | A G>G | G2 F | ^D3 ||
w: A-dam lay y-bound-en bound-en in a bond;| Four thou- *sand win-ter thought he not too| long. All for an ap-ple, an ap-ple that he took, as clerk-*es find-en writ-ten in their book. Ne had the ap-ple tak-en been, the ap-ple tak-en been,| Ne had nev-er our la-dy A been hea-ven-é queen. Bless-ed be the time that ap-ple tak-en was, There-fore we moun sing-en, De-o gra_-ci-as! De-o gra-*ci-as! De-o gra-ci-as!
V: 3 clef=bass
d' d' c'/ b/ | b ^a2 | b f g/2g/2 | (b ^a2) | =a a d' | d'2 e' | c'/2c'/2 d' b | (b ^a)>f | b>b a/2b/2 | f f>f | b>d' c'/2 b/2 | f2 z | d' c' d' | b b2 | a/2a/2 b g | f3 | a d'/2d'/2 a/2a/2 | d'/2d'/2 c' c' | b b b/2a/2 | d'3 | b/2b/2 d'/2c'/2 (b/2c'/2)| d' c' d' | e' d' (a/2b/2) | c'3 | d' d' c'/ b/ | a2 e' | d' d' e'/e'/ | c'3 |b c' d'/d'/ |d' c' =c'/c'/ | d'2 b | d'>(c' a/2)b/2 | (b/2c'/ d')>a | (b/c'/) d'>b | (e' d') c' | b3 |
w: A-dam lay y-bound-en bound-en in a bond;| Four thou-sand win-ter thought he not too long. *And all was for an ap-ple, an ap-ple that he took, as clerk-es find-en writ-ten in their book. Ne had the ap-ple tak-en been, the ap-ple tak-en been, Ne had nev-er our| la-dy A been hea-ven-é| queen. Bless-ed be the time that ap-ple tak-en was, There-fore we moun sing-en, De-o gra-ci-as! De-*o gra-**ci-as! *De-o gra-*ci-as!
V: 4 clef=bass
d' d e/e/ | f f2 | b d e/e/ | f3 | d a f | g2 e | f/f/ d e | f3 | Z | Z |Z | Z | d a d | e g2 | d/d/ B e | f3 | d d/e/ f/f/ |a/a/ a f |b d e/f/ | g3 | e/e/ b/a/ g | f f d |a f/f/ d | a3 | d' d' c'/b/ |a2 c' |d' d' c'/b/ | a3 |e a d/b/ | a a =c'/c'/ |(g/a/ b>g |d/e/ f>)b | g (d/e/) f |(g2 f | e2) f | [B3f3] |
w: A-dam lay y-bound-en bound-en in a bond; Four thou-sand win-ter thought he not too long As clerk-es find-en writ-ten in their book. Ne had the ap-ple tak-en been, the ap-ple tak-en been, Ne had nev-er our la-dy A been hea-ven-é queen. Bless-ed be the time that ap-ple tak-en was, There-fore we moun sing-en, De-o gra_____-ci|as! De-*o gra__ci-as!