New abc javascript renderer

In another exciting development for abc, Gregory Dyke and Paul Rosen have just released their javascript abc renderer, abcjs.

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tunepal.org

I’ve mostly used this blog for posting updates about the abcnotation.com website. However, I just wanted to let people know about tunepal.org, a remarkable new abc development from Bryan Duggan.

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You what?

One of the joys of running a website is discovering all the different ways people find of trying to subvert it.

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How to understand abc (the basics)

[the second in a series of articles on using and understanding abc]

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The abc website

There are still loads of links out there for the old versions of the abc website address and I’m just putting up this message in the vain hope that people might correct them.

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How to get started with abc notation

[the first in a series of articles on using and understanding abc]

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Merry Christmas

Well, it’s been some time since I last blogged – nearly three months. Eek!

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Two weeks in

Well, the website’s been live for two weeks now and hasn’t crashed once.

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Metallica

Anyone who has visited the abc tune search more than once since the site was launched (just over a week ago) may have noticed the gradual evolution of the paragraph above the search box.

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Urban myths

Popped over to mudcat yesterday to announce the new website.

Within a few hours there was a reply from Joe Offer saying that he didn’t realise I had invented abc, and then a reply to that saying:

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