Nigel Parsons wrote: If you copy/paste the ABC from my post ... into the page at the link I gave ...

And if you end up with a v e r y   l o n g single-line staff - which is what I got - just add
%%barsperstaff 8
as a new line - e.g. after the T line:

X:1
T:knifeandscissors
%%barsperstaff 8
M:2/4

The result should be something like this.
(Using the tool I mentioned in this thread.)