[LAU] Getting started editing and playing a score

[Tim Goetze]

[david]
> On 10/05/2015 08:46 AM, Tim Goetze wrote:
>> ABC is particularly dear to me.  Its use can become a bit arcane for
>> specialised tasks but thanks to abcm2ps getting from zero to a basic
>> score that's easy to read and edit is a breeze.
>
> I'm too old-school. I can't imagine "writing music" by editing a text file
> anymore than I could return to "drawing pictures" by editing Postscript code
> (which I did at one time a long while ago).

For composing or arranging ABC probably isn't the most immediate
approach.  But when the music is in final shape (or close to it) and
only needs to be poured into standard notation for a human to read,
ABC's concise representation can be a joy if you're used to working on
text.

Tim