My ABC Transcription Tools

[eskin]

I'm finally at a point where I feel like I'm complete with this first major release of the tool and can get back to my normally scheduled life.

A huge thank you to everyone who tested it out, gave feedback, or reported bugs.

ABC Transcription Tools is a free, web-based, open-source tool for converting music in ABC format to standard notation and tablature.

It runs 100% client-side in your browser. You can even copy the source code from the GitHub link below and run it locally on your computer. No server required.

It can generate PDF files as well as URL Share links and QR Codes for sharing your tune sets with others.

The demonstration video below shows:

Importing an ABC tune set
Tablature options
Exporting to PDF files
Generating a QR Code for sharing

ABC Transcription Tools is available at:

http://michaeleskin.com/abc

Examples:

Launch the tools with "The Kesh" and "The Lilting Banshee" pre-loaded:

http://michaeleskin.com/abctools/abctoo ... rmat=noten

Launch the tool with the Michael Coleman set ("The Tarbolton" - "The Longford Collector" - "The Sailor's Bonnet") pre-loaded:

http://michaeleskin.com/abctools/abctoo ... rmat=noten

Launch the tool with a transcription of "Muireann's" jig ( by Niall Vallely) for Anglo Concertina pre-loaded:

http://michaeleskin.com/abctools/abctoo ... rmat=noten

GitHub repo with full source code:

https://github.com/seisiuneer/abctools

Demonstration Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gngn0Yd24-c

Here are a bunch of tune set QR codes to play with:

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjArRJZ

[eskin]

Here are three sets of polkas I've learned from the "Sliabh Notes" recordings:

The Blackwater - Kathleen's - Mícheál's

http://michaeleskin.com/abctools/abctoo ... rmat=noten

The Annaghbeg - Pete Bradley's - Newmarket

http://michaeleskin.com/abctools/abctoo ... rmat=noten

Many A Wild Night - Walsh's #1 - Walsh's #2

http://michaeleskin.com/abctools/abctoo ... rmat=noten

Links to QR codes images listed below that you can scan with your phone.

The Blackwater - Kathleen's - Mícheál's

https://flic.kr/p/2ohvUVX

The Annaghbeg - Pete Bradley's - Newmarket

https://flic.kr/p/2ohvUVS

Many A Wild Night - Walsh's #1 - Walsh's #2

https://flic.kr/p/2ohy2LA

More tune set QR codes to scan at:

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjArRJZ

[Moof]

Thank you for this, Michael.

I'm a relative novice on low whistle, and I've been using the tool the last couple of days to pick out settings of tunes that will give me a bit of a challenge but aren't beyond my skill level. For quick visual scanning I find tabs easier than dots, and it's great to be able to load in several settings and see immediately which ones I can play, and also which ones offer up some of the variations that a more experienced player would be able to add themselves.

Given the time it still takes me to get on top of a new tune, I've got several weeks' work cut out already!

[eskin]

A huge bunch of updates and a complete UI rework this weekend to make the ABC tool much easier to use, particularly with larger sets of tunes.

New features added 19 Feb 2023 include full screen mode, ability to show/hide the controls while editing, a much better experience viewing and editing tune sets with many tunes (ABC editor and controls now stay at the top, with tunes scrolling below), and capo fret offset control for stringed instrument tablature.

ABC Transcription Tools is a free, web-based, open-source tool for converting music in ABC format to standard notation and tablature (with optional capo offset for stringed instruments).

It can generate PDF files as well as URL Share links and QR Codes for sharing your tune sets with others.

You can also transpose tunes up or down in semitone increments.

This demonstration video shows:

Importing an ABC tune set
Full screen display
Tablature options
Exporting notation to a PDF File
Generating a QR Code for sharing

ABC Transcription Tools is available at:

http://michaeleskin.com/abc

GitHub Repo:

https://github.com/seisiuneer/abctools

Examples:

Launch the tool with "The Kesh" and "The Lilting Banshee" pre-loaded:

http://michaeleskin.com/abctools/abctoo ... rmat=noten

Launch the tool with the Michael Coleman set ("The Tarbolton" - "The Longford Collector" - "The Sailor's Bonnet") pre-loaded:

http://michaeleskin.com/abctools/abctoo ... rmat=noten

Launch the tool with "Muireann's" jig (by Niall Vallely) for Anglo Concertina pre-loaded:

http://michaeleskin.com/abctools/abctoo ... rmat=noten

Here are a bunch of tune set QR codes to play with:

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjArRJZ

Demo Video at:

https://youtu.be/dgR0JPdSFms

[eskin]

Added "New ABC" button to create a new skeleton tune.

[eskin]

A lot has happened with the ABC Tools as of the start of March 2023!

Here are the the latest demos and links:

Try the ABC Transcription Tools here:

http://michaeleskin.com/abc

User Guide:

http://michaeleskin.com/abctools/userguide.html

Demonstration Video:

https://youtu.be/4kzXTcySKYc

Feature demo: Tune autoscrolling:

https://youtu.be/MEzj5JsC0RE

Feature demo: Playing your tunes:

https://youtu.be/40VPLxvCL9s

Feature demo: "Click and Play"

https://youtu.be/-JvOFaotgtY

Feature demo: All about ABC Share URLs and QR codes:

https://youtu.be/I8KcG4swmUQ

Feature demo: New PDF annotation features:

https://youtu.be/p8xWxOsqQ6A

Feature demo: Using iOS desktop shortcuts to bookmark tune sets:

https://youtu.be/OvwSQj47Y7o

Feature demo: Scanning a tune set QR code with your iOS device's Camera app and saving an iOS desktop shortcut:

https://youtu.be/R8Ygnml4meE

Feature demo: Hiding the Title and Links:

https://youtu.be/wsMa1Y7ACWk

Feature demo: Changing the playback instrument:

https://youtu.be/i6oKpGzS2lo

Feature demo: Widescreen Responsive Editor Demo

https://youtu.be/3_g3xj6XOnY

[eskin]

New demo video for my ABC Transcription Tool (updated 6 Mar 2023)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVOLh2Z-GDU

[eskin]

ABC Transcription Tools is now (finally!) able to export PDF tunebooks with one tune-per-page or intelligently layout multiple tunes to fit on each page.

Demo Video:

https://youtu.be/jtiVzXB8xhQ

Try the ABC Transcription Tools here:

http://michaeleskin.com/abc

User Guide:

http://michaeleskin.com/abctools/userguide.html

[eskin]

With the new extended range whistle tablature in place, here are some new example PDF tune books generated with the tool.

These have new typography, everything is using serif fonts, looks nicer.

These include a title page, table of contents, page headers/footers, and page numbers:

Tin Whistle Tablature Tunebook Examples

173 Jigs for Tin Whistle in D
https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/07ae ... F10Mar2023

386 Reels for Tin Whistle in D
https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/091k ... F10Mar2023

Try the ABC Transcription Tools here:
http://michaeleskin.com/abc

User Guide:
http://michaeleskin.com/abctools/userguide.html