The gabc notation

The gabc notation is simple and only based on ASCII characters. It enables to describe Gregorian chant scores. The name gabc was given in reference to the ABC notation for modern music.

It has been elaborated by a monk from the abbey Sainte Madeleine du Barroux and has been improved by Élie Roux and other monks to produce the best possible notation.

Files written in gabc have the extension .gabc and have the following structure:

name:x;
office-part:x;
anotation:x;
author:x;
date:x;
manuscript:x;
reference:x;
storage-place:x;
translator:x;
translation-date:x;
style:x;
initial-key:x;
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yyyy

You must replace, of course, x by your value. In these attributes, only name is mandatory. yyyy is the description of the score. It is described in the details page.