Welcome — What is AbcMusicStudio?
AbcMusicStudio is built for folk and traditional players — Irish, Breton, Old-Time, Bluegrass, Cajun, Québécois and more. It keeps your tunes as readable…
AbcMusicStudio, an overview
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Every part of AbcMusicStudio, explained. No account needed to read any of it.
Metronome Guide
The large number shows the current tempo in beats per minute. Expand the Tempo section to adjust it with a slider (30–300 BPM).
Read the guideTuner Guide
Press Start and allow the browser to use your microphone — the tuner listens to the room and reads the pitch it hears; nothing is recorded and nothing…
Read the guideBacking Machine Guide
The Backing Machine plays a full accompaniment (percussion, guitar, bass) for a tune while displaying its score. You can listen to how a piece sounds…
Read the guideRepository Guide
Click on a folder row to open it and display its contents. A back arrow row appears at the top of the list to return to the parent folder. The full path…
Creating your first score
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Your avatar, name, bio, and instruments — used across the app and, for anything you mark public, on your public profile page. Choose your avatar from…
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Visual theme, scores per page, ABC editor line-wrap width, chords per bar, preferred MIDI instrument, and the repository's sort direction all live here…
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In the repository, switch on Historical mode (the Real time / Historical pill in the toolbar) to show a History button on every tune, folder, and media…
Read the guideABC Quick Reference
Every ABC notation symbol in one card: headers, note lengths, keys, ornaments, chords, repeats and the %% typesetting directives.
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