ABC Songbook

Northwoods · #1 Apr 10 2007, 09:21 AM

Let's keep this thread strictly ABC, and use the Song Compilation thread for keymapped songs.

You should only be posting songs that have been tested in-game. Please don't clutter the thread with "Fix this please" posts. If you must request songs, please read the entire thread to see if it's already been posted, and don't repost requests: people can spend a lot of time to create/convert music, and if they do it for you, it's a favor, not an entitlement. Treat it as such, please.

You might want to check out http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=173582. It will let you convert ABC to the keymapping of your choice. (Thanks to House_of_Dexter)

Official ABC website here: http://www.walshaw.plus.com/abc/ It has links to thousands of ABC format songs, SW that can import/export ABC, tutorials, etc. Comprehensive stuff. An overview of the LotRO Music System, and details about LotRO-specific ABC can be found in the LotRO Lorebook under Player Music System and ABC Notation.

Also, check out Giddily's Music Archive for a really nice collection of ABC music that was written to work for LotRO!

Now for the music. This is all I had posted previously on the beta boards.

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X: 1
T:Ffarwel Mari
M:6/8
L:1/8
O:bennet
Z:jig
K:G
|B2B AGF|D2E B,2B,|D2D G2A|B3 B3|B2B AGF|D2E B,2B,|D2D G2A|B3 B3|B2B ABc|d2B G2B|AGF D2A|c2B A2F|G2A B2c|B2A G2A|A2G E2^D|E3 E3/|

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X:2
T:Hen Wlad fy Nhadau [Land of My Fathers] National Anthem of Wales
C:James James (1856)
N: Words by Evan James, but it's unclear whether this was the father
N: or the brother of the tune's composer. (Both had the same name).
M:3/4
L:1/4
K:C
C \
| EDC | GFE | ccA/B/ | c3 | GEC | CB,C | EDD | D2G |
| GGE/F/ | GGc | ccA/B/ | c2A | GEC | DED | C3- | C3 ||
|| G3 | c3 | GEC | CB,C | D2G \
| G2E/F/ | G2c | c2A/B/ | c2A | GEC | DED | C3- | C3 ||

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X:6 %Music
T:In Dreams %Tune name
C:Composer: %Tune composer
N:Remarks: %Tune infos
Q:1/4=118 %Tempo
V:1 %
%!STAVE 0 '' @
%!INSTR 'Piano 1' 0 0 @
M:4/4 %Meter
L:1/8 %
K:C
z4 z2 CD |E2 G2 E2 D2 |C4 z2 EG |A2 c2 B2 G2 |E4 D2 CD |E2 G2 E2 D2 |C4 z2 EG |A4 AA GE |D8 |]
%End of file

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X:8 %Music
T:The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald %Tune name
C:Gordon Lightfoot %Tune composer
N:Remarks: %Tune infos
Q:1/4=125 %Tempo
V:1 %
M:3/4 %Meter
L:1/8 %
K:C
z2 z2 z G |c2 c2 c2 |c2 d3 c |_BG G2 G2 |G4 _BB |_B2 B2 B2 |A2 G2 F2 |G2 C4 |z2 z2 z G |c2 c2 c2 |c2 d3 c |_B2 G2 G2 |G4 _BB |_B2 B2 B2 |A2 G2 F2 |[1G2 c4 |z2 z2 z G |c2 c2 c2 |c2 d3 c |_BG G2 G2 |G4 _BB |_B2 B2 B2 |A2 G2 F2 |G2 C4 |z2 z2 z G |c2 c2 c2 |c2 d3 c |_B2 G2 G2 |G4 _BB |_B2 B2 B2 |A2 G2 F2 |G2 c4-|c6|

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X:9 %Music
T:A Health for the Company %Tune name
C:Traditional %Tune composer
N: %Tune infos
Q:1/4=104 %Tempo
V:1 %
M:3/4 %Meter
L:1/8 %
K:G
z4 ee |e2 A3 B |AG E3 E |E2 B2 G2 |A6 |A2 c3 g |g2 e2 z d |e2 c3 d |B4 z2 |A2 c3 g |g2 e2 z d |c2 A3 B |A4 EE |E2 B2 B2 |AG E3 E |E2 B2 G2 |A6- |A2 z4 |]
%End of file

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X:10 %Music
T:Gary Owen %Tune name
C: %Tune composer
N: %Tune infos
Q:1/4=200 %Tempo
V:1 %
M:6/8 %Meter
L:1/8 %
K:C % Key
c/B/AG FED |CEF EEc |BAG FED |CDE DDc |BAG FED |CEF E E2 |FGA BcG |EDE D D2 |c/B/AG FED |CEF EEc |BAG FED |CDE DDc |BAG FED |CEF E E2 |FGA BcG |EDE D D2 E/4-|E/4F/ z- z// G/E G2 E/- |E/ G2 E GcB/ |
A2 F2 A2 |F/ A2 F A2 B/ |c2 z/ d e2 d/-|d/cBA GFE/-|E/GAB cGE/-|E/DED3/2 C2-|C6 |]
%End of file

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X:14
T:Brandywine Bridge
C:Composer:
N:Remarks:
Q:1/4=120
V:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:F
e3 f ed c2 |B2 d2 c3 z |GB c2 BG F2 |D2 EF G2 G2 |z2 cd cd e2 |c2 f2 ed c2 |z2 fe c2 fe |f g3 g4 |]
%End of file

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X:15
T:The Road Goes Ever On
C:Music by Donand Swan
N:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien
Q:1/4=120
V:1
M:C
L:1/8
K:Eb
z2 B2 B2 B2 |AG FE D2 B,2 |B2 B2 B2 B2 |AG FE D2 B,2 |D3 E E3 F |F3 G G3 A |A3 B B3 c |c3 d d2 e2 |e2 c2 F2 e2 |e2 B2 E2 e2 |e2 _c2 F2 e2 |e2 A2 E2 D2 |D2 E2 E3 =E |=E2 F2 F2 z2 |z4 z2 A2 |A2 =A2 A2 z2 |
z2 B2 AG FE |B,6 z2 |]
%End of file

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X:16
T:Wild Mountain Thyme
C:Composer: Uncertain
N:Remarks:
Q:1/4=125
V:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C
z4 c2 A2 |G3 G A2 c2 |c c3 e2 g2 |a3 g a2 g2 |e g3 e2 g2 |a4 g2 e2 |d c3 d2 e2 |f3 e d2 c2 |A c3 c2 A2 |G4 A2 c2 |c4 e2 g2 |a3 g a2 g2 |e g3 e2 g2 |a4 g2 e2 |d c3 d2 e2 |f3 e d2 c2 |A c3 c2 A2 |
G4 A2 c2 |c4 z4 |]
%End of file

scottwilkins · #2 Apr 10 2007, 03:00 PM

I've been searching around here, but....

OK, you put these into a file, then what? Sorry for being a little dense.

I asume there's an in-game command used to read and play the files?

Northwoods · #3 Apr 10 2007, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottwilkins

I've been searching around here, but....

OK, you put these into a file, then what? Sorry for being a little dense.

I asume there's an in-game command used to read and play the files?

You're not being dense: Nobody has said just how this is going to work just yet, except that in a future update, you should be able to do what you're saying...somehow.

Devs aren't saying anything more. They love watching us squirm.

Landbeck · #4 Apr 10 2007, 03:44 PM

I am still having trouble wrapping my head around ABC, but it's good to see you getting this back in order

Explosive_Dingo · #5 Apr 10 2007, 07:25 PM

Why not just learn chords manually it's probably easier...

scottwilkins · #6 Apr 11 2007, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Northwoods

You're not being dense: Nobody has said just how this is going to work just yet, except that in a future update, you should be able to do what you're saying...somehow.

Devs aren't saying anything more. They love watching us squirm.

Thanks, I guess we wait...

(player drums his fingers... player taps his foot... player bangs his head against a tree... player passes out...)

Northwoods · #7 Apr 11 2007, 02:53 PM

Northman · #8 Apr 19 2007, 11:02 AM

Northwoods · #9 Apr 19 2007, 11:47 AM

Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what's playable and what's not. When the Big patch hits, I'll either color-code the unplayable songs I've posted (short term) and/or fix them to make them playable (long term). One can hope they'll all play, but I'm especially wary of the multi-voice pieces.

What the heck, though. At least people can still import them into something that supports ABC to listen or play around with them now, so it's not a total waste to post early.

fortgeorge · #10 Apr 21 2007, 10:20 PM

Nice, thanks for this. =)

DrakkelLongshire · #11 Apr 24 2007, 08:44 PM

Perhaps this is because I sing and don't actually play an instrument in Real Life. (though I am learning the Piano thanks to the music system, so yay Lotro for that)

But I am completely clueless as to how I am supposed to read those files you placed there. If I was going to for example not just input them and let the computer play them, but actually plunk them out on my keys how would I go about doing that?

Sorry in advance if this should be easy to understand

Northwoods · #12 Apr 25 2007, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrakkelLongshire

But I am completely clueless as to how I am supposed to read those files you placed there. If I was going to for example not just input them and let the computer play them, but actually plunk them out on my keys how would I go about doing that?

ABC isn't something you're going to type letter for letter. It's more like reading sheet music (ABC website, with a tutorial, in my sig). "C" isn't the letter you press, but the note "C". Numbers and slashes following the notes indicate duration.

If you want to map ABC to a familiar keymapping, check out http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=173582, courtesy of House_of_Dexter.

DrakkelLongshire · #13 Apr 26 2007, 05:18 PM

Well I read through a bunch of the information in your Sig link, I just didn't understand what the | marks were for and why some letter are Caiptals and others aren't. Why some are in brackets and others arent's etc.

Also what all the various sections markers are for before the piece is listed.

Thanks for responding to this, it's just hard for me to see what you typed in relation to the actually scaled notes is all. The picture they showed converted as an example is what I am used to seeing.

Did a copy and paste to try to explain it better

Don't understand what this part is for or is it just to tell
The computer what to do when it's playing it?

X:1
T:Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
C:Johann Sebastian Bach
M:9/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=48 % 1/8 = 2 server-quantized ticks
Z:Northman
K:G % F# by default
% End of header

zGA [BGD]d[cF] [cGE]e[cA]|[dBG]gA [gBE]d[BG] [GEB,]A[BD]|
[cE]d[eF] [dGD]c[BD] [AEC]B[GB,]|[FC]G[AD] [AD]F[AG] [cAF]B[AF]|
[BGD]G[BF] [BG]d[cF] [cGE]e[cA]|[dBG]gA [gBE]d[BG] [GEB,]A[BG]|
[AEC]d[cF] [BGE]A[GE] DG[FC]|[GDB,]9|]

Hard to visualize this as notes on a musical scale what's the difference between e and E. Where do they fall on the scale etc.

Tenebrien · #14 Apr 26 2007, 05:51 PM

I don't know if it's been posted for people "how", exactly to playback these files. Y'know... on their pc, before the update to LOTRO goes online. And without using a commercial notation program that can import ABC files. I did a quick search online and found a link from where you can download a program called "iabc". Open the program, cut and paste the songs posted on this thread into the box at the bottom left of the iabc screen, hit control-L to refresh the player, and "Export Midi..." from the Midi menu. Now you can double-click the MIDI file that was saved and play it back using Windows Media Player, Winamp, etc:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/abc/

If it turns out this was a redundant post, I apologize.

Northwoods · #15 Apr 26 2007, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrakkelLongshire

X:1
T:Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
C:Johann Sebastian Bach
M:9/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=48 % 1/8 = 2 server-quantized ticks
Z:Northman
K:G % F# by default
% End of header

zGA [BGD]d[cF] [cGE]e[cA]|[dBG]gA [gBE]d[BG] [GEB,]A[BD]|
[cE]d[eF] [dGD]c[BD] [AEC]B[GB,]|[FC]G[AD] [AD]F[AG] [cAF]B[AF]|
[BGD]G[BF] [BG]d[cF] [cGE]e[cA]|[dBG]gA [gBE]d[BG] [GEB,]A[BG]|
[AEC]d[cF] [BGE]A[GE] DG[FC]|[GDB,]9|]

Hard to visualize this as notes on a musical scale what's the difference between e and E. Where do they fall on the scale etc.

In brief:

The stuff in orange is header information, which tells the reader how to interpret the rest (and tell you what the heck the music is).

The different cases describe different scales.
C, D, E, etc is the scale below middle C
C D E etc is the scale of middle C
c d e etc is the next one up from that
c' d' e' is the next higher, etc.

A number following a letter indicats how many beats to hold the note. C2 gets held for 2 beats, C/2 (or C/) a half a beat, etc. The | define a measure just like in sheet music (which is what ABC is). z is a rest (no note played).

The rest you'll need to read the spec.