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Alphabetical reference index to the tutorial 'How to interpret abc notation'

Part one : The basics
Part two: The slightly more advanced bits
Part three: The even more more advanced bits

Characters
A to G
H to N
O to T
U to Z

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Characters

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 / 
 : 
 :: 
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 [ ] 
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 _  (underscore)
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Characters || A to G || H to N || O to T || U to Z

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A to G

A: field
Accents
Area (Geographical)
Author (of this tutorial)
Author (composer of the music)
B: field
Barlines and spaces
Book
Bowing marks
C: field
Chords (guitar)
Chords (harmony) and Unisons
Comments in an abc file
Comparison of the various software packages
Composer
Copyright
D: field
Discography
F: field
Feedback
Fiddle bowing marks
File name
Flats (melody)
G: field
Geographical origin field
Grace Notes
Group (indexing)
Guitar chords

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H to N

H: field
History
I: field
Index field
Information (software related)
Information fields in the tune header
Introduction to abc and to the tutorial
K: field
Key signature
Line breaks
Line ends and line breaks
M: field
MIDI
N: field
Naturals (melody)
Notes (about the tune)
Notes (melody)
Notes of different lengths (melody)

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O to T

O: field
Order of symbols
Origin (geographical) field
Ornaments
Parts
Putting it all together(1)
Putting it all together(2)
Putting it all together(3)
Q: field
Quadruplets
R: field
Repeats
Rests
Rhythm
S: field
Sharps (melody)
Slurs and Ties
Software
Song words
Song words (proposed)
Source
Symbol order
T: field
Tempo
Ties
Time signature
Titles
Transcriber
Transcription
Triplets, quadruplets, and the various other tuplets
Tuplets

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U to Z

u
u: field
v
V: field
Voices
w: field
Words
X: field
x
Z: field

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