On this page go to "Links/Categories/ ABC_multiple options"
I use it a lot for producing lead sheets for students. Once you copy the ABC notation from the tune data its easy to produce a print of that music. (3 minutes or less)
WB
Barfly is good and very simple to use, like word. You can copy and paste tunes from the tunebook in the session or elsewhere very easily. It will show tunes in ABC and notation as you prefer.
I use Barfly on my Mac, too. Free download, plus a sound file plug-in of a vintage Wheatstone concertina complete with button clack, nowhere near “real” but good for a hoot. My main problem with Barfly is the sheet music output, totally subjective aesthetic nitpicks about the choice of tune title font, gracenotes etc. I prefer to copy the ABCs to the tune-a-tron at concertina.net for sheet music output. That’s just me.
Yeah, I'm a Barfly user. Another handy thing about it besides the concertina sound font is that it uses "stress programming", and plays things with swing. It's not going to sound like a human playing the tune, but it's a *lot* better than listening to an even-time midi piano or something.
The drawbacks to Barfly include the player controls, the sheet music output, and the lack of chord suggestions (although, I think finding your own chords is a much better way to go about things...)
You can annotate chords in Barfly, and it can display them above or below the lines - but it won't suggest them for you...
I prefer notation software so I use a program called Harmony Assistant from myriad-online.com. I used their Melody Assistant (stripped down version of Harmony) for a couple of years and liked it enough to upgrade. They both do abc (open and export) and a LOT more. Both only do basic chord interpolation--which makes sense if you think about it. You can, however, create custom chord sets and have the program interpret the chord diagrams more to your liking...
Download a demo version of Melody Assistant and give it a try. It's well worth the low price of admission, IMHO.
ABC for iMAC
ABC for iMAC
I just bought an iMac. Can anyone recomend a good ABC program for this computer. I'd prefer one that includes chord suggestions.
Perhaps you could tell me what program you use and why you like it.
Thank you in advance,
Marco
# Posted on November 13th 2007 by MarcoTam
Re: ABC for iMAC
Not sure - may be able to dual boot Windows though (think you can get a program called BootCamp or something) and then run a windows one.
# Posted on November 13th 2007 by camwebby
Re: ABC for iMAC
On this page go to "Links/Categories/ ABC_multiple options"
I use it a lot for producing lead sheets for students. Once you copy the ABC notation from the tune data its easy to produce a print of that music. (3 minutes or less)
WB
# Posted on November 13th 2007 by wvwhistler
Re: ABC for iMAC
I forgot to include /ABC software/Abc Convertamatic
# Posted on November 13th 2007 by wvwhistler
Re: ABC for iMAC
Try Barfly. You can obtain it through Versiontracker. It is shareware. Don't know about chords, though.
# Posted on November 13th 2007 by mandomac2
Re: ABC for iMAC
Barfly is good and very simple to use, like word. You can copy and paste tunes from the tunebook in the session or elsewhere very easily. It will show tunes in ABC and notation as you prefer.
# Posted on November 13th 2007 by macbox
Re: ABC for iMAC
I have been using Barfly for years. It is great... but since i am a piper, i do not know about chords either.
# Posted on November 13th 2007 by maze
Re: ABC for iMAC
Skink,
it was developed by Will McAuley here in Toronto and it's free. Works like a charm.
# Posted on November 13th 2007 by Patkiwi
Re: ABC for iMAC
I use Barfly on my Mac, too. Free download, plus a sound file plug-in of a vintage Wheatstone concertina complete with button clack, nowhere near “real” but good for a hoot. My main problem with Barfly is the sheet music output, totally subjective aesthetic nitpicks about the choice of tune title font, gracenotes etc. I prefer to copy the ABCs to the tune-a-tron at concertina.net for sheet music output. That’s just me.
Here’s the Barfly link:
http://www.barfly.dial.pipex.com/
I’ve never used Skink but it looks interesting. I’d love to hear how others feel it stacks up against Barfly. Here’s the link:
http://celticmusic.ca/skink.html
As far as an automatic chord generator, I don’t know of any. I’m not sure one would be very useful, either. To say the least.
# Posted on November 13th 2007 by fidkid
Re: ABC for iMAC
Yeah, I'm a Barfly user. Another handy thing about it besides the concertina sound font is that it uses "stress programming", and plays things with swing. It's not going to sound like a human playing the tune, but it's a *lot* better than listening to an even-time midi piano or something.
The drawbacks to Barfly include the player controls, the sheet music output, and the lack of chord suggestions (although, I think finding your own chords is a much better way to go about things...)
You can annotate chords in Barfly, and it can display them above or below the lines - but it won't suggest them for you...
Pete
# Posted on November 13th 2007 by Reverend
Re: ABC for iMAC
I prefer notation software so I use a program called Harmony Assistant from myriad-online.com. I used their Melody Assistant (stripped down version of Harmony) for a couple of years and liked it enough to upgrade. They both do abc (open and export) and a LOT more. Both only do basic chord interpolation--which makes sense if you think about it. You can, however, create custom chord sets and have the program interpret the chord diagrams more to your liking...
Download a demo version of Melody Assistant and give it a try. It's well worth the low price of admission, IMHO.
http://www.myriad-online.com
# Posted on November 14th 2007 by GDub