I can’t remember exactly when I started scribbling bits of music down on paper in text form, though it must have been sometime around 1986 or 87.
However, I do have a very precise date for when I released version 1.0 of abc2mtex on an unsuspecting world – 8th December 1993 – exactly 20 years ago today.
Happy birthday, abc! (And thanks to all those who have contributed software, tunes, help and suggestions over the years.)
Chris
My oldest file is dated 1994 – happy birthday indeed, its been incredibly useful. And I still use abc2mtex – though my early attempts now make me shudder.
Happy Holidays
mighty stuff!!!
X: 1
T:Happy Birthday
T:Good Morning To You ((c)1893, (c)1896)
C:Good Morning To You – Public Domain
N:
N:Top line key of D
N:Bottom line key of G
M:3/4
L:1/4
%%staves{RH1 RH2}
K:D
V:1 clef=treble
|”Key of D”A/2A/2|”D”B A d|”A”c2 A/2A/2|B A e|”D”d2 A/2A/2
w:Hap-py Birth-day to you. Hap-py Birth-day to you. Hap-py
w:Good_ Morn-ing to you. Good_ Morn-ing to you. Good_
|a f d|”G”c B2-|B2 g/2g/2|”D”f d “A”e|”D”d2|
w:Birth-day to (person name)._ Hap-py Birth-day to you.
w:Morn-ing Dear Child-ren._ Good_ Morn-ing to you.
V:2 clef=treble
K:G
|”Key of G”D/2D/2|”G”E D G|”D”F2 D/2D/2|E D A|”G”G2 D/2D/2
|d B G|”C”F E2-|E2 c/2c/2|”G”B G “D”A|”G”G2|