is an open source project from Sam Cantrell that indexes an abc file to produce a general tune listing or an index by song category either in plain text or CSV format.

is a Perl script from Gek Low that adds harmonica (harp) tab to abc notation in the form of lyrics text. will translate abc into Colecovision music data for use with the Colecovision utility library. is a freeware viewer/player from Norman Schmidt which runs on Palm Handhelds and displays music in either treble or bass clef.

Note that to handle Postscript files (generated by several of these packages including abc2ps and its variants, and abc2mtex)

See also Moshe Braner's forum post on handling abc on Palm OS devices.īack to the top Multi-platform software Program Software marked with a label has been added to this page within the last three months (although they may have been around for sometime before that).īack to the top Mobile (iPhone, Android, Palm, etc) software

Mobile (iPhone, Android, Palm, etc) software.

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The software listed on this page is not the responsibility of and its inclusion here does not represent a recommendation (although there are some excellent programs here). If you'd rather not read through the whole list, just take a look at my guide to abc software on the abcnotation blog. the entries are based on what software developers say about their own programs rather than independent testing). It is almost impossible to maintain a list of what software has which functionality on each platform but the following tables may help (N.B. There is now a vast array of software (mostly freeware or shareware) which can read or edit abc.

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