learn abc

This page contains several links to resources which will help you learn abc. If you are completely new to abc you may be better to start with the how to ... articles or the tutorials - if you are more familiar with abc then the abc standard will give you all the rules.

how to ...

... some YouTube videos, a couple with blog articles, to get you started using and understanding abc:

the abc standard

... or for full details of abc, versions of the abc standard, the (semi-formal) description of the rules of abc, can be found at ...

abc examples

... a whole series of abc examples starting from notes, beams, etc right through to some fairly complex tunes.

abc tutorials

abc quick reference guide

... a very handy tri-fold chart of abc syntax compiled by Steve Merrony.

miscellaneous