tunebook-sample.tex: Example of ABC collection in LATEX Guido Gonzato, Ph. D. October 13, 2006 Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Hornpipes Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Boys of Bluehill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief O’Neill’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 2 2 3 Reels Abbey Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anything for John Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Banshee, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 3 3 4 Jigs Banish Misfortune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blarney Pilgrim, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calliope House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 4 5 1 Introduction This is a sample tunebook written in LATEX. It employs Prof. Enrico Gregorio’s abc.sty style for defining the new abc environment. The commands to typeset this file are: latex -shell-escape tunebook-sample.tex latex -shell-escape tunebook-sample.tex dvips tunebook-sample.dvi Read the LATEX source carefully to see how it works. 1 2 Hornpipes Let’s make the first tune a bit wider. The command is \renewcommand{\abcwidth}{1.2\linewidth} It’s up to the user to change the page margins. Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine Am C G Am Am G 4 4 Am C G Am F G Am 3 Am Am G 3 Am C G Am F G Am 3 The next tune has a %%scale 0.5 command: The Boys of Bluehill Ireland D G A D A D G D G A 3 4 4 3 D A G D A D 3 D A G D D 3 2 A D G D 3 Chief O’Neill’s Ireland D G D A D G C A 4 4 D G F D 3 D A D C G D G A D A D A D G A D Reels The Abbey Reel Scotland, (Ireland?) 1 2 Anything for John Joe Ireland 4 4 3 The Banshee James McMahon (Ireland) G C D C G C D 4 4 G C Am C G Em Am 4 D Em Em C G C D Em G C D Jigs Banish Misfortune Ireland D C D C D D C D 6 8 D C Am D D Am G D D C D D G C D 4 C Am G Am D C D D Am The Blarney Pilgrim Ireland G D C G 6 8 D D C G G G D G D G C C D D G C Calliope House Dave Richardson (USA) D G (A) D 6 8 1 2 D A7 D A D D 1 G A7 2D (A) A D D 5 D