iabc

A free music notation program based on the ABC programming language.

Maintainer: Aaron Newman

Version 1.0 is finally released!

Download iabc from the project summary page

iabc Information Page

• Return to the ABC mother ship.
• To learn how to use iABC, see Using iABC.
• If you're new to ABC, there is an (i)ABC Tutorial
• Learn about the Latest Official Release or read the Release and Developers notes. This is also a good source for learing about the iABC code.
• If you want to build iABC, see the Build Notes. Under Linux you have to build it and you need wxWidgets 2.6.

What is iabc?

iabc is a free (open source) program for editing music. It uses the ABC music notation language to produce high-quality graphical notation or MIDI output. The music notation and the ABC notation can be updated in real-time, making the construction of tunes using the ABC language hassle-free (or at least hassle-resistant).

How Do I Get iabc?

You just need to download it from the sourceforge host site at http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/abc

What features does iabc implement

• Graphical Display of music
• Music printing
• MIDI output
• Multi-voice abc
• Cut/paste/undo/transpose edit functions

My goal with iabc is to incorporate the functionality of a wide variety of 'filter' tools, such as abc2ps or abc2midi, into one easy-to-use application. My goal was to not make it the 'front end' (or worse, 'back end') of any other program, no matter how useful. Nothing against the text-based tools, but the technology has evolved to a point that it should be possible to provide free music software the is both graphical and robust.