Reference

• The sheet music on these pages was created by starting with the ABC file format and some free utilities for turning it into interesting things like Postscript, PDF, and MIDI.
• The other free musical toy people might find handy is Audacity. I wanted to set up an inexpensive way of recording myself so I could hear what needed fixing (most) and this was key to doing that.
• Not free, but a good deal (IMHO), is Band-in-a-Box. The program is modelled a little on the idea of a spread sheet, but instead of equations the "cells" are bars that hold chords. Select a style and BiaB generates multi-instrument back-up arrangements. Add melody, change instruments, solo, define new styles, MIDI export...many other features.